Tl. Arbeloa et al., HYDROGEN-BONDING EFFECT ON THE PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF 7-AMINOCOUMARIN DERIVATIVES, Journal of physical chemistry, 97(18), 1993, pp. 4704-4707
The photophysical properties of 7-amimocoumarin derivatives with diffe
rent alkylation degrees are studied in water and in different monoalco
hols. Specific hydrogen bonds between the solute and protic solvents a
re considered to explain spectral shifts and internal conversion proce
ss. The mechanism for the internal conversion process via a twisted in
tramolecular charge transfer state and the umbrella-like motion model
is discussed.