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DIRECT AND SENSITIZED PHOTOOXIDATION OF CYANINE DYES
Author(s) -
Byers G. W.,
Gross S.,
Henrichs P. M.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
photochemistry and photobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.818
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1751-1097
pISSN - 0031-8655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1976.tb06768.x
Subject(s) - cyanine , singlet oxygen , chemistry , photochemistry , singlet state , reaction rate constant , oxygen , kinetics , organic chemistry , fluorescence , excited state , quantum mechanics , nuclear physics , physics
—Direct photooxidation of cyanine dyes was found to be markedly enhanced by formation of hypsochromically shifted (H) aggregates. Singlet oxygen was found to attack many cyanines possessing low oxidation potentials with rate constants in excess of 10 8 t mol ‐1 s ‐1 . Singlet oxygen attack on 3,3′‐diethyl‐8,10‐dimethylthiacarbocyanine yields carbonyl products consistent with 1,2 addition to the 2,8 bond of the methine chain.