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  • Title: Intramolecular electron transfer in diastereomeric naphthalene-amine dyads: a fluorescence and laser flash photolysis study.
    Author: Abad S, Pischel U, Miranda MA.
    Journal: Photochem Photobiol Sci; 2005 Jan; 4(1):69-74. PubMed ID: 15616694.
    Abstract:
    Two dyads containing a naphthalene-like chromophore linked to a pyrrolidine-derived moiety, namely (S,S)- and (R,S)-NPX-PYR, have been synthesised by esterification of (S)- or (R)-naproxen (NPX) with (S)-N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinemethanol (PYR) and submitted to photophysical studies (steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence, as well as laser flash photolysis). The emission spectra of the dyads in acetonitrile were characterised by a typical band centred at 350 nm, identical to that of the reference compound (S)-NPX. However the intensities were clearly different, revealing a significant intramolecular quenching in the dyads, as well as a remarkable stereodifferentiation (factor of 1.6). Accordingly, the fluorescence lifetimes of the two dyads were different from each other and markedly shorter than that of (S)-NPX. The quenching mechanism is intramolecular electron transfer, that is thermodynamically favoured. Exciplex formation, that is nearly thermoneutral, does not compete efficiently. The electron transfer rate constants for (S,S)- and (R,S)-(NPX-PYR) were 1.8 x 10(8) and 2.8 x 10(8) s(-1), respectively. By contrast, no significant intramolecular quenching was observed for the excited triplet states (lambda(max)= 440 nm), generated by laser flash photolysis; this is in agreement with the fact that intramolecular electron transfer is thermodynamically disfavoured, due to the lower energy of excited triplets.
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