The quenching mechanism of 5,6-benzo-3-[1-(4,5-dicarbomethoxy-1,2,3-triazoloacetyl)] coumarin (5BDTC) by aniline using Stern–Volmer plots in six different solvents, namely, 1,4 dioxane, dimethyl formamide, dichloromethane, toluene, tetrahydrofuran, and acetonitrile. The Stern–Volmer plots are found to be nonlinear with a positive deviation in all six solvents. To interpret these results we have invoked ground-state complex formation and sphere of action static quenching models. Using these models, various quenching rate parameters have been determined. The magnitudes of these parameters suggest that the sphere of action static quenching model agrees well with the experimental results. Hence, the positive deviation is attributed to the static and dynamic quenching. Further, with the use of the finite sink approximation model, it was possible to check these bimolecular reactions as diffusion-limited and to estimate independently distance parameter R′ and mutual diffusion coefficient D. Finally an effort has been made to correlate the values of R′ and D with the values of the encounter distance R and the mutual coefficient D determined using Edward’s empirical relation and the Stokes–Einstein relation.
