Photoionization of Naphthalene and Anthracene in Acetonitrile

Vauthey, Eric; Suppan, Paul; Haselbach, Edwin

doi:10.1002/hlca.19870700212

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Photoionization of Naphthalene and Anthracene in Acetonitrile

ContributorsVauthey, Eric

; Suppan, Paul; Haselbach, Edwin

Published inHelvetica chimica acta, vol. 70, no. 2, p. 347-353

Publication date1987

Abstract

Naphthalene and anthracene undergo a monophotonic ionization process in MeCN to produce the radical cations in low quantum yields (around 0.06 for anthracene). This reaction originates from the relaxed singlet excited state S1, and it is not due to traces of H2O in the solvent.

Affiliation

Faculté des sciences / Section de chimie et biochimie / Département de chimie physique

Research group

Groupe Vauthey

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VAUTHEY, Eric, SUPPAN, Paul, HASELBACH, Edwin. Photoionization of Naphthalene and Anthracene in Acetonitrile. In: Helvetica chimica acta, 1987, vol. 70, n° 2, p. 347–353. doi: 10.1002/hlca.19870700212

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PID : unige:3085
DOI : 10.1002/hlca.19870700212

ISSN of the journal0018-019X

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Photoionization of Naphthalene and Anthracene in Acetonitrile

Naphthalene and anthracene undergo a monophotonic ionization process in MeCN to produce the radical cations in low quantum yields (around 0.06 for anthracene). This reaction originates from the relaxed singlet excited state S1, and it is not due to traces of H2O in the solvent.

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