The fluorescence spectra of 9-anthrol during the
sol−gel−xerogel transitions of 13 systems containing
different
silicon and aluminum ratios and catalysts have been observed at a
constant temperature (300 K) as a function
of the sol−gel reaction time. Fluorescence decay curves for
typical xerogel samples also have been observed.
9-Anthrol in the sol−gel systems showed four different
fluorescence bands originating from the hydrogen-bonded, the complex, the ion pair, and the anion form species.
Continuous light irradiation of the xerogels
at 360 nm led to an increase in the fluorescence at 480 nm. These
findings indicate that anthrone transforms
to 9-anthrol by the photoinduced intermolecular proton transfer in
these matrixes. The most effective and
remarkable tautomerization occurred in the Si:Al = 90:10 system, and
it was concluded that this photochromic
behavior occurs by the photoinduced proton transfer from a proton at
the surface Brønsted acid site on the
−O−Si−O−Al−O− network to the anthrone
molecule.
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