EVIDENCE FOR AN ADIABATIC REACTION PATHWAY FOR TRANS-TO-CIS PHOTOISOMERIZATION OF DI(ALPHA-NAPHTHYL)ETHYLENE

Authors
BUDYKA MF LAUKHINA OD RAZUMOV VF
Citation
Mf. Budyka et al., EVIDENCE FOR AN ADIABATIC REACTION PATHWAY FOR TRANS-TO-CIS PHOTOISOMERIZATION OF DI(ALPHA-NAPHTHYL)ETHYLENE, Chemical physics letters, 279(5-6), 1997, pp. 327-332
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Chemical physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00092614
Volume
279
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
327 - 332
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-2614(1997)279:5-6<327:EFAARP>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Direct photocyclization of trans-di(alpha-naphthyl)ethylene to dihydro picene with a quantum yield of 0.03 was observed. The kinetics of the photochemical transformations and the effect of the excitation intensi ty on the yield of dihydropicene was studied. A novel adiabatic reacti on pathway for trans-to-cis photoisomerization of di(alpha-naphthyl)et hylene was suggested. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.