Influence of the linking chain length on the recombination kinetics of covalently bonded triplet radical pairs and magnetic field effects |
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Authors: | Shafirovich V. Ya. Levin P. P. |
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Affiliation: | (1) N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 ul. Kosygina, 117977 Moscow, Russian Federation |
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Abstract: | Nanosecond laser flash photolysis technique is used to study the formation and decay kinetics of covalently linked triplet radical pairs (RP) formed after photoinduced electron transfer in the series of 21 zinc porphyrin—chain—viologen (Pph—Spn—Vi2+) dyads, where the number of atoms (n) in the chain increases from 2 to 138. In poorly viscous polar solvents (acetone, CHCl3—CH3OH (1 : 1) mixture), the dependence of the rate constant of RP formation on n can be described by the equation ke = ke0n–a at ke0 = 2.95·108 s–1 anda = 0.8. In the zero magnetic field, the RP recombination rate constant (kr(B = 0)) is significantly lower than ke and ranges from 0.7·106 to 8·106 s–1. The dependence of kr(B = 0) on n is extreme. The dependence kr(B = 0) reaches a maximum at n = 20. In the strong magnetic field (B = 0.21 T), the significant retardation of triplet RP recombination is observed. The chain length has an insignificant effect on kr(B = 0.21 T), which ranges from 0.3·106 to 0.9·106 s–1. The regularities found are discussed in terms of the interplay of molecular and spin dynamics. |
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Keywords: | laser photolysis porphyrin viologen magnetic field effect electron transfer triplet radical pair |
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