Temperature dependence of aryl butatriene fluorescence: barrier to twisting on S1 for 1,1,4,4-tetraphenylbutatriene
作者:Robert E. Connors、Veeradej Chynwat、Christine H. Clifton、Tracy L. Coffin
DOI:10.1016/s0022-2860(97)00363-3
日期:1998.2
The temperature dependence of aryl butatriene fluorescence is assigned to a competition between radiative decay and butatriene chain rotation against a barrier followed by radiationless decay from S-1. Fluorescence quantum yields were measured as a function of temperature for 1,1,4,4-tetraphenylbutatriene (TPBT) in a series of n-alkane solvents. Application of the medium-enhanced barrier model and transition state theory allow the observed barrier to be expressed in terms of an intrinsic and solvent-induced contribution (Delta H-obsd(double dagger) = H-t(double dagger) + Delta H-v(double dagger)) It is found that there is little or no intrinsic barrier to rotation(Delta H-t(double dagger) = 0.075 +/- 0.155 kcal/mol) on S-1 for TPBT. The solvent-induced component is related to E-eta, the activation energy for viscous flow, by Delta H-v(double dagger) = aE(eta) with a = 0.86 +/- 0.06 for TPBT. This is in contrast to twisting on S-1 for trans-stilbene for which a significant intrinsic barrier has been reported. AM1 molecular orbital calculations for gas phase TPBT show a twist angle of similar to 0 degrees on S-0 with a barrier to rotation of 20.1 kcal/mol. Consistent with the experimental results, the calculations show that TPBT undergoes a barrierless relaxation on S-1 from its Franck-Condon structure to a minimum with a twist angle of 85.6 degrees. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.