Quenching of triplet states by molecular oxygen and the role of charge-transfer interactions

The rate constants for oxygen quenching in benzene solution of the triplet states of several organic compounds with relatively high triplet energies have been measured in laser photolysis and pulse radiolysis experiments. The previously observed trend for aromatic hydrocarbons where the quenching rate constants decrease from a limiting value of about one ninth of that expected for a diffusion controlled reaction to lower values for triplet states with increasing triplet energy was not observed for the triplet states of certain aromatic ketones and amines. The higher rate constants observed, e.g. oxygen quenching of triplet N-methyl indole has k_Q = 1.4 × 10¹⁰ dm³ mol^?1 s^?1, are interpreted as being due to the presence of low lying triplet charge-transfer states which enhance the efficiency of quenching.     

Dynamic Coupling at the Ångström Scale

While momentum transfer from active particles to their immediate surroundings has been studied for both synthetic and biological micron‐scale systems, a similar phenomenon was presumed unlikely to exist at smaller length scales due to the dominance of viscosity in the ultralow Reynolds number regime. Using diffusion NMR spectroscopy, we studied the motion of two passive tracers—tetramethylsilane and benzene—dissolved in an organic solution of active Grubbs catalyst. Significant enhancements in diffusion were observed for both the tracers and the catalyst as a function of reaction rate. A similar behavior was also observed for the enzyme urease in aqueous solution. Surprisingly, momentum transfer at the molecular scale closely resembles that reported for microscale systems and appears to be independent of swimming mechanism. Our work provides new insight into the role of active particles on advection and mixing at the Ångström scale.     

Fluorescence quenching of BPBD by aniline in benzene–acetonitrile mixtures

The quenching of fluorescence of 2-(4′-t-butylphenyl)-5-(4′′-biphenylyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole (BPBD) has been studied by aniline in different solvent mixtures of benzene and acetonitrile at room temperature. The quenching is found to be appreciable and a positive deviation from linearity was observed in the Stern–Volmer plot in all the solvent mixtures. Various rate parameters for the quenching process have been determined by sphere of action static quenching model and finite sink approximation model. The magnitudes of these rate parameters indicate that positive deviation in the Stern–Volmer plot is due to both static and dynamic processes. The dependence of Stern–Volmer constant on dielectric constant of the solvent mixture indicates the possibility of different solvent molecule composition around the fluorescent from that of the bulk.     

Nonlinear fluorescence quenching of newly synthesized coumarin derivative by aniline in binary mixtures

The fluorescence quenching of newly synthesized coumarin (chromen-2-one) derivative, 4-(5-methyl-3-phenyl-benzofuran-2-yl)-6-chloro-chromen-2-one (MPBClC) by aniline in different binary solvent mixtures of benzene and acetonitrile have been reported by steady state fluorescence measurements. All the measurements were carried out at room temperature (296 K). A positive curvature from linearity was observed in the Stern–Volmer (S–V) plot in all the solvent mixtures. Various rate parameters for the fluorescence quenching have been determined by sphere of action static quenching model and finite sink approximation model. The results show that the positive curvature in the S–V plot is due to both static and dynamic quenching processes. Further, with the use of finite sink approximation model, it is concluded that these bimolecular reactions are diffusion-limited.     

Excess enthalpies and complex formation of acetonitrile with acetone,chloroform, and benzene

Excess enthalpies of binary systems of acetonitrile—acetone, chloroform—acetone and chloroform—benzene, and ternary systems of acetonitrile—chloroform—acetone and acetonitrile—chloroform—benzene are reported at 25°C. The results are analyzed with thermodynamic association theory for complex ternary liquid mixtures. The theory involves two types of self-association of acetonitrile, formation and binary complexes for component pairs of a ternary system, and a nonspecific interaction term expressed by the NRTL equation between various chemical species.     

