Dynamics of aromatic hydrocarbon cation-tetracyanoethylene anion geminate ion pairs in acetonitrile solution with implications to the mechanism of strongly exothermic charge separation reaction in the excited singlet state

1986 ◽  
Vol 90 (17) ◽  
pp. 3880-3882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noboru Mataga ◽  
Yu Kanda ◽  
Tadashi Okada
Keyword(s):  
Aromatic Hydrocarbon ◽  
Charge Separation ◽  
Singlet State ◽  
Ion Pairs ◽  
Excited Singlet State ◽  
Acetonitrile Solution ◽  
Excited Singlet ◽  
Charge Separation Reaction

C70vs. C60in zinc porphyrin–fullerene dyads: prolonged charge separation and ultrafast energy transfer from the second excited singlet state of porphyrin

2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tero Kesti ◽  
Nikolai Tkachenko ◽  
Hiroko Yamada ◽  
Hiroshi Imahori ◽  
Shunichi Fukuzumi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transfer ◽  
Charge Separation ◽  
Singlet State ◽  
Excited Singlet State ◽  
Excited Singlet ◽  
Zinc Porphyrin

Cyclobutene photochemistry. Substituent effects on the photochemistry of 1-phenylcyclobutene

1995 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. Leigh ◽  
J. Alberto Postigo
Keyword(s):  
Flash Photolysis ◽  
Laser Flash Photolysis ◽  
Singlet State ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Methanol Solution ◽  
Excited Singlet State ◽  
Acetonitrile Solution ◽  
Quantum Yields ◽  
Nanosecond Laser ◽  
Excited Singlet

The photochemistry and photophysics of 1-phenylcyclobutene and five aryl-substituted derivatives have been studied in various solvents at room temperature. All six compounds fluoresce with quantum yields in the 0.2–0.3 range in cyclohexane and acetonitrile solution. 1-Phenylcyclobutene undergoes [2+2]-cycloreversion [Formula: see text] to yield phenylacetylene upon photolysis in either hydrocarbon or acetonitrile solution, and undergoes (Markovnikov) solvent addition upon irradiation in methanol solution [Formula: see text] in addition to cycloreversion. Triplet sensitization and quenching experiments indicate that cycloreversion and methanol addition are both excited singlet state processes. None of the six compounds studied undergo ring opening to the corresponding 2-aryl-1,3-butadiene in detectable yield. Quantum yields for cycloreversion in cyclohexane, acetonitrile, and methanol solution and methanol addition have been determined for the six compounds, along with excited singlet state lifetimes. The quantum yields and rate constants for cycloreversion and methanol addition are both enhanced by substitution with electron-donating groups. The variation in the rate constant for [2+2]-cycloreversion with substituent indicates that there is substantial dipolar character developed in the cyclobutenyl σ-bond framework during the reaction, in almost exact correspondence with that developed in the π system during photoprotonation. No deuterium scrambling is observed in 1-phenylcyclobutene-2,4,4-d3 after photolysis in pentane solution to ca. 80% conversion, indicating that skeletal rearrangements leading to cyclopropyl carbenes do not occur in the direct photolysis of arylcyclobutene derivatives. A pericyclic mechanism for the photocycloreversion reaction is suggested. Triplet–triplet absorption spectra and triplet lifetimes of 1-phenyl-, 1-(para-methylphenyl)-, and 1-(para-trifluoromethylphenyl)cyclobutene in hydrocarbon solution are also reported. Keywords: photochemistry, cyclobutene, fluorescence, [2+2]-cycloreversion, substituent effects, nanosecond laser flash photolysis, lifetime, triplet state, styrene, photoaddition

Steady state and time-resolved spectroscopic studies of the photochemistry of 1-arylsilacyclobutanes and the chemistry of 1-arylsilenes

1999 ◽  
Vol 77 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 1136-1147 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J Leigh ◽  
Rabah Boukherroub ◽  
Christine J Bradaric ◽  
Christine C Cserti ◽  
Jennifer M Schmeisser
Keyword(s):  
Rate Constants ◽  
Flash Photolysis ◽  
Laser Flash Photolysis ◽  
Singlet State ◽  
Fluorescence Emission ◽  
Laser Flash ◽  
Excited Singlet State ◽  
Acetonitrile Solution ◽  
Quantum Yields ◽  
Excited Singlet

Direct photolysis of 1-phenylsilacyclobutane and 1-phenyl-, 1-(2-phenylethynyl)-, and 1-(4'-biphenylyl)-1-methylsilacyclobutane in hexane solution leads to the formation of ethylene and the corresponding 1-arylsilenes, which have been trapped by photolysis in the presence of methanol. Quantum yields for photolysis of the three methyl-substituted compounds have been determined to be 0.04, 0.26, and 0.29, respectively, using the photolysis of 1,1-diphenylsilacyclobutane Φsilene = 0.21) as the actinometer. The corresponding silenes have been detected by laser flash photolysis; they have lifetimes of several microseconds, exhibit UV absorption maxima ranging from 315 to 330 nm, and react with methanol with rate constants on the order of (2-5) × 109 M-1 s-1 in hexane. Absolute rate constants for reaction of 1-phenylsilene and 1-methyl-1-phenylsilene with water, methanol, tert-butanol, and acetic acid in acetonitrile solution have been determined, and are compared to those of 1,1-diphenylsilene under the same conditions. With the phenylethynyl- and biphenyl-substituted methylsilacyclobutanes, the triplet states can also be detected by laser flash photolysis, and are shown to not be involved in silene formation on the basis of triplet sensitization and (or) quenching experiments. Fluorescence emission spectra and singlet lifetimes have been determined for the three 1-aryl-1-methylsilacyclobutanes, 1,1-diphenylsilacyclobutane, and a series of acyclic arylmethylsilane model compounds. These data, along with the reaction quantum yields, allow estimates to be made of the rate constants for the excited singlet state reaction responsible for silene formation. 1-Methyl-1-phenylsilacyclobutane undergoes reaction from its lowest excited singlet state with a rate constant 10-80 times lower than those of the other three derivatives. The results are consistent with a stepwise mechanism for silene formation, involving a 1,4-biradicaloid intermediate that partitions between product and starting material.Key words: silene, silacyclobutane, photochemistry, biradical.

The Gold Porphyrin First Excited Singlet State¶

2002 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joakim Andréasson ◽  
Gerdenis Kodis ◽  
Su Lin ◽  
Ana L. Moore ◽  
Thomas A. Moore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Singlet State ◽  
Excited Singlet State ◽  
Excited Singlet
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