ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The isomerization rate of 2-(2-propenyl)anthracene (22PA) in the lowest excited singlet (S1) state was investigated in supercritical fluids (SCF); ethane and CO2, as well as in a series of liquid n-alkanes at high pressures. Combining the present results with our preceding ones which had been examined in compressed liquid n-alkane solvents [J. Phys. Chem. A 101, 2240 (1997)] we completed the curve of forward isomerization rate constant (kf) against solvent viscosity (η) over the entire friction range. We also discuss the dependence of kf on the inverse of solvent self-diffusion coefficient (D−1), which is used as a measure of solvent collisional frequency. The Kramers turnover behavior of 22PA thus observed was compared with our previous result of 2-vinylanthracene [J. Chem. Phys. 103, 5548 (1995)]. The kf values of both isomerization reactions around the turnover viscosity region never attains those which are predicted by transition state theory. © 1999 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.477807
