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Time-resolved Photophysical Characterization of Triplet-harvesting Organic Compounds at an Oxygen-free Environment Using an iCCD Camera
Published on: December 27, 2018
Photoreactions of Ozone-Tetrahydrothiophene, Ozone-Pyrrolidine, and Ozone-Thiazolidine Complexes Studied Using
Asami Kon1, Natsuki Inano1, Nariko Terada1
1Graduate School of BASE (Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
Abstract:
The photoreactions of molecular complexes composed of O3 and three 5-membered heterocyclic compounds, tetrahydrothiophene (THT), pyrrolidine (PyD), and thiazolidine (TAD), are systematically investigated using matrix-isolation infrared (IR) and UV-visible spectroscopies. Two visible-light absorption bands appear in the visible spectra obtained for O3-THT and O3-PyD, whereas four bands are observed for O3-TAD, which contains both N and S atoms in the heterocyclic ring. Upon visible-light irradiation, O3-THT and O3-PyD form their corresponding oxide derivatives, tetrahydrothiophene-1-oxide and pyrrolidine-N-oxide. Although two O3-TAD complexes with different photoreactivities are detected, both structures form thiazolidine-1-oxide upon combining with O and S atom in the heterocyclic ring, but not thiazolidine-N-oxide. The mechanism of formation of these oxide compounds can be explained by the stability of the oxide compound in the triplet state formed via the combination of O(3P) and the paired ring molecule.
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