Primary processes in the photolysis of sodium 9,10-anthraquinone-2-sulphonate in aqueous solution

Phillips, Glyn O.; Worthington, N. W.; McKellar, J. F.; Sharpe, R. R.

doi:10.1039/c19670000835

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“…[35] As another potential route to COH, electron transfer from a ground-state quinone to an excited quinone and oxidation of OH À or water by the ensuing quinone radical cation has been considered. [4,54,55] In a recent study, the formation of a free COH has been rejected, and instead a kind of ™krypto COH∫ (COH complexed to CQH) has been favoured. [60] If COH were formed their addition to Q would indeed result in the formation of the observed products, HOQ and QH 2 {reactions (5)± (7) and (3); for details of the complex kinetics see ref.…”

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Photohydroxylation of 1,4‐Benzoquinone in Aqueous Solution Revisited

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Chemistry A European J

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In water, photolysis of 1,4-benzoquinone, Q gives rise to equal amounts of 2-hydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone HOQ and hydroquinone QH(2) which are formed with a quantum yield of Phi=0.42, independent of pH and Q concentration. By contrast, the rate of decay of the triplet (lambda(max)=282 and approximately 410 nm) which is the precursor of these products increases nonlinearly (k=(2-->3.8) x 10(6) s(-1)) with increasing Q concentration ((0.2-->10) mM). The free-radical yield detected by laser flash photolysis after the decay of the triplet also increases with increasing Q concentration but follows a different functional form. These observations are explained by a rapid equilibrium of a monomeric triplet Q* and an exciplex Q(2)* (K=5500+/-1000 M(-1)). While Q* adds water and subsequent enolizes into 1,2,4-trihydroxybenzene Ph(OH)(3), Q(2)* decays by electron transfer and water addition yielding benzosemiquinone (.)QH and (.)OH adduct radicals (.)QOH. The latter enolizes to the 2-hydroxy-1,4-semiquinone radical (.)Q(OH)H within the time scale of the triplet decay and is subsequently rapidly (microsecond time scale) oxidized by Q to HOQ with the concomitant formation of (.)QH. On the post-millisecond time scale, that is, when (.)QH has decayed, Ph(OH)(3) is oxidized by Q yielding HOQ and QH(2) as followed by laser flash photolysis with diode array detection. The rate of this pH- and Q concentration-dependent reaction was independently determined by stopped-flow. This shows that there are two pathways to photohydroxylation; a free-radical pathway at high and a non-radical one at low Q concentration. In agreement with this, the yield of Ph(OH)(3) is most pronounced at low Q concentration. In the presence of phosphate buffer, Q* reacts with H(2)PO(4) (-) giving rise to an adduct which is subsequently oxidized by Q to 2-phosphato-1,4-benzoquinone QP. The current view that (.)OH is an intermediate in the photohydroxylation of Q has been overturned. This view had been based on the observation of the (.)OH adduct of DMPO when Q is photolyzed in the presence of this spin trap. It is now shown that Q*/Q(2)* oxidizes DMPO (k approximately 1 x 10(8) M(-1) s(-1)) to its radical cation which subsequently reacts with water. Q*/Q(2)* react with alcohols by H abstraction (rates in units of M(-1) s(-1)): methanol (4.2 x 10(7)), ethanol (6.7 x 10(7)), 2-propanol (13 x 10(7)) and tertiary butyl alcohol ( approximately 0.2 x 10(7)). DMSO (2.7 x 10(9)) and O(2) ( approximately 2 x 10(9)) act as physical quenchers.

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