The compounds 2,6-Diphenyl-4-(2,4,6-triphenylpyridinium-1-yl)phenolate (1a) and 4-[(1-methyl-4(1H)-pyridinylidene)-ethylidene]-2,5-cyclohexadien-1-one (2a) were protonated in various organic solvents, resulting in the formation of 1b and 2b.
The study used UV-vis spectroscopy to analyze the solvatochromic behavior of these compounds after deprotonation in the presence of different amines, assessing their binding constants through titration curves.