열변색 현상을 나타내는 spiropyran과 spirooxazine 유도체의 흡수 스펙트럼을 관찰하였다. 흡수 스펙트럼의 용매효과를 관찰한 결과, 치환되지 않은 spiro 화합물은 merocyanine-like form이 quinoid type이며, 전자끄는기가 치환된 spiro 화합물은 merocyanine-like form이 zwitter-ion type임을 확인하였다. 닫힌형 구조와 merocyanine-like form 사이의 엔탈피 변화량을 측정하였다. Spiro 화합물의 엔탈피 변화량은 용매의 극성이 증가할수록 감소함을 관찰하였다. Merocyanine-like form의 흡수 스펙트럼을 세 개의 Lorentzian-Gaussian 곱함수의 띠로 분해하였으며, 각 띠의 모양이 용매에 어떻게 변화하는지도 관찰하였다.
Absorption spectra of thermochromic spiropyran and spirooxazine derivatives were investigated. The effects of solvent polarity on the absorption spectra indicate that the merocyanine-like form of non-substituted spiro compound is likely to the quinoid type. However, the merocyanine-like form of electron-withdrawing substituted spiro compound is likely to the zwitter-ion type. The enthalpy changes between the closed and merocyanine-like forms were measured. The enthalpy change of spiro compound decreases as the solvent polarity increases. The UV-Vis spectrum of merocyanine-like form was resolved into three Lorentzian-Gaussian product bands. The solvent dependence of the amount of the three band was also examined.
