Abstract
The kinetics of excited-state proton transfer to solvent from the strong photoacid 5-cyano-2-naphthol exhibits two different power-law asymptotic tails for acid and base, arising from competition between reversible and irreversible geminate reprotonation. We show that the data are in quantitative agreement with a recently developed theory for this diffusion-influenced reaction.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 262-268 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Chemical Physics Letters |
Volume | 320 |
Issue number | 3-4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 7 Apr 2000 |