Specific Association of Riboflavin and Penicillin Derivatives in Chloroform Solution

From the measurements of infrared and fluorescence spectra riboflavin-2',3',4',5'-tetraacetate has been found to associate with penicillin-V more than strongly with themselves. They form the 1 : 1 cyclic hydrogen bonded dimer through the imino and the 2-C carbonyl groups of the isoalloxazine ring and the imino group of the penicillin-V ressidue. Pernicillin-V is an effective quencher of the fluorescence of riboflavin through hydrogen bonds partly due to the collision interaction with the penicillin ring.