Abstract
The spectral and thermodynamic properties of charge transfer complexes D∙A and D∙A∙D between (E)-bis(18-crown-6)stilbene (D) and 1,1′-bis(2-ammonioethyl)-4,4′-bipyridinium tetraperchlorate (A) in MeCN were studied. The complex D∙A is highly stable, while the complex D∙A∙D is weakly stable. D∙A does not fluoresce due to fast intramolecular processes of direct and reverse electron transfer. The efficiency of D∙A fluorescence ignition upon adding alkanediammonium salts depends on the length of a carbon chain. The spectral and kinetic characteristics of D∙A and D∙A∙D CT states were obtained by femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. It was established that the characteristic time of back electron transfer in the CT state of D∙A∙D (770 fs) is significantly higher than that in the CT state of D∙A (400 fs). In a number of charge transfer complexes, formed by derivatives of 4,4′-bipyridinium and di-(4-pyridinium)-ethylene with ammonioethyl and ammoniopropyl N-substituents, the rate of back electron transfer depends weakly on the acceptor nature, but is determined by the length of the carbon chain of terminal groups.
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