DEPENDENCE OF THE BENZOPHENONE ANION SOLVATION ON SOLVENT STRUCTURE

The solvation of the benzophenone anion has been studied at room temperature using the pulse radiolytic pump-probe technique. The time-dependent benzophenone anion absorption spectra have been monitored in several different solvents ranging from linear alcohols to branched alcohols to acetonitrile. The maximum of the steady-state spectrum shifts to the red as the solvent is changed from linear alcohols to branched alcohols to acetonitrile. Computer Monte Carlo simulations indicate that the observed spectral shift can be assigned to the position and the orientation of the dipole functional group. The experimental dynamics of the anion solvation were also studied. By fitting the time-dependent absorption data to a multistate evolution kinetic model, the solvation time for these systems is obtained.