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Twisted Intramolecular Charge Transfer of Stilbazolium Derivatives Studied by Time-Resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy
Jongwon Im1, Sebok Lee1, Taehyung Jang1
1Department of Chemistry, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 123 Cheomdangwagi-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea.
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Ultrafast intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) often accompanies structural changes in chromophores, such as the rotation of the electron donor or acceptor group. A recent femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy (FSRS) study of a diethylamino stilbazolium derivative featuring a para-methylpyridinium group revealed pronounced structural changes in the styrylpyridinium backbone during ICT. In this work, the detailed structural changes and ICT dynamics of two 4-N,N-diethylamino-N'-methylstilbazolium tosylate (DEST) derivatives with the ortho- and para-methylpyridinium groups were investigated by comparing the experimental results of time-resolved electronic and vibrational spectroscopy. Twisted ICTs of DEST isomers were probed by the skeletal vibrational modes of the styrylpyridinium backbone in the 1500-1650 cm-1 range from FSRS measurements, where the seemingly identical ICT dynamics of the para- and ortho-isomers from the time-resolved electronic spectroscopy can be clearly differentiated by the time-resolved vibrational spectroscopy.
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