Experimental method for determining the intersystem crossing rate constant from lowest excited singlet to lowest triplet state

1968 ◽  
Vol 72 (9) ◽  
pp. 3354-3356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald R. Scott ◽  
Otto Maltenieks
1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (14) ◽  
pp. 2353-2360 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. N. Strachan ◽  
D. E. Thornton

Ketene has been photolyzed at 3660 and 3130 Å both alone and in the presence of the inert gases C4F8 and SF6. The quantum yield of carbon monoxide has been determined at both wavelengths as a function of pressure and temperature. At 3660 Å the quantum yield decreases with increasing pressure but increases with increasing temperature. At 3130 Å the quantum yield with ketene alone remains 2.0 at both 37 and 100 °C at pressures up to 250 mm. At higher pressures of ketene or with added inert gas the quantum yield decreases with increasing pressure. The results are interpreted in terms of a mechanism in which intersystem crossing from the excited singlet state to the triplet state occurs at both wavelengths, and collisional deactivation of the excited singlet state by ketene is single stage at 3660 Å but multistage at 3130 Å.


1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (16) ◽  
pp. 2611-2616 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. S. Samant ◽  
A. J. Yarwood

The fluorescence of chloropentafluoroacetone in the gaseous state at room temperature is reported. The fluorescence extends from 337 nm to greater than 560 nm with a maximum intensity at 420 nm and is unaffected by low pressures of oxygen. The energy of the first excited singlet state is estimated as about 83 kcal and the fluorescence data for 313 and "290" nm excitation indicate that fluorescence enhancement occurs as the pressure increases. The fluorescent yield at high pressures [Formula: see text] is independent of the nature of the gas used to attain the high pressure. The lifetime of the fluorescent state is 35.1 ± 0.3 ns.A simple mechanism correlates the experimental observations and the values of the rate constants are considered. The reciprocal of the natural radiative lifetime is calculated to be 6.6 × 105 s−1 and the rate constant assigned to intersystem crossing to the triplet is 2.8 × 107 s−1. A comparison with the data in the literature for hexafluoroacetone shows the effect of substitution by a heavy atom in the fluorinated ketone. It about doubles the value of the rate constant associated with intersystem crossing from the first excited singlet state in the gas phase.


1976 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 633-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tzer-Hsiang Huang ◽  
Klaus E. Rieckhoff ◽  
Eva-Maria Voigt

Phosphorescence quantum yields and lifetimes of platinum phthalocyanine in α-chloronaphthalene solution are reported for temperatures from 1.3 K to 300 K. Activation energies of intersystem crossing are deduced and found to be Ea = 17 ± 3 cm−1 for crossing from the first excited singlet state to the lowest lying triplet state and Eap = 8 ± 1 cm−1 for crossing from the lowest lying triplet state to the singlet ground state.


The contribution to naphthalene and pyrene triplet state formation of intersystem crossing from the excited singlet state has been determined for both cyclohexane and benzene solutions using the singlet state quenchers nitromethane and xenon. In agreement with the conclusions reported in part II, intersystem crossing plays an important role; under certain conditions up to 50 % of the total triplet yield in naphthalene-cyclohexane solutions has this origin. The extinction coefficient for naphthalene triplet absorption in cyclohexane at λ max = 412.5 nm is 20 000 ± 5000 1 mol -1 cm -1 .


1985 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 1284-1286 ◽  
Author(s):  
James F. Pratte ◽  
Stephen E. Webber ◽  
F. C. DeSchryver

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