scholarly journals Resonance Two-Photon Ionization of Diarylethene in the Presence of Cyclodextrin

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michihiro Hara ◽  
Makoto Miwa ◽  
Tatsuya Takeshita ◽  
Shouhei Watanabe

The transient absorption of the diarylethene 1,2-bis(2,4-dimethyl-5-phenyl-3-thienyl)-3,3,4,4,5,5-hexafluoro-1-cyclopentene (DE) was measured using 266 nm laser flash photolysis in the presence of various cyclodextrins (CDs) in aqueous solvent. Ionization of DE occurred within the laser flash (5 ns) to give the DE radical cation and water-solvated electron. The electron was generated by two-photon excitation through simultaneous irradiation with 266 nm laser light, and the ionization quantum yields of DE in the presence ofα-CD,β-CD, m-β-CD, andγ-CD depended on the properties of the DE/CD complexes. These results suggest that useful two-photon ionization occurred for these complexes. The ionization quantum yield of DE was found to increase in aqueous solution after the addition of m-β-CD (50 mM), in which m-β-CD likely controlled the photochromic reactivity of DE.

2005 ◽  
Vol 407 (4-6) ◽  
pp. 402-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xichen Cai ◽  
Masanori Sakamoto ◽  
Michihiro Hara ◽  
Susumu Inomata ◽  
Minoru Yamaji ◽  
...  

1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 1784-1794 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. O. Alonso ◽  
L. J. Johnston ◽  
J. C. Scaiano ◽  
V. G. Toscano

The photolysis of several substituted phenyl(naphthyl)methyl triphenylphosphonium chlorides has been examined using a combination of laser flash photolysis experiments and product studies. Both carbocation and radical intermediates have been characterized in the transient experiments, with the relative yields depending strongly on the solvent. For example, in alcohols, acetonitrile, or aqueous solvents cation formation predominates while acetonitrile/dioxane mixtures (5–10%) are required for the observation of radicals. Quantum yields for cation formation vary from 0.79 in methanol to 0.093 in 1:4 acetonitrile/dioxane, as measured by product studies and transient experiments, respectively. The addition of perchlorate salts leads to dramatic enhancements in the cation lifetimes; the effects are particularly pronounced for acetonitrile/dioxane mixtures where the cation yields also increase by factors of 3–4. In this case the effects are attributed primarily to replacement of chloride by perchlorate in the initial ion pairs. The combined data from both solvent and perchlorate salt effects on the cation lifetimes and yields suggest that the excited state of the phosphonium salt cleaves homolytically, followed by electron transfer within the initial radical/triphenylphosphine radical cation pair to generate carbocation, as opposed to direct heterolytic cleavage. The cation yields also indicate that back reaction to regenerate starting material, as well as product formation within the initial geminate cage, occur in some solvents. The effects of solvent and added perchlorate salts on the rate constants for reaction with nucleophiles have been examined. For example, rate constants that vary by an order of magnitude have been measured for quenching by azide ion in various aqueous acetonitrile and trifluoroethanol mixtures.


2014 ◽  
Vol 68 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Mártire ◽  
Walter Massad ◽  
Hernán Montejano ◽  
Mónica Gonzalez ◽  
Paula Caregnato ◽  
...  

AbstractThe fluorescence emission spectra and fluorescence quantum yields of hemicyanine dyes LDS 698, LDS 722, and LDS 730 were measured in different media. No transient species was detected in the laser flash-photolysis experiments performed with Ar-saturated solutions of the dyes in methanol. However, in the presence of 0.08 M potassium iodide, the absorption of the triplet states was clearly observed. Oxygen consumption measurements in the absence and presence of a chemical trap (furfuryl alcohol) in MeOH: H2O (φ r = 1: 1) solutions of the dyes containing KI confirmed the generation of singlet molecular oxygen.


2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 407-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martín F. Broglia ◽  
Carlos M. Previtali ◽  
Sonia G. Bertolotti

The interaction of the triplet state of the synthetic dye phenosafranine (3,7-diamino-5-phenylphenazinium chloride) with indolic compounds of biological relevance was investigated in water by means of laser flash photolysis.


1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 967-972 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Minto ◽  
A. Samanta ◽  
P.K. Das

1-Thiobenzoylnaphthalene (TBN), known for its pericyclization reaction from the lowest excited singlet state (S1), has been subjected to nanosecond and picosecond laser flash photolysis studies. The two major transients observed in the course of nanosecond laser pulse excitation are (i) the short-lived triplet characterized by two absorption maxima (400–410 and 740–750 nm) and submicrosecond intrinsic lifetimes (80–130 ns) and (ii) a relatively long-lived species (λmax = 520 nm and τ = 220–240 ns). Various triplet-related photophysical data of TBN, including self-quenching and bimolecular quenching rate constants, have been determined. The existence of a photochemical path from S1 manifests itself in low intersystem crossing quantum yields, particularly in the polar/hydrogen-bonding solvent, methanol. From the build-up of the triplet under picosecond excitation into S1 the lifetime of the latter is estimated to be ≤ 50 ps (in benzene). The fast intrinsic decay of TBN triplet is attributable to facile intra- and intermolecular photochemistry. The 520 nm transient species could not be definitively assigned, except that it is neither a triplet nor a triplet-derived product and that it arises via photochemistry from S1. Keywords: laser flash photolysis, triplet, transients, absorption maxima, lifetimes, quenching rate constants, photochemistry, 1-thiobenzoylnaphthalenes.


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