Exploring the diethylaminoflavylium derivatives multistate system of chemical reactions in the presence of CTAB micelles: thermodynamic reversibility achieved through different kinetic pathways

The flavylium cation and trans-chalcone species are thermodynamically stable at pH 0.5 and 6.0, respectively, switching reversibly between these two pH values. However, the thermodynamic stability is achieved through different pathways depending on whether pH is increasing or decreasing.