INVESTIGATION OF THE LOWEST EXCITED TRIPLET-STATES OF 2-(2'-HYDROXYPHENYL)BENZOTHIAZOLE AND 2-(2'-HYDROXYPHENYL)BENZOXAZOLE BY TIME-RESOLVED ELECTRON-PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE AND MOLECULAR-ORBITAL CALCULATIONS
Properties of the lowest excited triplet (T1) states of 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)benzothiazole (HBT) and 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazole (HBO) have been investigated by means of time-resolved EPR and MO calculations. When the volume fraction of ethanol in a mixed solvent of toluene and ethanol is small, the proton-transfer-red keto tautomer of HBT predominates over the enol tautomer in the T1 state. As the volume fraction of ethanol increases, the relative composition is reversed. The main species in the T1 state of HBO is a proton-transferred keto tautomer in both of non-polar and alcoholic solvents.