Photoinduced electron transfer between 2-methylanthraquinone and triethylamine in an ionic liquid: time-resolved EPR and transient absorption spectroscopy study.
Photoinduced electron transfer between 2-methylanthraquinone (MeAQ) and triethylamine (TEA) in a room-temperature ionic liquid, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([bmim][PF6]), was investigated by comparing the time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance (TR-EPR) spectroscopy and the transient absorption spectroscopy. The results of TR-EPR spectroscopy, in which MeAQ was 8 mmol L(-1) and TEA was 150 mmol L(-1), indicated that the transient radical would exist longer time in [bmim][PF6] than in acetonitrile. At the delay time of 8 μs after laser excitation, the TR-EPR signal transformed from an emissive peak into an absorptive peak when the experiment was performed in [bmim][PF6]. The results of the transient absorption spectroscopy, in which MeAQ was 0.1 mmol L(-1) and TEA was 2.2 mmol L(-1), showed that the efficiency and the rate of the photoinduced electron transfer reaction in [bmim][PF6] were obviously lower than that in acetonitrile. It was concluded that various factors, such as concentration, viscosity and local structural transformation of the solution, have an influence on the process of photoinduced electron transfer in [bmim][PF6].
['Zhu|Guanglai|G|', 'Wang|Yu|Y|', 'Fu|Haiying|H|', 'Xu|Xinsheng|X|', 'Cui|Zhifeng|Z|', 'Ji|Xuehan|X|', 'Wu|Guozhong|G|']
D065966:Absorption, Physicochemical D000880:Anthraquinones D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy D004583:Electrons D005021:Ethylamines D052578:Ionic Liquids D008027:Light D011789:Quantum Theory D013997:Time Factors
Photoinduced electron transfer 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate Time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance Radical Transient absorption spectra