The photochemistry of EDA complexes in micellar solutions. II. The stilbene–methylviologen system in the presence of oxygen

Hamity, M.; Lema, R.H.

doi:10.1139/v91-023

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“…In the present work, we have prepared a wide and consistent series of zeolites containing methylviologen (MV 2+ ). The behavior of MV 2+ as a powerful single electron acceptor in its excited state has been firmly established in solution. − In addition, the radical cation MV •+ generated after electron transfer has been characterized by several techniques in various media and a wealth of information is now available. − In particular, MV •+ can be unambiguously identified by its characteristic UV−vis spectrum consisting of an intense absorption at 390 nm and a broad band of medium intensity with a partially resolved structure centered at ∼600 nm …”

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Intrazeolite Photochemistry. 17. Zeolites as Electron Donors: Photolysis of Methylviologen Incorporated within Zeolites

et al. 1997

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Methylviologen (MV2+) has been adsorbed in a series of zeolites including alkaline ion faujasites (HNaY, LiNaY, NaY, KNaY, RbNaY, CsNaY, and NaX), Naβ, NaMor, and NaZSM-5 by ion exchange. Extra large pore aluminosilicate MCM-41 was also used. The resulting MV2+-doped zeolites have been characterized by an array of analytical and spectroscopic techniques such as chemical analyses, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, thermogravimetry−differential scanning calorimetry, diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, and fluorescence, FT-IR, FT-Raman, and MAS 13C NMR spectroscopies. Influence of the confinement and nature of the charge-balancing cation on the molecular properties of MV2+ resulted in shifts of the λmax of the absorption band in the diffuse reflectance spectra from 270 to 280 nm for MV−NaX and 290 nm for MV−NaZSM-5 samples. In addition, changes of the relative intensities of the emission bands at 340 and 420 nm were also noted. The formation of the MV•+ cation radical as a persistent species by thermal treatment from the MV2+ ground state was not observed in any of the samples. In contrast, laser flash photolysis of these samples allowed in all cases the detection of MV•+ as a long-lived transient on the microsecond time scale. Formation of MV•+ was also observed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. This constitutes the first firm experimental evidence that zeolites can behave as single electron donors. For MV−RbNaY and MV−CsNaY samples in outgassed sealed quartz cells, the photogenerated MV•+ is so long-lived that its diffuse reflectance spectrum and disappearance kinetics can be obtained by conventional diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. A relationship between the basic strength of the zeolite framework and the stability of photogenerated MV•+ has been established.

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