Abstract
Abstract— The pathways and quantum yields of direct photoisomerization of unprotonated and pro‐tonated n‐butylamine Schiff bases (SB and PSB) of isomeric retinylideneacetaldehyde (C22 aldehyde) were determined in n‐hexane, acetonitrile and methanol for the former and in acetonitrile and methanol for the latter. The results are compared with those of the Schiff bases of isomeric retinal (C20 SB and C20 PSB) reported previously (Koyama et al., Photochem. Photobiol. 54, 433–443, 1991). The isomerization pathways and quantum yields of C22 SB are more or less similar to those of C20 SB, but conspicuous differences in the isomerization pathways are found between C22 PSB and C20 PSB. The homogeneous (exclusive) isomerization of the retinylidene chromophore from all‐trum to 11‐cis in retinochrome is rationalized not by C22 PSB but by C20 PSB.Almost complete one‐way isomerization from cis to trans of C22 SB (in n‐hexane) is ascribed to isomerization via the T1 state, while mutual isomeritation between cis and tram of C22 PSB is ascribed to isomerization via the S1 (Bu) state. The TI potential of C22 SB and the S1 potential of C22 PSB are discussed based on photostationary state compositions.
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