The lowest triplet state of pyrimidine in a crystalline host at 1.2 K. The spin-sublevel emission spectra and their vibrational assignment

Spin-sublevel phosphorescence spectra of pyrimidine in benzene are reported. The spectra related to the in-plane spin axes consist of progressions of totally symmetric bands, whereas that of the third sublevel in addition shows strong non-totally symmetric bands. Assignments are given, and some out-of-plane modes previously in dispute are identified (ν_10b = 808, ν_17b = 960, ν_s = 992 cm^?1, A₂). As a check similar experiments were carried out of pyrimidine incorporated in p-xylene and cyclohexane.     

Distortion of the triplet state of benzene in a borazole host. A study by microwave induced delayed phosphorescence at 1.2 K

The zero-field splitting parameters of C₆H₆ and C₆D₆ in a borazole crystal host have been measured. The absolute value of the parameter E is three times as large as for C₆H₆ in C₆D₆. The relative rate constants for radiative decay in some vibronic bands have been obtained by MIDP methods. In the OO band of the phsophorescence spectrum the radiation stems from the upper zf level indicating a quinoid electronic structure for benzene in borazole, i.e. opposite to that for C₆H₆ in C₆D₆.     

The lowest triplet state of K2Cr2O7. Optical spectra and optically detected electron spin resonance at 1.2 K

High-resolution emission and excitation spectra are reported for a K₂Cr₂O₇ crystal at 1.2 K, and the effect of microwave saturation on thes     

The lowest triplet state of K2Cr2O7. Electron spin resonance in an external magnetic field at 1.2 K

ESR experiments on the luminescent triplet state of triclinic K₂Cr₂O₇ are reported. For the A site D = 24.300, E = 2.324 GHz, for t     

The lowest triplet state of benzene: Differences in electronic structure in two crystalline modifications of a cyclohexane host

Microwave induced delayed phosphorescence (MIDP) measurements have been performed in the 00 bands of the phosphorescence spectrum of benzene dissolved in two phases of cyclohexane. From the relative radiative rates for decay of the three zero-field levels it is concluded that on the average the symmetry of the electronic structure is lower than D_2h. In the monoclinic low temperature stable phase of cyclohexane (phase II) the structure is approximately antiquinoidal, and in the metastable phase III it is approximately quinoidal.     

Xanthone. I. optical detection of an extremely large sublevel splitting the lowest triplet state

The phosphorescence spectrum of xanthone in n-hexane is resolved into three components, one of which is due to thermally activated emission from a n_π* origin. The other two emissions originate from extremely widely split sublevels of the lowest triplet state, which is of ³ππ* origin. higher energy of T_Lx, and T_1y, and thus below 4K there is thermal depletion of T_1z which has the largest radiative strength. Th consequence of spin-orbit coupling between the T_x and T_y sublevels of the-two very close-lying, lowest triplet states. There are signif mixing of orbital character, a mixing which is governed by spin-orbit coupling rather than vibronic coupling.     

Absorption and emission spectra of the lowest triplet state in hexachloroacetone

T₁ ← S₀ absorption and T₁ → S₀ phosphorescence spectra of neat cystalline hexachloroacetone have been analyzed at 4.2°K. From the lifetime and energy the upper state is assigned as ³nπ^*. The spectra are sharp compared to other aliphatic ketones, with the 0-0 band at 26 248 ± 2 cm ^?1. The phosphorescence shows two strong progressions; one involving the CO stretching mode at 1784 cm^?1 (x), the other a long progression of at least 8 bands involving a mode at 143 cm^t-1 (a). The 143 cm^?1 progression forming mode can best be asigned to the CO out-of-plane wagging vibration. The absorption shows the same two strong progressions, reduced in frequency to 1270 cm^t-1 and 123 cm^?1, respectively, but with the progression in mode a broadened with increasing n. The broadening is interpreted as arising from inversion doublets; the close harmonicity up to n = 5 allowing the potential barrier to inversion to be estimated as > 700 cm^?1. A feature of the spectra is the absence of low frequency torsional modes suggesting lack of pseudo Jahn-Teller distortion of the triplet state potential surface. For comparison, the phosphorescence of crystalline hexafluoroacetone was also studied at 4.2°K. The spectrum exhibits broad bandedness with a 00 band tentatively assigned at 26 870 ± 20 cm^?1.     

Sublevel decay kinetics of the triplet state of bacteriochlorophyll a and b in methyltetrahydrofuran at 1.2 K

The decay rates of the triplet sublevels of monomeric BChl a and b have been reexamined with pulsed microwave excitation. Our values of k_x and k_y are significantly higher than published values. The new results are discussed in relation to the exciton model of the special pair making up the primary electron donor in photosynthetic purple bacteria.     

X-traps in isotopically mixed benzene crystals: phosphorescence spectrum and zero-field splitting of the lowest triplet state

We have observed temperature-dependent X-trap phosphorescence in C₆H₆ crystals doped with C₆D₆. The observed X-trap is identified as C₆H₆ which is perturbed by the presence of C₆D₆ in a nearest-neighbor crystal site. Zero-field optical-microwave double resonance measurements on the X-traps give for the zero-field anisotropy parameter |E| a value of 20 ± 5 MHz. This is an order of magnitude smaller than that observed for C₆H₆ in C₆D₆ and indicates for the X-traps a nearly hexagonal distribution of spin density in the ³B_1u state. This difference shows that the electronic structure of the ³B_1u state is sensitive to subtle changes in its environment.     

