Da. Good et al., Location of the first excited states of fluorinated ethers, E143a (CH3OCF3), E134 (CHF2OCHF2), and E125 (CHF(2)OCF3), CHEM P LETT, 313(1-2), 1999, pp. 267-270
The first excited states for dimethyl ether, E143a (CH3OCF3), E134 (CHF2OCH
F2), and E125 (CHF2OCF3) have been located using the state-averaged CASSCF
method. The first excited states have been found to lie at 185, 138, 122, a
nd 114 nm for dimethyl ether, E143a, E134 and E125, respectively. The value
for dimethyl ether is in good agreement with literature values. The effect
of fluorinating dimethyl ether to form E143a is to blue shift the position
of the first excited state by over 40 nm. These results are consistent wit
h the methanol system, which sees an analogous shift of approximately 40 nm
as methanol is fluorinated to form CF3OH. Implications for the photolysis
of these fluorinated ethers in the atmosphere is discussed. (C) 1999 Elsevi
er Science B.V. All rights reserved.