Acenaphthene


Kobashi, H.; Ikawa, H.; Kondo, R.; Morita, T.
Effect of conformation on ring opening of cis and trans dimers of acenaphthylene in the triplet state. Direct detection of hydrocarbon biradical, 1,1'-biacenaphthene-2,2'-diyl.
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 55: 3013-8 (1982)

Acenaphthene
Solvent : Benzene

wave length at maximum = 422 nm

Triplet state population method: Pulsed laser photolysis (coupled with energy transfer)
Comments: *Triplet ET from acetophenone


Horrocks, A.R.; Wilkinson, F.
Triplet state formation efficiencies of aromatic hydrocarbons in solution.
Proc. R. Soc. London, Ser. A 306: 257-73 (1968)

Acenaphthene
Solvent : EtOH, 293 K

wave length at maximum = 433 nm

Triplet state population method: Flash photolysis


Bagdasar'yan, Kh.S.; Kiryukhin, Yu.I.; Sinitsina, Z.A.
Quantitative studies of biphotonic reactions.
J. Photochem. 1: 225-40 (1973)

Acenaphthene
Solvent : EtOH, 77 K

wave length (nm) at maximum, extinction coefficient = 430, 6000 ± 1500

Triplet state population method: Modulated excitation (e.g. rotating sector)
Extinction coefficient estimation method: Kinetic method


* Evidence supporting the assignment of the transient triplet state.
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