Jimenez, A, Pinheiro C, Parola AJ, Maestri M, Pina F.
2007.
The chemistry of 6-hydroxyflavylium: zwitterionic base and p-quinoidal chalcones. A multiswitchable system operated by proton, electron and photon inputs, 2007. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 6:372-380.
AbstractThe complex network of chemical reactions of the compound 6-hydroxyflavylium perchlorate was studied by different techniques including UV-vis absorption spectrophotometry, stopped-flow, electrochemistry, and photochemistry. The network is characterized by the formation of a very reactive zwitterionic base as well as by p-quinoidal chalcones. The trans-chalcone is metastable in very acidic solutions and exhibits reversible redox reactions, allowing to introduce for the first time in the flavylium network an electrochemical input.