Intersystem crossing in methylene
โ Scribed by Tai Yup Chang; Harold Basch
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1970
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 283 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-2614
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โฆ Synopsis
Singlet-triplet intersystem crossing in methylene is considered as a two step process: (a) reversible intramolecular equilibration of singlet and triplet species. and @) collisional deactivation of the vibrationally excited triplet state. The overall process is predicted to be bimolecular.
in ngreement with the experimental observation of Eder et al.
It is believed that the ground electronic state of CH2 is a linear triplet state (3s;$ [I]. In many photochemical reactions, however, because of spin conservation, CH2 is first formed in a bent singlet state (lA1) from which it relaxes relatively slowly into the triplet ground state. Although
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