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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

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