Gl. Hug et al., pH effects on the photooxidation of methionine derivatives by the 4-carboxybenzophenone triplet state, NUKLEONIKA, 45(1), 2000, pp. 63-71
Reduction of the triplet state of 4-carboxybenzophenone (CB) by a series of
five substituted methionines was monitored under laser flash photolysis co
nditions in aqueous solution. Spectral resolution techniques were employed
to determine initial quantum yields of the photoproducts. Branching ratios
were evaluated for the decay of the charge-transfer complex by the competin
g processes of back electron transfer, proton transfer, and escape of radic
al ions. The relative prominence of these processes was discussed in terms
of the proton-transfer tendencies of the nominal sulfur-radical-cationic sp
ecies. A scheme was proposed to account for the pH effects observed. The ki
netic equations were solved with a minimum of assumptions, and simulations
were performed that qualitatively support the proposed scheme.