Photophysical and Photochemical Deactivation Processes of Ultraviolet Stabilizers of the (2-Hydroxyphenyl)benzotriazole Class

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/j150667a017

The X-ray crystal structure determination reveals that TIN (2-(2'-hydroxy-5'-methylphenyl)benzotriazole) is planar with a relatively strong intramolecular hydrogen bond, in which the phenol serves as the donor to a benzotriazole nitrogen.The fluorescence