Rma. Elhamd et al., SYNTHESIS, VISIBLE SPECTRAL STUDIES AND BIOLOGICAL-ACTIVITY OF SOME NEW HETEROCYCLIC QUINONE TRIMETHINE AND MEROCYANINE DYES, Indian Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 5(4), 1996, pp. 305-310
New asymmetrical trimethine cyanine dyes (5a-d and 6a-c) and merocyani
ne dyes (7a,b and 8) incorporating naphthoquinone in conjunction with
thiazole/oxazole and/or oxadiazine moieties were prepared. The visible
absorption spectra of (5b) was investigated in polar, nonpolar and mi
xed solvents as well as in aq buffer solutions. Molecular: complex for
mation with ethanol was verified by mixed solvent studies. The variati
on of absorbance with pH was utilized for the determination of the pKa
value for a selected dye. Bactericidal and fungicidal activity of sel
ected cyanines (5b, 6b and 8) were determined.