Equilibrium and Kinetic Studies on the Formation of Triphenylmethanols from Triphenylmethane Dyes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.67.390

For five kinds of triphenylmethane dyes, the rate constants of hydration and dehydration reactions, and equilibrium constants in an aqueous solution were measured by a stopped-flow method.An increase in the number of dialkylamino groups caused a decrease in the rates and the equilibrium constants of the hydration, and the more the electron-donating effect of the dialkylamino groups, the slower the hydration rate became.The more protonated quinonoids were easily converted to the corresponding alcohols.On the basis of the equilibrium constants, Malachite Green was ascertained to be the best reagent of the five dyes for ion association with heteropolyacids in an aqueous medium.