| Autor: |
Chris Tsz Leung Chan, Keith Yat Fung Ho, Chopen Chan Wut Cheng, Wai Ming Kwok |
| Rok vydání: |
2011 |
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| Zdroj: |
Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP. 13(36) |
| ISSN: |
1463-9084 |
| Popis: |
A combined application of femtosecond broadband time-resolved fluorescence (fs-TRF), fluorescence anisotropy (fs-TRFA) and fs to microsecond (μs) transient absorption (TA) have been used to probe directly the dynamics, nature, formation and decay paths of the singlet intramolecular charge transfer ((1)ICT) state of methyl 4-dimethylaminobenzoate (1a) in acetonitrile. The result reveals explicit evidence for a common electronic origin (the L(a) nature) of the (1)ICT state and its precursor the locally excited ((1)LE) state to account jointly for the dual florescence known to this system. It also shows that the ICT reaction from the (1)LE to (1)ICT state occurs with time constant of ~0.8 ps and the (1)ICT state formed decays with a ~1.9 ns time constant leading mainly to a ππ* natured triplet state ((3)T(1)). The (3)T(1) then relaxes with a ~4 μs lifetime under deoxygenated condition resulting in full recovery of the ground state (S(0)). As a case study, this work contributes novel experimental data for improved understanding of the mechanism of ICT reaction; it also reveals a distinct deactivation pattern for this prototype para-amino substituted aromatic carbonyl compound in acetonitrile. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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