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Photochemical behavior of 2-[2-(2-pyridyl) ethenyl] indole on triplet sensitization. Spin multiplicity dependence of the isomerization modes of an intramolecularly hydrogen-bonded compound

✍ Scribed by Tatsuo Arai; Masaki Obi; Takeshi Iwasaki; Katsumi Tokumaru; Frederick D. Lewis


Book ID
103992795
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Weight
460 KB
Volume
96
Category
Article
ISSN
1010-6030

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✦ Synopsis


Although 2-[ 2-(2-pyridyl)ethenyl] indole undergoes one-way E ~ Z isomerization in the excited singlet state, it isomerizes between the E md Z isomers in the excited triplet state. On the basis of the determination of the quantum yields of isomerization and the photostationary ,tate isomer ratios, as well as transient spectroscopic measurements, the potential energy surfaces for E-Z isomerization in the triplet state ~ave been proposed. Specific rotamers of the E and Z isomers are found to be responsible for the triplet state isomerization reactions.