ISSN:
0894-3230
Keywords:
bsorption
;
fluorescence
;
solvatochromism
;
hydrogen bonding
;
dipole moment
;
naphthalenones
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Chemistry
;
Theoretical, Physical and Computational Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
---Electronic absorption and steady-state fluorescence emission of seven 3,4-dihydro-1-(2-p-substituted benzylidene)naphthalenones (1-7) show sizable solvent dependence. The charge-transfer (CT) absorption maxima of these compounds in various solvents show a red shift for the electron-donating substituted compounds (1-5), whereas a blue shift is observed for compounds possessing electron-withdrawing substituents (6, 7). Excitation into the lowest energy absorption gives emission from the locally excited state, which relaxes to the emitting intramolecular charge-transfer state for compounds with strong electron-donating substituents (1-3) in hydroxylic solvents. However, in moderately polar solvents, dual emissions are observed for these compounds. No CT emission is observed for the compounds with moderate electron-donating substituents (3 and 4) or those with electron-withdrawing substituents (6 and 7). Compound 1 with an -N(CH3)2 substituent shows an excited-state dipole moment of 17 D. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Additional Material:
9 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