ELECTRON MOTIONS IN AQUEOUS SYSTEMS—A SURVEY*

Abstract— This paper reviews current experimental and theoretical information about the immediate fate of electrons generated in aqueous systems by ionizing radiation or photolysis of solutes. The applications of spur diffusion theory to pulse radiolysis and flash photolysis results are considered, with brief accounts of related developments in connection with time-dependent rate constants, the radiation sensitivity of large biological targets, and long-range electron interactions including tunneling.     

A modified double pulse technique for the investigation of coupled homogeneous chemical reactions

A double pulse technique for the investigation of coupled homogeneous chemical reactions is described; during the first pulse a constant current is used to generate an intermediate and during the second pulse the intermediate remaining in solution is determined by monitoring the I—t response at a controlled potential. The theory is developed and it is shown that a few simple tests of the experimental data allow systems with no chemical reaction, a first order reaction, and a second order reaction to be distinguished.The method has the capabilities of other similar techniques, e.g. cyclic voltammetry, double potential step, rotating ring-disc electrodes, but has particular advantages when the reactive intermediate results from the oxidation or reduction of the base electrolyte or the solvent. The method is used to investigate some bromination reactions.     

An environment-friendly electrochemical detachment method for porous anodic alumina

This paper describes an improved one-step voltage pulse detachment method by using perchloric acid and ethanol mixture as detaching solution for the preparation of through-hole porous anodic alumina (PAA) membranes. The detachment of PAA from aluminum substrate and the dissolution of the barrier layer can be completed simultaneously in the detachment solution by applying a pulse voltage in situ after the anodization process. The influence of voltage pulse height and nature of the detachment solution on the efficiency of detachment have been systematically investigated. The present procedure is more environmental friendly and efficient as compared to the conventional electrochemical detachment methods and is promising for the preparation of freestanding PAA films with through-hole morphology which are important for nanomaterials synthesis and nanoscale separation.     

Photoluminescence electron-transfer quenching of rhenium(I) rectangles with amines

Electron-transfer (ET) reactions from aromatic amines to excited states of rhenium(I)-based molecular rectangles [{Re(CO)3(mu-bpy)Br}{Re(CO)3(mu-L)Br}]2 (bpy = 4,4'-bipyridine, L = 4,4'-dipyridylacetylene (dpa), I; L = 4,4'-dipyridylbutadiyne (dpb), II; and L = 1,4-bis(4'-pyridylethynyl)benzene (bpeb), III) were investigated in a dichloromethane solution using luminescence quenching techniques. Direct evidence for the ET reaction was obtained from the detection of the amine cation radical in this system using time-resolved transient absorption spectroscopy. The values of the luminescence quenching rate constants, kq, of the 3MLCT excited state of Re(I) rectangles with amines were found to be higher than those for the monomeric Re(I) complexes and other Re(I)-based metallacyclophanes. The observed kq values were correlated well with the driving force (Delta G degrees) for the ET reactions. In addition, a semiclassical theory of ET was successfully applied to the photoluminescence quenching of Re(I) rectangles with amines.     

Luminescence quenching by reversible ionization or exciplex formation/dissociation

The kinetics of fluorescence quenching by both charge transfer and exciplex formation is investigated, with an emphasis on the reversibility and nonstationarity of the reactions. The Weller elementary kinetic scheme of bimolecular geminate ionization and the Markovian rate theory are shown to lead to identical results, provided the rates of the forward and backward reactions account for the numerous recontacts during the reaction encounter. For excitation quenching by the reversible exciplex formation, the Stern-Volmer constant is specified in the framework of the integral encounter theory. The bulk recombination affecting the Stern-Volmer quenching constant makes it different for pulse excited and stationary luminescence. The theory approves that the free energy gap laws for ionization and exciplex formation are different and only the latter fits properly the available data (for lumiflavin quenching by aliphatic amines and aromatic donors) in the endergonic region.     

