Oxygen quenching and radiationless decay of excited singlet and triplet state carbonyl compounds

1973 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 398-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul B. Merkel ◽  
David R. Kearns
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.


2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terence A. King ◽  
Mohammad Ahmad ◽  
Anthony Gorman ◽  
I. Hamblett ◽  
Mark D. Rahn

Quantum yields of triplet state formation and extinction coefficients of the triplet states have been determined by direct depletion methods for solutions of anthracene, phenanthrene, 1,2,5,6-dibenzanthracene, fluorescein, dibromofluorescein, eosin and erythrosin. The values obtained for the hydrocarbons are in reasonable agreement with those obtained by other workers using energy transfer and heavy atom perturbation techniques. In all cases which we have studied, the sum of the quantum yields of fluorescence and triplet state formation is equal to unity within the limits of experimental error, showing that radiationless transfer from the excited singlet to the ground state is negligible.


1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 979-985 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Pincock ◽  
Alexios A. Moutsokapas

The photochemistry of methyl 1-methyl-2-phenylcyclopropene-3-carboxylate has been examined in both the racemic and optically active forms. In the excited singlet the cyclopropene is converted to 2-methoxy-5-methyl-4-phenylfuran whereas the triplet state dimerizes to a tricyclohexane derivative. Experiments with optically active cyclopropene ester demonstrate that photochemical racemization occurs about 2.5 times as fast as conversion to the furan product indicating that there is an intermediate vinyl carbene on the singlet surface. No racemization is observed in the triplet state.


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