Evidence for a Lack of Reactivity of Carotenoid Addition Radicals towards Oxygen:  A Laser Flash Photolysis Study of the Reactions of Carotenoids with Acylperoxyl Radicals in Polar and Non-polar Solvents

2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (11) ◽  
pp. 3330-3340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali El-Agamey ◽  
David J McGarvey
1985 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 525-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Görner ◽  
A. Fojtik ◽  
J. Wróblewski ◽  
L. J. Currell

The trans → cis photoisomerization of a series of substituted stilbazolium salts (At+X− , At+: trans-1-alkyl-4-[4-R-styryl]-pyridinium and -quinolinium, R = CN. H, CH3 and OCH3, X− = I and ClO4−) was studied by laser flash photolysis and steady state irradiation measurements. The quantum yields of cis ⇄ trans photoisomerization (ϕc → t and ϕt → c ) and of fluorescence of the trans isomers (ϕf) were determined in several solvents at room temperature and at low temperatures in mixtures of either 2-methyltetrahydrofuran-dichloromethane or ethanolmethanol (E-M). In polar solvents at room temperature ϕt → c is substantial ( ≧ 0.3) and ϕf is small (10−3-10−2). Competition of fluorescence and an activated step in the trans → cis pathway is indicated by the effects of temperature on ϕf and ϕt → c (activation energy: 2 - 3 kcal/mol). A transient, observed only at low temperatures (lifetime τT > 0.5 ms in E-M below -170°C), is assigned to the lowest triplet state with trans configuration. On the basis of the effects of temperature on ϕf, ϕt → c , and the triplet yield and those of quenchers on ϕf and ϕt → c , involvement of the triplet state in the twisting process at room temperature is excluded. Therefore, a singlet mechanism is suggested for the trans → cis photoisomerization of the stilbazolium salts examined. Significant reduction of ϕt → c for iodides in solvents of moderate polarity, where ion pairs are present, is accounted for by photoinduced electron transfer in competition to trans → cis photoisomerization.


2002 ◽  
Vol 76 (5) ◽  
pp. 480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Damoiseau ◽  
Francis Tfibel ◽  
Maryse Hoebeke ◽  
Marie-Pierre Fontaine-Aupart

2000 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 451 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Bazin ◽  
F. Bosca ◽  
M. L. Marin ◽  
M. A. Miranda ◽  
L. K. Patterson ◽  
...  

1999 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 292
Author(s):  
Ann Cantrell ◽  
David J. McGarvey ◽  
Louise Mulroy ◽  
T. George Truscott

Author(s):  
M.A. Buntine ◽  
G.J. Gutsche ◽  
W.S. Staker ◽  
M.W. Heaven ◽  
K.D. King ◽  
...  

The technique of laser flash photolysis/laser absorption has been used to obtain absolute removal rate constants for singlet methylene,


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