Abstract
Steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence techniques were employed to study the excited-state proton transfer (ESPT) to water and D2O of a new photoacid, phenol benzoate cyanine picolinium salt (BCyP). We found that the ground-state pKa is about 6.5, whereas the excited-state pKa∗ is about -4.5. The ESPT rate constant, kPT, to water is ∼0.5 × 1012s-1 (τPT ≈ 2 ps) and in D2O the rate is 0.33 × 1012 s-1. We determined that the BCyP photoacid belongs to the third regime of photoacids, the solvent-controlled regime.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3079-3087 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Physical Chemistry A |
Volume | 121 |
Issue number | 16 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 27 Apr 2017 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry