A new photochromic organic compound of thiosemicarbazone, 4-（p-bromo-α-methylaminothiocarbonyl hydrazonobenzal）-2,5-dihydro-3-mcthyl-5-oxo-1-phcnyl pyrazolc, was synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses, IR, ^1H NMR spectra, and X-ray single-crystal diffraction analysis. The compound exhibited an interesting photochromism in the solid state when irradiated by ultraviolet light at 365 nm. The photochromic kinetics was studied by the time-dependent powder UV-Vis reflectance spectra. The intcrmolecular and intramolecular hydrogcn-bonding interactions may be responsible for the photochromic phenomenon.