High-resolution ODMR- and ODNQR spectroscopy of acridine-d9 in its lowest excited triplet state

High-resolution ODMR- and ODNQR spectroscopy have been performed on acridine-d₉ in its photoexcited triplet state. The nuclear quadrupole constants e²qQ/h = −4.36(3) MHz and η = 0.22(1) have been measured for the ¹⁴N nucleus, where the sign of e²qQ/h is determined relative to the signs of the fine structure parameters, D and E. The ¹⁴N ODNQR spectrum, with linewidths as low as 60 kHz, exhibits a satellite structure attributable to the ²D nucleus located at the meso-position in the molecule. For this nucleus |e²qQ/h| = 180(30) kHz may be estimated. The intensity behaviour of the ODNQR transitions as a function of the NMR rf power level leads to a coarse determination of the in-plane components of the ¹⁴N hyperfine tensor with |A_yy^N| 0.2 MHz and |A _yy^N| 4.7 MHz. Owing to accidental overlap of two transitions in the 2E-ODMR spectrum of acridine, the ODNQR technique had to be extended to a five-pulse sequence.     

Theoretical study of pyrazolate-bridged dinuclear platinum(II) complexes: interesting potential energy curve of the lowest energy triplet excited state and phosphorescence spectra

Four kinds of 3,5-dialkylpyrazolate(R2pz)-bridged dinuclear platinum(II) complexes [Pt2(mu-R2pz)2(dfppy)2] (dfppy=2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)pyridine; R2pz=pyrazolate in 1, 3,5-dimethylpyrazolate in 2, 3-methyl-5- tert-butylpyrazolate in 3, and 3,5-bis(tert-butyl)pyrazolate in 4) were theoretically investigated by the DFT(B3PW91) method. The Stokes shift of their phosphorescence spectra was discussed on the basis of the potential energy curve (PEC) of the lowest energy triplet excited state (T1). This PEC significantly depends on the bulkiness of substituents on pz. In 1 and 2, bearing small substituents on pz, one local minimum is present in the T1 state besides a global minimum. The local minimum geometry is similar to the S0-equilibrium one. The T1 state at this local minimum is characterized as the pi-pi* excited state in dfppy, where the dpi orbital of Pt participates in this excited state through an antibonding interaction with the pi orbital of dfppy; in other words, this triplet excited state is assigned as the mixture of the ligand-centered pi-pi* excited and metal-to-ligand charge transfer excited state ((3)LC/MLCT). The geometry of the T1-global minimum is considerably different from the S0-equilibrium one. The T1 state at the global minimum is characterized as the triplet metal-metal-to-ligand charge transfer ((3)MMLCT) excited state, which is formed by the one-electron excitation from the dsigma-dsigma antibonding orbital to the pi* orbital of dfppy. Because of the presence of the local minimum, the geometry change in the T1 state is suppressed in polystyrene at room temperature (RT) and frozen 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (2-MeTHF) at 77 K. As a result, the energy of phosphorescence is almost the same in these solvents. In fluid 2-MeTHF at RT, on the other hand, the geometry of the T1 state easily reaches the T1-global minimum. Because the T1-global minimum geometry is considerably different from the S0-equilibrium one, the phosphorescence occurs at considerably low energy. These are the reasons why the Stokes shift is very large in fluid 2-MeTHF but small in polystyrene and frozen 2-MeTHF. In 3 and 4, bearing bulky tert-butyl substituents on pz, only the T1-global minimum is present but the local minimum is not. The electronic structure of this T1-global minimum is assigned as the (3)MMLCT excited state like 1 and 2. Though frozen 2-MeTHF suppresses the geometry change of 3 and 4 in the T1 state, their geometries moderately change in polystyrene because of the absence of the T1-local minimum. As a result, the energy of phosphorescence is moderately lower in polystyrene than in frozen 2-MeTHF. The T1-global minimum geometry is much different from the S0-equilibrium one in 3 but moderately different in 4, which is interpreted in terms of the symmetries of these complexes and the steric repulsion between the tert-butyl group on pz and dfppy. Thus, the energy of phosphorescence of 3 is much lower in fluid 2-MeTHF than in frozen 2-MeTHF like 1 and 2 but that of 4 is moderately lower; in other words, the Stokes shift in fluid 2-MeTHF is small only in 4.     

Factor group splitting in the lowest triplet state of p-benzoquinone-d4 crystals

Polarized Stark-modulated Zeeman absorption experiments on p-benzoquinone-d₄ single crystals at 2 K show the factor group splitting in the origin of the lowest B_1g (nπ^*) triplet state at 18649 cm^?1 to be 0.62±0.06 cm^?1. The ordering of the crystal states is such that the orbital plus state lies at higher energy. The absence of a measurable factor group solitting in the ³A_u (nπ^*) state at 12.1 cm^?1 from the origin is taken as a further confirmation of the vibronic nature of this state. The ZFS parameter D of this level is found to be ?10±3 GHz.     

