Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.105, No.25, 5984-5989, 2001
N,N-dialkylanilines: The S-1 state absorption spectrum and efficient intramolecular triplet-triplet energy transfer to an olefinic bond
Efficient intramolecular triplet-triplet energy transfer from an N,N-dialkylanilino donor to an alkene acceptor was observed in 4-(4-(propan-2-ylidene)cyclohexyl)-N,N-dimethylaniline (2) and 1-phenyl-4-cyclohexylidene-piperidine (4) using nanosecond transient absorption spectroscopy and time-resolved microwave conductivity. This enables the unequivocal assignment of the absorption spectrum of the first singlet excited state of the N,N-dialkylanilino chromophore in 4-cyclohexyl-N,N-dimethylaniline (1), 2, 1-phenyl-4-cyclohexylpiperidine (3) and 4. It has a maximum positioned between 600 and 635 nm.