Solvent and substituent effects in aromatic carbonyl compounds: the lowest triplet states of xanthone and xanthone-18O1
- 1 May 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Physics
- Vol. 31 (5) , 1393-1406
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00268977600101091
Abstract
The phosphorescence of xanthone and xanthone-18O1 in ethanol-ether-isopentane (EPA) and in 3-methylpentane (3-MP) has been studied between 12 and 125 K. The dual phosphorescence in this ketone is attributed to the existence of two different ground-state conformations, each of which has a characteristic triplet state. The longer-lived phosphorescence is assigned to a more planar conformation than the short-lived species. Because a progression based on the carbonyl stretch frequency appears in both short and long-lived components, we assign some n, π* character to both forms. Thermally populated fluorescence from the lowest 1(n, π*) state of xanthone is also reported for the first time.Keywords
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