The absorption,fluorescence and phosphorescence spectra of α and β-F,Cl, Br-naphthalenes in crystalline matrixes at 77 K

The paper studies the absorption, fluorescence and phosphorescence spectra of α and β-F, Cl, Br-naphtalenes (α, β-F, Cl,BrN) in different matrixes at 77 K and different concentrations. From these spectra one obtaines the vibrational frequences.     

The lowest triplet state of tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanedithione. III. Single-crystal Zeeman spectroscopy

Pulsed, high-field Zeeman spectra of the lowest singlet-to-triplet transition in single-crystal tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanedithione (TMCBDT) have been measured. The analysis of the spectra was performed using an extension of the theory of Castro and Hochstrasser which allows for an arbitrary alignment of the magnetic field with respect to the principal crystal axes. From this study we provide evidence that in TMCBDT (1) the lowest triplet is ³A_u (D_2h molecular symmetry). (2) only one spin-orbit coupling route is active. (3) a substantial zero-field splitting (2.5 ± 1.0 cm⁻¹) is present. (4) the magnetic and molecular axes are rotated by 90°. and (5) the spin-orbit contribution to the triplet-state g values is small compared to its effect on the zero-field splitting parameters.     

Multiphoton tea CO2 laser excitation of the triplet state of propynal

Multiple infrared photon excitation of propynal triplet molecules gives rise to a strongly perturbed phosphorescence. Following absorption of a few IR photons per molecule the phosphorescence spectrum extends to higher energy, the intensity increases, the decay — deviating from the original exponential decay — accelerates and the emission quantum yield drops dramatically. These findings are explained in terms of temperature sensitive radiative (T₁ → S₀) and radiationless (T₁ → S₀) processes with the vibrational temperature as the determining factor. During the perturbed triplet decay, the IR excitation initially confined to the vibrational degrees of freedom becomes distributed among all degrees of freedom which results in a decrease in the vibrational temperature and thus a complex phosphorescence decay.     

The resonance Raman spectrum of tetramethylbutadiene in its lowest excited triplet state

The resonance Raman spectrum of tetramethylbutadiene in its lowest excited triplet state, with a reported lifetime of 80 ns, is presented. The triplet state was produced by laser flash photolysis using acetone as sensituer in acetonitrile. Transient Raman bands were seen at 1620, 1395, 1353, 1275, 1239, 1048, and 521 cm⁻¹.     

The anisotropy of the optical polarizability of naphthalene-d8 in its lowest triplet state (photoselection method)

An equation is given for the evaluation of the anisotropy of the optical polarizability from the induced birefringence produced by photoselection. The anisotropy of the optical polarizability of naphthalene-d₈ in the lowest triplet state is calculated.     

The lowest triplet state of tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanedithione. II. Calculation of spin-orbit coupling

A calculation of the spin-orbit coupling in the lowest excited triplet state of tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanedithione (TMCBDT) has been performed. The results show the following. (1) In the TMCBDT crystal the ground singlet-to-lowest triplet transition moment is predicted to be exclusively ? c polarized, as observed. (2) The assignment of the lowest triplet state should be ³A_u as found earlier for the oxygen analog. TMCBD. (3) The two largest contributions (～ 60%) to the isolated-molecule T₁ → S₀ transition moment come from the two triplet-triplet transitions.

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, both of which are polarized along the CS bonds. (4) The total contribution to the transition moment parallel to the CS bonds is 76% from the T_l ← T₁ transitions and 24% from the S_γ ← S₀ transitions. And, finally, (5) the calculated oscillator strength of 2 × 10^?4 for the largest T₁ ← S₀ component (along y) falls within the range of typical spin-allowed, singlet-singlet n-⁼ transitions.     

Experimental study of triplet exciton diffusivity in crystalline pyrene at 300 K

Preliminary measurements of the triplet diffusivity tensor in crystalline pyrene at 300 K are reported. Maximum diffusivity occurs along the b axis and D_ab = (1.25 ± 0.3) × 10^?4 cm² s^?1. Diffusion in the ac′ plane is nearly isotropic with D ≈ (0.3 ± 0.1) × 10^?4 cm² s^?1. These results are tentatively interpreted as diffusion dominated by nonlocal scattering.     

The lowest excited triplet state of triphenylboron and of the isoelectronic triphenylcarbenium ion

Triphenylboron BPh₃ and the triphenylcarbenium salts C⁺Ph₃/SbCl₆^? and C⁺Ph₃/BF₄^? have been investigated by ODMR and emission spectroscopic methods. The zero-field splitting (ZFS) parameters D and E and the decay rate constants of the triplet zero-field levels (ZFL) as well as the phosphorescence spectra were measured. The non-zero E values indicate a symmetry lower than D₃ for the Jahn-Teller unstable triplet state of all compounds. The radiative decay of T₁ shows a strong delocalization of the triplet wavefunction for C⁺Ph₃, but a strong localization on the benzene rings for BPh₃. This is in agreement with MO calculations.