Excited-state intramolecular charge transfer in 9-aminoacridine derivative |
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Authors: | Pereira Robson Valentim Garcia Ferreira Ana Paula Gehlen Marcelo Henrique |
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Institution: | Instituto de Química de S?o Carlos, Universidade de S?o Paulo, 13560-590, S?o Carlos SP, Brazil. |
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Abstract: | A new fluorochromic dye was obtained from the reaction of 9-aminoacridine with ethyl-2-cyano-3-ethoxyacrylate. It displays complex fluorescence that is ascribed to normal emission from the acridine chromophore in addition to excited-state intramolecular charge transfer (ESICT) formed upon light excitation. The analysis of the fluorescence decays in different solvents reveals two short-lived components in the range of 80-450 ps and 0.7-3.2 ns, ascribed to the formation and decay of the intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) state, in addition to a third component of about 9.0 ns, which is related to the normal emission from the acridine singlet excited state, probably in an enol-imine tautomeric form. The ICT emission is readily quenched by water addition to polar solvents, and this effect is ascribed to changes in the keto-amine/enol-imine equilibrium of this fluorochromic dye. |
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