FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING BETWEEN STRONG PI-ELECTRON DONOR-ACCEPTORS OF CARBAZOLOCARBAZOLE AND TETRANITROFLUORENONE LEADING TO ELECTRON TRANSFER Icli S, Icil H, Whitten DG, Sayil C, Dityapak I JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE 75 (4): 353-359 DEC 1997 Abstract: Singlet energies and fluorescence quantum yields of synthesized dihydrocarbazolocarbazole, 1, dimethylcarbazolocarbazole, 2, dibenzylcarbazolocarbazole, 3, were measured to be between 76.5-74.3 kcal/mol and 0.07-0.02 respectively. A Stern-Volmer plot of fluorescence quenching of dihydrocarbazolocarbazole, 1, with 2,4,5,7-tetranitrofluorenone, 4, has given a rate constant of quenching of kq = 7.4 x 1012 M-1s-1. The free energies of the exothermic electron transfer reaction are calculated to be -33.6 kcal/mol for dihydrocarbazolocarbazole, 1, and -26.8 kcal/mol for dimethylcarbazolocarbazole, 2. High values for the rate of fluorescence quenching and the free energies are the evidence for an electron transfer process between these strong pi-electron donor-acceptor complexed molecules. Author Keywords: charge-transfer complexes, photoelectron transfer, triplet exciplex, carbazolocarbazole, tetranitrofluorenone Addresses: Icli S, Ege Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Chem, TR-35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turkey Eastern Mediterranean Univ, Dept Chem, TR-10 Mersin, Turkey Univ Rochester, Dept Chem, Rochester, NY 14627 TUBITAK, Marmara Res Ctr, Res Inst Basic Sci, Dept Chem, TR-41470 Gebze, Turkey Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM IDS Number: YK855 ISSN: 0022-2313 SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF A NEW PHOTOSTABLE POLYMER: PERYLENE-3,4,9,10-TETRACARBOXYLIC ACID BIS(N,N'-DODECYLPOLYIMIDE) Icil H, Icli S JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY 35 (11): 2137-2142 AUG 1997 Abstract: The synthesis of perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic acid-bis(N,N'-dodecylpolyimide) (poly PTDI) and polyamic acid has been achieved from perylene dianhydride and dodecylamine. It was found that this new polyimide has very high thermal photostability. Poly PTDI decomposes at 475 °C and shows weak fluorescence compared with the monomer PTDI possibly due to aggregration in the polymer. Its solubility in some of the common organic solvents, acetonitrile, dimethyl formamide, etc., makes spectroscopic and photochemical studies and applications possible in the liquid phase. The emission characteristics are similar to mono PTDI. Poly PTDI, a luminescent electron acceptor polymer, is a new reliable probe for a photosensitizer at energy transfer and electron transfer photochemical reactions. (C) 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. KeyWords Plus: POLYIMIDES, DIIMIDE Addresses: Icil H, EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIV, FAC ARTS & SCI, DEPT CHEM, POB 95, FAMAGUSTA, N. CYPRUS,TR-10 MERSIN, TURKEY EGE UNIV, FAC SCI, DEPT CHEM, IZMIR, TURKEY TUBITAK, MARMARA RES CTR, RES INST BASIC SCI, DEPT CHEM, TR-41470 GEBZE, TURKEY Publisher: JOHN WILEY & SONS INC, NEW YORK IDS Number: XM222 ISSN: 0887-624X A SINGLET OXYGEN QUENCHER IN PLANTS: VIRGATIC ACID FROM SALVIA SPECIES Icli S, Icil H, Sayil C SPECTROSCOPY LETTERS 30 (4): 641-648 1997 Abstract: Virgatic acid triterpene, extracted from salvia plants, is found to be quenched by singlet oxygen at chemical and photosensitized oxygenations. A charge transfer energy transfer is attributed to the quenching of singlet oxygen, which may be accounted as a protective mechanism of salvia plants to photooxygenations. Addresses: Icli S, TUBITAK, MARMARA RES CTR, RES INST BASIC SCI, DEPT CHEM, POB 21, TR-41470 GEBZE, TURKEY EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIV, FAC ARTS & SCI, DEPT CHEM, MERSIN 10, TURKEY EGE UNIV, FAC SCI, DEPT CHEM, TR-35100 BORNOVA, TURKEY Publisher: MARCEL DEKKER INC, NEW YORK IDS Number: XB982 ISSN: 0038-7010 A THERMAL AND PHOTOSTABLE REFERENCE PROBE FOR Qf MEASUREMENTS: CHLOROFORM SOLUBLE PERYLENE 3,4,9,10TETRACARBOXYLIC ACID-BIS-N,N'-DODECYL DIIMIDE Icli S, Icil H SPECTROSCOPY LETTERS 29 (7): 1253-1257 1996 Abstract: The synthesis of a chloroform soluble perylene 3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic acid-bis-N,N'-dodecyl diimide via condensation of perylene 3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride and 1,12-diamino dodecane is described. The thermal analysis is shown thermal stabilities above 400 °C. Thermal and photostable dye is measured to have a fluorescence quantum yield of unity, Qf = 1.00, in chloroform solutions. Perylene bis-dodecyl diimide is an ideal reference probe for fluorescence quantum yield measurements