Laser photolysis studies on triplet-equilibrium formation in a small triplet-energy gap system

Autor: Minoru Yamaji, Bronislaw Marciniak, Haruo Shizuka, Katsuji Okada
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Scopus-Elsevier
ISSN: 0009-2614
DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2614(97)00902-0
Popis: Formation of a triplet-equilibrium between benzophenone (BP) and dibenzothiophene (DBT) was studied in acetonitrile by 355 nm laser flash photolysis. The triplet-equilibrium constant ( K eq = 1.7) was determined at 295 K as well as the absolute rate constants for triplet energy transfer from BP to DBT ( k f = 3.1 × 10 9 M −1 s −1 ) and back triplet-energy transfer ( k b = 2.0 × 10 9 M −1 s −1 ) whose ratio ( k f / k b ) was in agreement with the K eq value. It was revealed that the triplet-equilibrium formation in the BP-DBT system was promoted by the entropy change ( ΔS = 2.0 cal mol −1 K −1 ) rather than the enthalpy change ( ΔH = 0.3 kcal/mol).
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