Spectral characteristics of 1-(2,4-diamino phenylazo) naphthalene (FBRR, fat brown RR) and 4-aminoazobenzene (AAB) have been studied in various solvents, varying hydrogen ion concentrations and in β-cyclodextrin (β-CD). The inclusion complex of FBRR and AAB with β-CD were analysed by UV-visible, fluorometry and CAche-DFT methods. Solvent study reveals that only azo tautomer is present in both compounds and the large red shifted absorption and emission maxima of FBRR indicate naphthalene ring effectively increases the π-π* transition. Unusual red shift is observed in acid solutions suggests azonium-ammonium tautomer is present in both molecules. In β-CD solutions, the large hypsochromic shift is observed in S(0) and S(1) states indicates ortho amino group of FBRR molecule is entrapped in the β-CD cavity and the large bathochromic shift for AAB in the S(1) state indicates 1:1 inclusion complex is formed.

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Absorption and steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence spectra of fast blue RR (FBRR) and fast violet B (FVB) were studied in solvents with different polarities and in the presence of α- and β-cyclodextrins (CDs). Dual emission observed in nonpolar solvents suggested that the energy of the intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) state is lower than that of the locally excited state. The normal Stokes-shifted band originated from the locally excited state, and the large Stokes-shifted band was due to the emission from a planar intramolecular charge transfer (PICT) state. The ratio of the PICT emission to the normal emission increased with β-CD concentration, whereas it was constant upon addition of α-CD. This behavior is in accordance with CD-dependent decay times of PICT and normal emissions, indicating the formation of different 1:1 FBRR/CD inclusion complexes. The rise time for the PICT emission increased with β-CD concentration, whereas no rise time was observed in the case of the α-CD complex. The size of the dimethoxyaniline ring suggested that the orientation of FBRR in the β-CD complex was different from that in the α-CD complex. The benzamido moiety of FBRR is deeply encapsulated in the CD cavity, whereas the aniline ring is exposed to the hydrophilic part. Semiempirical quantum-mechanical (ΔE, ΔG, ΔH, ΔS, and HOMO-LUMO) calculations were also carried out to assign the encapsulation of FBRR and FVB.

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