Determination of electron-transfer reorganization energy in nanometer-separated radical ion pair by time-resolved EPR spectroscopy.
Determination of electron-transfer reorganization energy in nanometer-separated radical ion pair by time-resolved EPR spectroscopy.
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通过时间分辨 EPR 光谱测定纳米分离自由基离子对中的电子转移重组能。
DOI:
10.1021/ja015752n
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发表时间:
2001
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
S. Tero
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作者:
Y. Kobori;T. Yago;K. Akiyama;S. Tero
The reorganization energy (λ) plays an important role to control the efficiency of the electron transfer (ET) reaction between the electron donor (D) and acceptor (A) molecules, as predicted by Marcus theory. 1 As for the charge-recombination (CR) reactions of the solvent-separated radical ion pairs (RIP), the solvent reorganization (λS) and the solute intramolecular reorganization energies (λV) have been estimated by fitting the Marcus plots of the energy gap (-ΔGCR) dependences of the CR rates, which have been obtained by the transient absorption spectroscopy. 2 The characteristic λ value for the indiVidual DA system is quite significant to understand the solute-solvent interaction in the ET process. Thus far, no studies have determined the individual λ value in the flexibly nanometer-separated bimolecular ET systems. In this Communication, we have precisely determined the λ values for 1, 2, 4-trimethoxybenzene (TMB) cation and duroquinone (DQ) anion RIP separated at∼ 1.2 nm produced from the triplet precursor photoinduced bimolecular charge separation (CS), by observing the temperature dependence of the time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance (TREPR) spectra in polar solvents.For the purpose of the determination of the λ () λS+ λV), we probed the chemically induced dynamic electron polarization (CIDEP) 3, 4 produced through the interaction of the singlet-triplet energy splitting (J) in the RIP. Recently, it has clearly been demonstrated that the J in the RIPs is governed by the chargetransfer interaction (JCT), which is created by the electronic coupling (V) perturbation from the charge-recombined DA configurations. 5-7 The radical pair mechanism (RPM) CIDEP is generated by the singlet-triplet (ST 0) mixing during the diffusive separation and by the possible subsequent reencounter in the RIPs. 3, 4 The RPM polarization pattern provides the information of the sign of the J at the flexibly separated center-