Spectroscopic and structural elucidation of merocyanine dye 2,5-[1-metyl-4-[2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethenyl)]piridinium]-hexane tetraphenylborate: Aggregation processes

Abstract: Structural and spectroscopic elucidation of merocyanine dye, 2,5-[1-metyl-4-[2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethenyl)]piridinium]-hexane tetraphenylborate, is performed in gas and condense phase by means of solution and solid-state conventional and linear-polarized IR-spectroscopy of oriented colloids in nematic liquid crystal suspension, UV–vis and fluorescence methods, HPLC MS/MS tandem and ESI mass spectrometry, 1H, 13C and 1H–1H COSY NMR, TGV and DSC methods. Quantum chemical DFT calculations are performed for structural optimization and spectroscopic properties prediction. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]