Photodissociation of p-ethyl- and p-(α-hydroxyethyl)toluene in solution

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Publication Date 2000-08-09
DOI 10.1039/B004079G
Impact Factor 3.676
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M. Fujiwara, K. Mishima


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Abstract

Photodissociation of p-ethyl- and p-(α-hydroxyethyl)toluene at 266 nm in n-heptane solution was studied by nanosecond fluorescence and absorption spectroscopy. p-Ethyltoluene dissociates by CH–H bond fission in the CH2 group. p-(α-Hydroxyethyl)toluene decomposes by CH–OH bond fission in the CH(OH) group. The quantum yields are of the order of ∼10−3 for dissociation of p-ethyl- and p-(α-hydroxyethyl)toluene. For p-ethyltoluene, the dissociation rate of 4.0×107 s−1 is equal to the fluorescence decay rate of 4.0×107 s−1. For p-(α-hydroxyethyl)toluene, the dissociation rate of >1.0×109 s−1 is much faster than the fluorescence decay rate of 4.5×107 s−1. One-photon excitation is required for dissociation of p-ethyl- and p-(α-hydroxyethyl)toluene. A model is proposed to interpret the observations. For p-ethyltoluene, since the S1 [ππ*(benzene)] state does not correlate adiabatically to the σσ*(C–H) state, intersystem crossing proceeds to the T1 [ππ*(benzene)] state, which crosses to the σσ*(C–H) state, leading to CH–H bond fission. For p-(α-hydroxyethyl)toluene, the S1 [ππ*(benzene)] state crosses adiabatically to the np(O)σ*(C–O) state, allowing rapid CH–OH bond fission.

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