S1- and T1-state properties of n-butylamine Schiff bases of isomeric retinylideneacetaldehyde as revealed by transient absorption and transient Raman spectroscopies and by HPLC analysis of triplet-sensitized isomerization
作者:Yumiko Mukai、Hideki Hashimoto、Yasushi Koyama、Shoziro Kuroda、Yoshinori Hirata、Noboru Mataga
DOI:10.1021/j100179a019
日期:1991.12
Transient absorption spectroscopy upon direct photoexcitation of n-butylamine Schiff base of isomeric retinylideneacetaldehyde (C22 SB) showed that each isomer generates its own S1 species showing a unique S(n) <-- S1 absorption and lifetime (all-trans, 420 ps; 9-cis, 290 ps; 11-cis, 370 ps; and 13-cis, 330 ps); no time-dependent spectral change indicating isomerization in the S1 state was seen for each isomer. Transient absorption a few nanoseconds after excitation showed that each isomer generates as a result of intersystem crossing, its own T1 species showing a unique T(n) <-- T1 absorption. Transient Raman spectroscopy upon direct photoexcitation of isomeric C22 SB showed that each isomer generates its own S1 species with a unique configuration. It showed also that the S1 state of each isomer is actually the 2(1)A(g) state, which is vibronically coupled with the S0 (1A(g)) state and gives rise to an S1, C = C stretching Raman line with an extremely high frequency (1738-1727 cm-1). The excitation profile of the particular Raman line evidenced that it is due to the S1 state probed by the transient absorption spectroscopy. Analysis by HPLC of triplet-sensitized isomerization of isomeric C22 SB showed efficient cis to trans isomerization. The quantum yields (defined as isomerization of the starting isomer per triplet species generated) were as follows: all-trans, 0.02; 9-cis, 0.5; 11-cis, 0.6; and 13-cis, 0.4. Transient Raman spectroscopy upon triplet-sensitized photoexcitation of isomeric C22 SB showed that the all-trans isomer generates its own T1 species ("all-trans" T1) and that each cis isomer generates both its own "cis" T1 and the "all-trans" T1 species. The above results indicate that no isomerization takes place in the S1 (2(1)A(g)) state, and that cis to trans isomerization takes place in the T1 state. The photophysical properties of C22 SB are compared with those of retinylideneacetaldehyde (C22 aldehyde).