Photoinduced electron transfer to pyrimidines and 5, 6-dihydropyrimidine derivatives: Reduction potentials determined by fluorescence quenching kinetics

MP Scannell, G Prakash, DE Falvey

Index: Scannell, Michael P.; Prakash, Gautam; Falvey, Daniel E. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 1997 , vol. 101, # 24 p. 4332 - 4337

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Abstract

The dynamics of flourescence quenching of excited state electron donor sensitizers by various pyrimidine and 5, 6-dihydropyrimidine substrates was examined. For all of the substrates studied the rate constant of fluorescence quenching (kq) increases as the excited state oxidation potential (E ox*) becomes more negative. The dependence of kq on E ox* in each case is well described by the Rehm-Weller relationship. Fits of the data to this ...