Ultrafast pump-probe studies of tert-butyl aroylperbenzoates and triplet energy interception by the OO bond

…, A Gusev, MAJ Rodgers, DC Neckers

Index: Shah, Bipin K.; Neckers, Douglas C. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2003 , vol. 68, # 22 p. 8368 - 8372

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Abstract

Photolysis of tert-butyl aroylperbenzoates (BAPs) 1-4 in benzene and acetonitrile at 335 or 267 nm produces the S1 states (λmax≈ 590 nm) that rapidly intersystem cross (k ISC≈ 1.3× 1011 s-1) into the triplet states (λmax≈ 560 nm, τT= 0.6-0.7 ns in benzene). Results from the