Solubilization and Photoreaction of Thiazine Dyes in Reversed Micelles
AbstractThiazine dyes were solubilized very slowly in dodecylammonium propionate reversed micellar cyclohexanic solutions containing 0.5 M H2O. Light accelerated highly the solubilization of the dyes. The dye monomer band blue-or red-shifted by the solubilization dependent on the dye species. Thiazine dyes solubilized in the reversed micelles containing 0.1 M H2O exhibited a new absorption band at about 500 nm. The photoreduction of thiazine dyes by allylthiourea was enhanced drastically by solubilizing the dyes in the reversed micellar solutions containing 0.5 M H2O, and the singlet oxygen production was also effectively photosensitized by the solubilized thiazine dyes. The relative quantum yields for the photoreduction of the dyes by allylthiourea and the furan oxidation by singlet oxygen produced by the photosensitization of the dyes were obtained in the reversed micellar solutions. Results obtained were discussed in connection with the solubilization.