ONE-WAY Z-]E ISOMERIZATION AROUND THE DOUBLE-BOND OF N-METHOXY-1-(2-ANTHRYL) ETHANIMINE IN THE EXCITED TRIPLET-STATE - DIRECT OBSERVATION OF ONE-WAY ISOMERIZATION FROM Z-TRIPLET TO E-TRIPLET OF THE C=N BOND

Authors
ARAI T FURUYA Y FURUUCHI H TOKUMARU K
Citation
T. Arai et al., ONE-WAY Z-]E ISOMERIZATION AROUND THE DOUBLE-BOND OF N-METHOXY-1-(2-ANTHRYL) ETHANIMINE IN THE EXCITED TRIPLET-STATE - DIRECT OBSERVATION OF ONE-WAY ISOMERIZATION FROM Z-TRIPLET TO E-TRIPLET OF THE C=N BOND, Chemical physics letters, 212(6), 1993, pp. 597-603
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Chemical physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00092614
Volume
212
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
597 - 603
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-2614(1993)212:6<597:OZIATD>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
On direct as well as benzil-sensitized irradiation in degassed benzene N-methoxy-1-(2-anthryl)ethanimine (I), ArC(CH3)=N-OCH3 (Ar: 2-anthryl ), underwent one-way Z-->E isomerization through a quantum chain proce ss. The barrier to Z-->E isomerization of I in the excited triplet sta te was determined by directly observing the change of T-T absorption s pectra from the Z triplet to the E triplet. Based on these results the potential energy surface of photoisomerization of I is discussed.