There has been much discussion in the literature of the azo–hydrazone tautomerism of pigments. All commercial azo pigments with β-naphthol as the coupling compound adopt the hydrazone tautomeric form (Ph—NH—N= C) in the solid state. In contrast, the red pigments 1-[4-(dimethylamino) phenyldiazenyl]-2-naphthol, C18H17N3O,(1a), and 1-[4-(diethylamino) phenyldiazenyl]-2-naphthol, C20H21N3O,(1b), have been reported to be azo tautomers or ...