Unrevealing mechanism of the thermal tautomerization of avobenzone by means of quantum chemical computations

作者:Kojic Marko; Petkovic Milena; Etinski Mihajlo
来源:Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 2016, 81(12): 1393-1406.
DOI:10.2298/JSC160531085K

摘要

<jats:p>Avobenzone (4-tert-butyl-4?-methoxydibenzoylmethane) is one of the most widely used UVA filters in cosmetic sunscreens. Reactivity of avobenzone is complex and challenging to understand, due to a presence of transient tautomers. In this contribution we study chelated enol, rotamer and keto tautomers of a reduced model of avobenzone which are involved in keto-enol tautomerization. Two thermal tautomerization mechanisms are postulated and their transient structures are discussed. The computed vertical and adiabatic electronic excitation energies of tautomers provide an additional insight into excited state properties of the tautomers.</jats:p>

  • 出版日期2016