Laser flash photolysis study on the hydrogen atom transfer reaction from triplet 2-naphthylammonium ion to benzophenone: remarkable proton effect
作者:Seiji Kohno、Mikio Hoshino、Haruo Shizuka
DOI:10.1021/j100167a025
日期:1991.7
The laser flash photolysis study at 355 nm in the 2-naphthylammonium ion (RNH3+) and benzophenone (BP) system has been carried out in methanol-water (9:1 v/v) at 290 K. At first, triplet benzophenone (3BP*) produced by fast intersystem crossing of 1BP* excited at 355 nm is quenched by RNH3+ with almost diffusion-controlled rates (1.1 x 10(10) M-1 s-1 at [H2SO4] = 0.015 M; 3.9 x 10(9) M-1 s-1 at [H2SO4] = 0.5 M). The triplet 2-naphthylammonium ion (3RNH3+*) is produced in the nanosecond region by triplet energy transfer from 3BP* to RNH3+ with efficiencies of 0.41 ([H2SO4] = 0.015 M) and 0.33 ([H2SO4] = 0.5 M) at [RNH3+] = 3.0 x 10(-3) M and at [BP] = 1.12 x 10(-2) M, competing with hydrogen abstraction of 3BP* from solvent (methanol) or RNH3+ molecules. Subsequently, in the microsecond region the hydrogen atom transfer (HT) reaction from 3RNH3+* to ground BP occurs effectively to give the naphthylamine cation radical (RNH2.+) and the ketyl radical (> COH). The decay rate (tau-obsd)-1 of 3RNH3+* increases with an increase of the BP concentration, and at higher BP concentrations a leveling off is observed. The (tau-obsd)-1 value decreases drastically with an increase in acid concentration. The mechanism of the HT reaction can be accounted for by the intracomplex HT reaction of the triplet exciplex 3(RNH3+...>CO)* with a rate constant of ca. 5 x 10(6) s-1. At higher acid concentrations, the triplet complex is decomposed by protonation to give free 3RNH3+* and BP, resulting in suppression of the rate for the HT reaction.