GOLDEN-RULE TREATMENT OF HYDROGEN ABSTRACTION BY PHOTOEXCITED ACRIDINE GUESTS IN FLUORENE SINGLE-CRYSTALS

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CHANTRANUPONG, L
WILDMAN, TA
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[1] Department of Chemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton
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10.1063/1.460058
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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The kinetics of the photoreduction of acridine guest molecules in fluorene single crystals has been investigated theoretically. The abstraction has been modeled using the golden-rule approach and proceeds by vibrationally assisted tunneling. Parameter values have been taken from experimental data from semiempirical force-field calculations. The calculated temperature and isotope effects are in good agreement with the experimental data for acridine and phenazine guests [B. Prass, J. P. Colpa, and D. Stehlik, J. Chem. Phys. 88, 191 (1988)]. While a fluorene lattice vibration is the likely promoting mode, NH wagging in the radical-pair product plays an essential role.
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