A yellow crystal 3 and a red crystal 4 simultaneously crystallize from a solution of acridine 1 and phenothiazine 2 in acetonitrile. Similar N · · · H–N hydrogen bonding pairs of 1 and 2 are formed in the two crystals. The 3∶4 crystal 3 has a slightly uncommon molecular arrangement of which four acridine molecules out of twelve are disordered in the unit cell. The 1∶1 crystal 4 has a more rigid packing of the hydrogen bonding pairs. Irradiation of 3 gives a photoadduct 5 as the sole product, whereas 4 shows almost no photoreactivity. The occurrence of photoinduced electron transfer has been confirmed by the measurement of transient absorption spectra of the crystals 3 and 4. However, the two-stage decay of the transient absorption of 3 with lifetimes of 2 and 50 ps is different from that of 4 with a single short lifetime of 2 ps. Upon irradiating 3, electron transfer, proton transfer and subsequent radical coupling occur over the shortest distance of 4.1 Å between the preradical carbon and nitrogen atoms in the crystal lattice followed by dehydrogenation to afford the product 5. In the case of the red crystal 4, the radical coupling is difficult because of the longer coupling distance of 5.6 Å and the more restricted movement in the rigid crystal lattice. The results indicate that the observed photochemical behaviour of 3 and 4 are controlled by the molecular arrangement in the crystal lattice.
黄色晶体3和红色晶体4同时从
吖啶1和
吩噻嗪2的
乙腈溶液中结晶出来。类似的 N · · · H-N 氢键对 1 和 2 在两个晶体中形成。 3:4晶体3的分子排列有点不常见,其中12个
吖啶分子中的4个在晶胞中是无序的。 1:1晶体4具有更刚性的氢键对堆积。 3 的照射产生光加合物 5 作为唯一产物,而 4 几乎没有显示出光反应性。晶体3和4的瞬态吸收光谱的测量证实了光致电子转移的发生。然而,寿命分别为2和50 ps的3的瞬态吸收的两级衰减与寿命为2和50 ps的4的瞬态吸收的两阶段衰减不同。单个寿命较短,为 2 ps。照射 3 后,晶格中自由基前碳原子和氮原子之间最短距离 4.1 Å 内发生电子转移、质子转移和随后的自由基偶联,然后脱氢得到产物 5。在红色晶体 4 的情况下,由于 5.6 Å 的较长耦合距离以及刚性晶格中的运动受到更多限制,自由基耦合很困难。结果表明,观察到的3和4的光
化学行为是由晶格中的分子排列控制的。