Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18
Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18
Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18
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196 Charge-Transfer Reactions <strong>in</strong> Condensed Phases<br />
and<br />
m12 ¼ 3:092 10 8 n0<br />
pffiffiffiffiffiffi ½ f ðnDÞŠ<br />
1<br />
nD<br />
ð<br />
IemðnÞn 1 dn<br />
1=2<br />
½136Š<br />
where n is the wavenumber (cm 1 ) and n0 ¼ E12=hc. When the emission<br />
spectrum is not available, the radiative rate 49<br />
k rad ¼<br />
ð<br />
IemðnÞdn ¼ emt 1<br />
em<br />
½137Š<br />
can be used; em and tem are the quantum yield and emission lifetime. By<br />
def<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the average frequency<br />
one gets<br />
nav ¼<br />
ð<br />
IemðnÞdn<br />
m12 ¼ 1:786 10 3 k rad<br />
navn 2 0 nDf 2 ðnDÞ<br />
ð<br />
IemðnÞn 1 dn ½138Š<br />
1=2<br />
½139Š<br />
Equation [139] is not very practical because an accurate def<strong>in</strong>ition of the average<br />
wavenumber, nav ¼ nav=c, demands knowledge of the emission spectrum<br />
for which Eq. [136] provides a direct route to the transition dipole. But Eq.<br />
[139] can be used <strong>in</strong> approximate calculations by assum<strong>in</strong>g nav ¼ nem.<br />
Equation [139] is exact for a two-state solute, but differs from the traditionally<br />
used connection between the transition dipole and the emission <strong>in</strong>tensity<br />
by the factor n0=nav. 49 The commonly used comb<strong>in</strong>ation m12n0=nav<br />
appears as a result of neglect of the frequency dependence of the transition<br />
dipole ~m12ðnÞ enter<strong>in</strong>g Eq. [129]. It can be associated with the condensedphase<br />
transition dipole <strong>in</strong> the two-state approximation. 43 Exact solution for<br />
a two-state solute makes the transition dipole between the adiabatic free<br />
energy surfaces <strong>in</strong>versely proportional to the energy gap between them. This<br />
dependence, however, is elim<strong>in</strong>ated when the emission <strong>in</strong>tensity is <strong>in</strong>tegrated<br />
with the factor n 1 . 93<br />
The transition dipole m12 <strong>in</strong> Eqs. [136] and [139] is the gas-phase adiabatic<br />
transition dipole. Therefore, emission <strong>in</strong>tensities measured <strong>in</strong> different<br />
solvents should generate <strong>in</strong>variant transition dipoles when treated accord<strong>in</strong>g<br />
to Eqs. [136] and [139]. A deviation from <strong>in</strong>variance can be used as an <strong>in</strong>dication<br />
of the breakdown of the two-state approximation and the existence of<br />
<strong>in</strong>tensity borrow<strong>in</strong>g from other excited states of the chromophores (the Murrell<br />
mechanism 17,88,94 ). Figure 16 illustrates the difference between Eq. [139] and