Ultraviolet absorption spectrum, of thiazole

The ultraviolet absorption spectrum of thiazole was first determined in 1955 in ethanolic solution by Leandri et al. (172), then in 1957 by Sheinker et al. (173), and in 1967 by Coltbourne et al. (174). Albert in 1957 gave the spectrum in aqueous solution at pH 5 and in acidic solution (NHCl) (175). Nonhydroxylic solvents were employed (176, 177), and the vapor-phase spectrum was also determined (123). The results summarized in Table 1-15 are homogeneous except for the first data of Leandri (172). Both bands A and B have a red shift of about 3 nm when thiazole is dissolved in hydrocarbon solvents. This red shift of band A increases when the solvent is hydroxylic and, in the case of water, especially when the solution becomes acidic and the extinction coefficient increases simultaneously. 

TABLE 1-15. ULTRAVIOLET ABSORPTION SPECTRUM OF THIAZOLE IN THE VAPOUR PHASE AND IN DIFFERENT SOLVENTS... 

As in the case of pyridine (185), the quaternization of thiazole induces a bathochromic shift of the ultraviolet absorption spectrum in ethanol the long wavelength maximum at 232.3 nm (3900) for thiazole moves to 240 nm (4200) for 3-methylthiazolium tosylate (186) (Table 1-19). 

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