Open AccessTransient absorption spectroscopy of the electron transfer step in the photochemically activated polymerizations of N-ethylcarbazole and 9-phenylcarbazole
Author(s) -
Georgia L. Thornton,
Ryan A Phelps,
Andrew J. Orr-Ewing
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
physical chemistry chemical physics/pccp. physical chemistry chemical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.053
H-Index - 239
eISSN - 1463-9084
pISSN - 1463-9076
DOI - 10.1039/d1cp03137f
Subject(s) - intersystem crossing , chemistry , photochemistry , ultrafast laser spectroscopy , electron transfer , photoexcitation , electron acceptor , electron donor , singlet state , polymerization , excited state , spectroscopy , organic chemistry , physics , polymer , quantum mechanics , nuclear physics , catalysis
Transient absorption spectroscopy of electron transfer reactions between a carbazole and an iodonium salt reveals structure and solvent-dependent kinetic and mechanistic details important to initiation of polymerization.