含醇二元体系热力学性质的研究 Ⅰ. C1至C5正链醇+苯体系的过量焓

使用Picker流动微量量热器系统测量了298.15 K和常压下甲醇+, 乙醇+, 正丙醇+, 正丁醇+和正戊醇+苯体系的摩尔过量焓。所得结果, 一般较间歇式量热器的测量数据稍高。这些体系的最大过量焓在~x醇=0.30～0.33。正链醇+苯体系的摩尔过量焓的数值, 在C_1～C_5之间, 随着醇分子中碳原子的数目增多而升高, 但两相邻醇H~E的差值, 则随碳链的增长而逐渐减小。     

Shape and eccentricity effects in adhesive contacts of rodlike particles

The effects of shape and eccentricity on adhesion and detachment behavior of long, rodlike particles in contact with a half-space are analyzed using contact mechanics. The particles are considered to have cross sections that are squarish, oblate, or prolate rather than circular. Such cross sections are represented very generally by using superellipses. The contact mechanics model allows deduction of closed-form expressions for the contact pressure, load-contact size relation, detachment load, and detachment contact size. It is found that even relatively small deviations in shape from a cylinder have a significant influence on the detachment load. Eccentricity also affects the adhesive behavior, but to a lesser extent, with oblate shapes requiring larger separation loads than prolate shapes. The load-contact size solution reduces to that for a right-circular, cylindrical rod when the appropriate limit is taken. The detachment behavior of right-circular cylinders is also found to be mimicked by an entire family of rod shapes with different cross sections.     

Weak molecular complexes as studied by NMR spectroscopy of oriented molecules

Weak molecular interactions such as those in pyridine—iodine, benzene—iodine and benzene—chloroform systems oriented in thermotropic liquid crystals have been studied from the changes of the order parameters as a result of complex formation. The results indicate the formation of at least two types of charge transfer complexes in pyridine—iodine solutions. The pi-complexes in benzene—chloroform and benzene—iodine mixtures have also been detected. No detectable changes in the inter-proton distances in these systems were observed.     

Influence of ionization density on radiolysis of cyclohexane-benzene mixtures

Cyclohexane-benzene mixtures were irradiated by ²¹⁰Po-α-radiation (LET = 200 eV/nm) with the effective energy of 3 MeV and the results were compared with those obtained by 1.25 MeV λ-irradiation of ⁶⁰Co (LET = 0.2 eV/nm). While during λ-irradiation—similarly to the data known from the literature—the G(c-C₆H₁₀) and the G((c-C₆H₁₁)₂) values were decreased even by a small amount of benzene, the yields of both products obtained by α-irradiation were in the same range practically constant, and began to decrease only above the benzene concentration of 0.3 mol dm^-3 (about 3 electron %).The “protection” in the case of λ-irradiation was interpreted by positive ion scavenging, S₁ excited cyclohexane molecule quenching and thermal H atoms scavenging. The low efficiency of all these three components of “protection” in α-radiolysis is attributed principally to the very high concentration of intermediates in the track/core compared to the relatively low concentration of benzene.The conclusions were also supported by comparison with the data obtained in cyclohexane-iodine systems.     

Kinetics of radical polymerization—XXXIX Investigation of the polymerizations of butyl acrylate and methyl acrylate in solution

The kinetics of free radical polymerizations of methyl and butyl acrylate were studied in benzene at 50°. The initiation rate constant determined by the inhibition method was found to be constant over the whole monomer-solvent composition range in both systems. The polymerization rate was investigated as a function of initiator and monomer concentrations. In accordance with theory, an initiator order of 0.5 was obtained for both systems; monomer orders > 1 were found. This solvent effect could not be explained either in terms of the diffusion theory or by the theory of EDA complexes; complete agreement was found between experimental results and the theory of hot radicals.     

