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Photochromism of nitrobenzospiropyran in phosphonium based ionic liquids

Byrne, Robert, Coleman, Simon, Răduţă, Ana Maria, Fraser, Kevin J. orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-9718-5405, MacFarlane, Douglas R. and Diamond, Dermot orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-2944-4839 (2009) Photochromism of nitrobenzospiropyran in phosphonium based ionic liquids. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 11 (33). pp. 7286-7291. ISSN 1463-9084

Abstract
The photo-, thermo- and solvatochromic properties of 2,3-dihydro-1,3,3-trimethyl-6-nitrospiro[1-benzopyran-2,2-1H-indole] (BSP) and its photo-induced merocyanine isomer (MC) were investigated in phosphonium based ILs by UV-vis absorption spectroscopy. It was found that the kinetics and thermodynamics of the BSP MC equilibrium were sensitive to the nature of the anion. The MC max shifted from 560 nm to 578 nm when in solutions of [P1,4,4,4][tos] and [P6,6,6,14][dca], respectively. The BSP isomer was highly favoured at equilibrium in the ILs studied; Ke values observed were similar to non-polar solvents such as dichloromethane. The thermal relaxation of MC in all ILs is first order, and in comparison with aprotic polar solvents possessing comparable polarity (such as acetonitrile). Thermal relaxation rates of MC were monitored over a range of temperatures; at 293 K rates varied from 5.19 to 25.03 × 10-4 s-1. A non-linear relationship between Ke and k was observed; this contradicts what is expected for BSP in molecular solvents and suggests the isomers exhibit different molecular/solvation environments. The energetics of the thermal relaxation of MC in ILs were observed; activation energies ranged from 71 to 90 kJ mol-1 and all ILs exhibit negative activation entropies ranging between -72 and -8.2 J K-1 mol-1. A linear relationship between activation energy and entropy was observed.
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Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Subjects:Physical Sciences > Photochemistry
Physical Sciences > Chemistry
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Chemical Sciences
Research Initiatives and Centres > Biomedical Diagnostics Institute (BDI)
Research Initiatives and Centres > CLARITY: The Centre for Sensor Web Technologies
Research Initiatives and Centres > National Centre for Sensor Research (NCSR)
Publisher:Royal Society of Chemistry
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b903772a
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
Funders:Science Foundation Ireland
ID Code:4673
Deposited On:10 Jul 2009 10:27 by Robert Byrne . Last Modified 19 Sep 2018 08:53
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