Photochemistry of dicyanopyridines |
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Authors: | Tullio Caronna Bruno M. Vittimberga Matthew E. Kornn W. Grant McGimpsey |
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Affiliation: | a Dipartimento di Chimica del Politecnico, Milano, Italy b Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA c Department of Chemisty, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609, USA |
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Abstract: | The photochemistry of a variety of dicyanopyridines (2,3-, 2,4-, 2,5-, 2,6-, 3,4- and 3,5-dicyanopyridine) in solution at room temperature was investigated. Pulsed UV (308 nm) laser irradiation in deoxygenated acetonitrile yields the triplet state with lifetimes between 4 and 10 μs and absorption bands in the 400 and 320 nm regions. In the presence of added HCl an air-insensitive transient (τ ≈ 10–12 μs, λmax ≈ 360–380 nm) was observed, suggesting the formation of a protonated excited state. Irradiation in the presence of amines resulted in the production of the pyridyl radical anion (τ ≈ 40–80 μs, air sensitive, λmax ≈ 360–380 nm) formed by electron transfer from the amine to the pyridine triplet excited state. Stern-Volmer analysis gave electron transfer rate constants in the range (1–8) × 10−8 M−1 s−1. In methanol solvent, irradiation yielded an air-insensitive transient assigned as the neutral pyridyl radical (τ ≈ 30–200 μs, λmax ≈ 370–385 nm). The formation of these transients is discussed in the context of previous photochemical electron spin resonance and product studies. |
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Keywords: | Dicyanopyridines Triplet states Neutral radicals Radical anions |
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