V. Avila et Cm. Previtali, TRIPLET-STATE PROPERTIES OF FLAVONE IN HOMOGENEOUS AND MICELLAR SOLUTIONS - A LASER FLASH-PHOTOLYSIS STUDY, Perkin transactions. 2, (12), 1995, pp. 2281-2285
The triplet state properties of flavone (2-phenylchromone) have been i
nvestigated by laser flash photolysis. Excitation at 337 nm was carrie
d out by means of a nitrogen laser. The T-T absorption spectrum was de
termined in homogeneous solvents (benzene, ethanol, acetonitrile) and
in micellar solutions of SDS, CTAC and Brij 35. The position of the tw
o maxima at 370 and 620 nm was practically independent of the solvent.
The self-quenching rate constants were determined in homogeneous solv
ents and are in the range 1.8-3.0 x 10(8) dm(3) mol(-1) s(-1). The eff
ect of surfactant concentration on the yield and decay of the triplet
was investigated. The self-quenching was greatly diminished in the mic
ellar systems. The results could be explained by considering the flavo
ne as totally micellized. The quenching by amines was also studied in
the three solvents. The rate constants correlate with the oxidation po
tential of the amine and a new long-lived transient appears which was
attributed to the flavone ketyl radical.