Electron transfer interaction of dihydroxyquinones with amine quenchers: dependence of the quenching kinetics on the aliphatic and aromatic nature of the amine donors

Studies on the electron transfer (ET) interaction of 1,4-dihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone and 6,11-dihydroxy-5,12-naphthacenequinone with aliphatic and aromatic amine (AlA and ArA, respectively) donors have been investigated in acetonitrile solutions. Steady-state (SS) measurements show quenching of the quinone fluorescence by amines, without indicating any change in the shape of the fluorescence spectra. No significant change in the absorption spectra of the quinones is also observed in the presence of the amines. For all the quinone-amine pairs, the bimolecular quenching constants (kq) estimated from SS and time-resolved measurements are found to be similar. Variation in the kq values with the oxidation potentials of the amines indicates the involvement of the ET mechanism for the quenching process. A reasonably good correlation between the kq values and the free energy changes (deltaG0) for the ET reactions following Marcus' outer-sphere ET theory also supports this mechanism. It is seen that for both the quinone-ArA and quinone-AlA systems, the kq values initially increase and then get saturated at some diffusion-controlled limiting values (kqDC) as deltaG0 values gradually become more negative. Interestingly, however, it is seen that the kqDC value for the quinone-AlA systems is substantially lower than that for quinone-ArA systems. Such a large difference in the kqDC values between quinone-AlA and quinone-ArA systems is quite unusual. Present results have been rationalized based on the assumption that an orientational restriction is imposed for the encounter complexes in quinone-AlA systems to undergo ET reactions, which arises because of the localized (at amino nitrogen) shapes of the highest-occupied molecular orbitals (HOMO) of AlA in comparison to the pi-like HOMO of the ArA.     

Fluorodynamers Displaying Tunable Fluorescence on Constitutional Exchanges in Solution and at Solid Film–Solution Interface

Dynamic covalent polymers—dynamers—are adaptive materials that offer timely variant adaptive macroscopic organization across extended scales. In the current study, imine exchange reactions and fluorescence transfer can occur at the interfaces between various solutions and solid state dynameric films. The fluorescence quenching upon imine formations for designed fluorogen was successfully demonstrated, and this tunable fluorescence was further used to study the re-composition of a solid film. Moreover, the dynamic covalent films also exhibited responsiveness to competing amines and acid/base conditions, both in solutions and solid film–solution interface. This work can provide more insights into interface dynamic chemistry and holds great potential for further applications in optical and biomedical materials.     

Effect of magnetic field on the radioluminescence of cyclohexane-benzene mixtures

The effect of magnetic fields on scintillation pulse shapes from p-terphenyl solutions in cyclohexane has been studied. Small additions of benzene increase the fluorescence enhancement at long times (50–200 ns); large amounts reduce the field effect. These results are discussed in terms offast hole transport in cyclohexane and a larger initial yield of triplet ion pairs in benzene.     

THE TRIPLET EXCITED STATES OF BILIVERDIN AND BILIVERDIN DIMETHYL ESTER

Abstract— The triplet states of biliverdin and biliverdin dimethyl ester have been generated using pulse radiolysis excitation. Biliverdin triplet was formed by energy transfer from biphenyl triplet in acetone, absorbed throughout the wavelength range studied (380–1000 nm) and had a half-life of 11.7μs under the cpnditions chosen. Biliverdin dimethyl ester triplet was formed by energy transfer from biphenyl triplet in benzene, likewise absorbed throughout the wavelength range studied (360–1000 nm) and had a half-life of 6.7μs under the conditions used. Both biliverdin and biliverdin dimethyl ester efficiently quench anthracene, naphthacene, but not μ-carotene, triplet states. On the other hand. neither μ-carotene nor oxygen were found to quench the triplet states of biliverdin or biliverdin dimethyl ester. Estimates or limits for the rate constants of all these quenching reactions were obtained. These reactivities suggest that the triplet levels of both biliverdin and biliverdin dimethyl ester lie around 90 kJ mol^-1. The triplet energy transfer rate from bilirubin to biliverdin dimethyl ester in benzene was measured to be 1.9 × 10⁹ M^-1 s^-1. The singlet-triplet intersystem crossing efficiencies of both molecules were very low, limits of 0.004 and 0.001 being found for biliverdin and biliverdin dimethyl ester, respectively, using 347 nm laser excitation.