in 500-650 nm region and a reliable soluble photosensitizer for solar photochemical applications. Addresses: Icli S, TUBITAK, MARMARA RES CTR, RES INST BASIC SCI, DEPT CHEM, PK 21, TR-41470 GEBZE, TURKEY EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIV, FAC ARTS & SCI, DEPT CHEM, MERSIN 10, TURKEY Publisher: MARCEL DEKKER INC, NEW YORK IDS Number: VK810 ISSN: 0038-7010 THE SYNTHESIS AND SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A SUPRAMOLECULAR MODEL - PERYLENE 3,4,9,10TETRACARBOXYLIC ACID-BIS-N,N'-p-AMINOPHENYL DIIMIDE ICIL H, ICLI S SPECTROSCOPY LETTERS 28 (4): 595-601 1995 Abstract: A supramolecular structure, perylene 3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic acid-bis-N,N'-p-aminophenyl diimide, has high thermal and photo stabilities, detected at DSC, TGA, and emission spectroscopy studies. The low fluorescence quantum yield of 0,20, indicates the application possibilities on photo electron transfer reactions. Addresses: ICIL H, EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIV, FAC SCI, DEPT CHEM, FAMAGUSTA 10, TURKEY TUBITAK, MARMARA RES CTR, BASIC SCI RES INST, DEPT CHEM, GEBZE 41470, TURKEY Publisher: MARCEL DEKKER INC, NEW YORK IDS Number: QZ169 ISSN: 0038-7010 THE SENSITIZED QUANTUM YIELD AT PHOTODEHYDROGENATION REACTION OF ABIETIC ACID ICLI S, ICIL H SPECTROSCOPY LETTERS 28 (2): 241-248 1995 Abstract: The re-cycled irradiation of abietic acid above 300 nm with benzophenone and copper(II) pivalate in toluene solution has resulted in conversion to dehydroabietic acid with a quantum yield ranging from 9.6 to 5.5. The high quantum yield may be attributed to the re-generation of benzophenone by means of the electron transfer reaction of benzophenone radical and to some additional reactions on formation of dehydroabietic acid. Addresses: ICLI S, TUBITAK, MARMARA RES CTR, BASIC SCI RES INST, DEPT CHEM PK21, GEBZE 41470, TURKEY EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIV, FAC SCI,DEPT CHEM, MERSIN 10, TURKEY Publisher: MARCEL DEKKER INC, NEW YORK IDS Number: QL114 ISSN: 0038-7010 NMR, ABSORPTION AND FLUORESCENCE PARAMETERS OF AZLACTONES ICLI S, ICIL H, ALP S, KOC H, MCKILLOP A SPECTROSCOPY LETTERS 27 (9): 1115-1128 1994 Abstract: Absorption and fluorescence wavelenghts for a series of azlactones have been measured from acetonitrile solutions that had no pre-light exposure. Fluorescence quantum yields, Qf, are found to be in general less than 0.01, excluding the the derivatives with naphthyl and p-dimethylaminophenyl substituents. Previously reported Qf values did not fit to our results. Addresses: ICLI S, MARMARA RES CTR, BASIC SCI RES INST, DEPT CHEM, TUBITAK, TURKEY AEGEAN UNIV, FAC SCI, DEPT CHEM, BORNOVA, TURKEY UNIV E ANGLIA, SCH CHEM SCI, NORWICH NR4 7TJ, NORFOLK, ENGLAND EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIV, FAC SCI, DEPT CHEM, MERSIN 10, TURKEY Publisher: MARCEL DEKKER INC, NEW YORK IDS Number: PM820 ISSN: 0038-7010 PHOTOLYSIS OF ABIETIC ACID TO DEHYDROABIETIC ACID AND HYDROGEN ICLI S, ICIL H SPECTROSCOPY LETTERS 27 (8): 1041-1048 1994 Abstract: Abietic acid, which is the terpene acid component of natural colophony, was irradiated at above 300 nm in the presence of benzophenone and a colloidal platinum catalyst. The expected product of dehydroabietic acid was formed to the extent of 81 %, hydrogen generation occurred to a negligibly small amount. The hydrogen generation, even as a byproduct of an aimed solar photochemical product, do not carry appreciable importance because the hydrogen yield is too low to have any value on use. Addresses: ICLI S, MARMARA RES CTR, TUBITAK, BASIC SCI RES INST, DEPT CHEM, POB 21, GEBZE 41470, TURKEY EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIV, FAC SCI, DEPT CHEM, MERSIN 10, TURKEY Publisher: MARCEL DEKKER INC, NEW YORK IDS Number: PG121 ISSN: 0038-7010 FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELDS OF PERYLENE 3,4,9,10TETRACARBOXYLIC ACID-BIS-N,N'-ARYL(ALKYL) DIIMIDES ICLI S, ICIL H SPECTROSCOPY LETTERS 27 (3): 323-332 1994 Abstract: The synthesized perylenes 3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic acid N,N'-ethyl, phenyl, rho-anisyl, alphanaphthyl and acetyl diimides have shown great variations in absorption and emission spectra. The variation in molar extinction coefficients and fluorescence quantum yields have indicated that steric and electronic effects, caused by N-substitution, alters emission characteristics of perylene diimides significantly. KeyWords Plus: DYES Addresses: ICLI S, EGE UNIV, FAC SCI, DEPT CHEM, IZMIR, TURKEY EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIV, FAC SCI, DEPT CHEM, N. CYPRUS, TURKEY Publisher: MARCEL DEKKER INC, NEW YORK IDS Number: NC844 ISSN: 0038-7010