Synthesis and Characterization of 4,4′-Dibromoazobenzene

Authors

  • Ranran Zhen College of Chemistry, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, 400000, China
  • Wei Lu College of Chemistry, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, 400000, China
  • Yun Zhou College of Chemistry, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, 400000, China
  • Minzhen Feng College of Chemistry, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, 400000, China
  • Ya Wang College of Chemistry, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, 400000, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30564/opmr.v1i2.1740

Abstract

Azobenzene molecules show excellent application potential in many fields due to their photoisomerization properties. Azobenzene molecules will gradually change from trans-structure to cis-structure under the irradiation of UV. In this paper, we have synthesized 4,4'-dibromoazobenzene molecules and characterized their photoisomerization properties. We found that with the extension of UV time, the trans absorption peak at 343 nm decreased significantly, while the cis absorption peak at 435 nm showed an upward trend. Furthermore, photoisomerization of azobenzene is not a first-order reaction.

Keywords:

Azobenzene; Photoisomerism

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Zhen, R., Lu, W., Zhou, Y., Feng, M., & Wang, Y. (2019). Synthesis and Characterization of 4,4′-Dibromoazobenzene. Organic Polymer Material Research, 1(2), 6–8. https://doi.org/10.30564/opmr.v1i2.1740

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Vol. 1 , Iss. 2 (December 2019)

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