Photoreduction of 4,4'-bipyridine. A time-resolved Raman analysis
作者:Olivier Poizat、G. Buntinx、M. Ventura、M. F. Lautie
DOI:10.1021/j100156a039
日期:1991.2
The 266-nm photolysis products of 4,4'-bipyridine (44BPY) and of its perdeuterated analogue in various hydrogen-donating solvents have been investigated by time-resolved resonance Raman spectroscopy in the nanosecond time scale. Clear evidence that hydrogen-atom abstraction takes place from alcohols, ethers, and amines is provided. In alcoholic and aqueous solutions the unquaternized pyridine N atom is H bonded to the solvent and partial protonation of the radical is observed according to the equilibrium 44BPYH....HOR reversible 44BPYH2.+ + O-R. the yield of proton transfer is strongly dependent on the solvent polarity. Detailed vibrational analyses of the hydrogen adduct radical 44BPYH. and of its protonated form, 44BPYH2.+, are proposed for the ring-hydrogenated and fully deuterated species and are compared with the results reported in the literature for the radical anion 44BPY.-, the radical anion of biphenyl, and the methylviologen radical cation. The structure and electronic configuration of these transients are discussed on this basis.