photochemistry Flashcards
describe the differences between photophysics and photochemistry?
chem- light induces chemistry - bond breaking and forming
physics - reversible changes. energy transition or emission of light
what is the difference between the ground state and excited state if they both exhibit the same chemistry?
Gs has an infinite lifetime but the ES does not
what are the applications of photoinduced electron transfer?
Radiation damage of DNA- determine conductivity
Analytical chemistry - emission sensing
information storage and optical memory - photochromic or photoswitchable optics
describe the Acceptor/ Donor complex?
A and D seperated by a linker. A and D can be metal complexes which are seperated by a bridging ligand. Can tune the properties of A and D by varying the bridge. For the bridge to be catalytic ally active it need to posses energetically low lying orbitals to accomodate an electron
what does electron transfer depend on?
Solvent
free energy
distance
coupling/structure
how does the solvent affect rate of electron transfer?
ET occurs in solvent but since there is not nuclear rearrangement the way the solvent orientates around the nucleus changes.
A- and D+ formed in a polar solvent, they differ form A and D wrt their charge distributions so solvent spheres undergo reorganisation. 𝞴s denotes solvent reorganisation
what is wrong with libbys model of ET?
Assumes configurations are in equilibrium at when curve is at the bottom. Huge energy input required which is unrealistic for thermal rxns
what does marcus model propose?
That a weak electronic interaction required at the crossing point.
what the assumptions for marcus` theory?
- First coordination sphere not affected by ET - Nuclear coordinates do not change
- Formation of DA from D and A is negligible
- Weak interactions
- reason for ΔG = > 0 and its orientational polarization. Linear response assumed
what is the definition of solvent reorganisation?
the xs energy required for the system to be on the potential surface of the intial state whilst having a coordinate of the final state without undergoing an ET
what are the two regions of marcus bell shaped curved?
inverted region - as ΔGet become more negative the rate of electron transfer decreases
Kinetic region (Normal) - as ΔGet becomes less favourable the rate of ET decreases
what are the laws of photochemistry?
- only absorbed light causes photochemical reactions to occur
- One photon will activate one molecule
- photochemical reactions take place from lowest energy excited state, regardless of which one was populated first. implies fast decay times (kashas rule)
draw a janlonski diagram and define all the terms
Internal crossing - nr relaxtion from states of the same multiplicity
intersystem crossing - nr transition between states of different multiplicity
Florescence - radiative transition from states of same mulitplicity - spin allowed (s-s)
Phosphorescence - radiative transition from states of different mulitplicity - spin allowed (t-s)
When doesn’t Kashas rule work
When relaxation to lowest excited state is slow - particularly in transition metals where there is a manifold of low lying excited states of different origin which do no necessarily interact with each other
What is ISC
Species evolve into a different electronic state without gaining or losing every
What must be involved for efficient ISC?
Change or configuration as states as spin perturbation is forbidden between states with same configuration. Needs single character to come from a different state
How to Efficient ISC
Similar geometry and small energy gap between two states
What is Franck condon principle is E vs r coordinate graphs
Light absorption is a vertical process
Is the absorbance energies greater or less than the emission energies
Greater than - stoke shifts
When is the emission and absorbance spectra Mirror images
When the two states are similar in Geometry
Describe the properties of an ideal flurometer
- Light source is wl independent
- monochromator efficiency is wl and polarisation independent
- Detector sensitivity is wl independent
How does quantum yield and lifetime depend on k
Draw equations
How to measure quantum yield
Absolute and relative method
In the latter divide qy of sample by QY of standard