title: Linear solvation energy correlation of the solvatochromic response of amino acid functionalized chromophores.
abstract: Solvatochromism of the long wavelength band in the electronic absorption spectra of N-(4-nitrophenyl)-L-proline, NLP, N-(4-nitrophenyl)-D-proline, NDP, and N-(4-nitro-phenyl)-trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline, NHP, was studied and quantitatively described with Kamlet-Taft solvent polarity parameters. To evaluate the environmental effects for NLP, NDP, and NHP, the UV-vis spectroscopic behavior of these compounds was also investigated as pure crystals, as a guest in 2,6-O-dimethyl-beta-cyclodextrin, and also when adsorbed on Aerosil 300 silica particles from nonhydrogen-bond accepting solvents. Excellent Kamlet-Taft solvatochromic correlations were established for the three compounds in most solvents. Multiparameter correlations show the existence of specific solute-solvent interactions. A strong positive solvatochromic behavior was found for these compounds, indicating that their dipole moments were higher in the excited singlet state than in the ground state.
authors.affiliation: General Organization of Export and Import Control, Food Testing Laboratories, Customs Gate Number 20, Port-Said, Egypt. emohamed1966@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El-Sayed
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spange
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009578:Nitrobenzenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D011392:Proline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D012995:Solubility; D012997:Solvents; D013053:Spectrophotometry
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; C522556:N-(4-nitrophenyl)-4-hydroxyproline; C522555:N-(4-nitrophenyl)proline; D009578:Nitrobenzenes; D012997:Solvents; D011392:Proline