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  • Title: Photodecomposition profiles of beta-bond cleavage of phenylphenacyl derivatives in the higher triplet excited states during stepwise two-color two-laser flash photolysis.
    Author: Yamaji M, Cai X, Sakamoto M, Fujitsuka M, Majima T.
    Journal: J Phys Chem A; 2008 Nov 13; 112(45):11306-11. PubMed ID: 18921987.
    Abstract:
    Photochemical properties of p-phenylphenacyl derivatives (PP-X) having C-halide, C-S, and C-O bonds in the lowest (T 1) and higher (T n ) triplet excited states were investigated in solution by using single-color and stepwise two-color two-laser flash photolysis techniques. PP-Xs (X = Br, SH, and SPh) undergo beta-bond dissociation in the lowest singlet excited states (S 1) while the C-X bonds of other PP-Xs are stable upon 266-nm laser photolysis. The T 1(pi,pi*) states of PP-X were efficiently produced during 355-nm laser photolysis of benzophenone as a triplet sensitizer. Triplet PP-Xs deactivate to the ground state without photochemical reactions. Upon 430-nm laser photolysis of the T 1 states of PP-X (X = Br, Cl, SH, SPh, OH, OMe, and OPh), decomposition of PP-X in the T n states was found. On the basis of the changes in the transient absorption, quantum yields (Phi dec) of the decomposition of PP-X in the T n states were determined, while bond dissociation energies (BDE) of the C-X bonds were calculated by computations. According to the relationship between the Phi dec and BDE values, it was shown that the decomposition of PP-X in the T n state is due to beta-cleavage of the corresponding C-X bond, and that the state energy of the reactive T n for the C-O bond cleavage differs from that for the C-halide and C-S bond cleavage. The reaction profiles of the C-X bond cleavage of PP-X in the T n states were discussed.
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