Time-resolved resonance Raman studies on proton-induced electron-transfer reaction from triplet excited state of 2-methoxynaphthalene to decafluorobenzophenone

Himansu Mohapatra; S Umapathy

doi:10.1021/jp109821r

Time-resolved resonance Raman studies on proton-induced electron-transfer reaction from triplet excited state of 2-methoxynaphthalene to decafluorobenzophenone

J Phys Chem A. 2010 Dec 2;114(47):12447-51. doi: 10.1021/jp109821r. Epub 2010 Nov 8.

Authors

Himansu Mohapatra¹, S Umapathy

Affiliation

¹ Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.

PMID: 21058635
DOI: 10.1021/jp109821r

Abstract

In this paper, time-resolved resonance Raman (TR3) spectra of intermediates generated by proton-induced electron-transfer reaction between triplet 2-methoxynaphthalene ((3)ROMe) and decafluorobenzophenone (DFBP) are presented. The TR3 vibrational spectra and structure of 2-methoxynaphthalene cation radical (ROMe(•+)) have been analyzed by density functional theory (DFT) calculation. It is observed that the structure of naphthalene ring of ROMe(•+) deviates from the structure of cation radical of naphthalene.