Alexandra L. Tyson
On the Mechanism of Phenolate Photo-Oxidation in Aqueous Solution
Tyson, Alexandra L.; Verlet, Jan R.R.
Abstract
The photo-oxidation dynamics following ultraviolet (257 nm) excitation of the phenolate anion in aqueous solution is studied using broadband (550–950 nm) transient absorption spectroscopy. A clear signature from electron ejection is observed on a sub-picosecond timescale, followed by cooling dynamics and the decay of the signal to a constant offset that is assigned to the hydrated electron. The dynamics are compared to the charge-transfer-to-solvent dynamics from iodide at the same excitation wavelength and are shown to be very similar to these. This is in stark contrast to a previous study on the phenolate anion excited at 266 nm, in which electron emission was observed over longer timescales. We account for the differences using a simple Marcus picture for electron emission in which the electron tunneling rate depends sensitively on the initial excitation energy. After electron emission, a contact pair is formed which undergoes geminate recombination and dissociation to form the free hydrated electron at rates that are slightly faster than those for the iodide system. Our results show that, although the underlying chemical physics of electron emission differs between iodide and phenolate, the observed dynamics can appear very similar.
Citation
Tyson, A. L., & Verlet, J. R. (2019). On the Mechanism of Phenolate Photo-Oxidation in Aqueous Solution. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (Soft Condensed Matter and Biophysical Chemistry), 123(10), 2373-2379. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b11766
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Feb 15, 2019 |
Publication Date | Mar 14, 2019 |
Deposit Date | Mar 5, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 15, 2020 |
Journal | Journal of Physical Chemistry B (Soft Condensed Matter and Biophysical Chemistry) |
Print ISSN | 1520-6106 |
Electronic ISSN | 1520-5207 |
Publisher | American Chemical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 123 |
Issue | 10 |
Pages | 2373-2379 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b11766 |
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