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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Photochem Photobiol. 2008 Jul 30;85(1):160–170. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00412.x

Table 4.

Isosbestic point of the PZ-CPZ mixtures before and after photolysis, number of independent reactions (S), kinetic constant (k), percentage of photo-conversion of CPZ and formation of PZ, and quantum yield (φ) for the production of PZ and destruction of CPZ.

Solvent Isosb. Point (nm) S k (mM/s) × 105 % φ




Before After PZ CPZ CPZ PZ PZ CPZ
MeOH 306 298–302 2 7.0 1.62 82 37 0.39 ± 0.01 0.93 ± 0.03
EtOH 315 306§ 1 12.0 16.3 89 66 1.02 ± 0.06 1.15 ± 0.05
1-PrOH 304 303 1 13.4 16.1 84 83 0.85 ± 0.05 1.01 ± 0.06
2-PrOH 312 306 1 16.4 16.4 91 89 1.1 ± 0.1 0.99 ± 0.04¤
t-BuOH 312 -- 2 -- 11.0 62 0 -- 0.75 ± 0.03

Formation of a well-defined isosbestic point was not observed. For CMPPH 3b the isosbestic point is observed at 309 nm.

For CMPPH 3b, φ= 0.88 ± 0.07.

§

For CMPPH 3b, the isosbestic point is observed at 308 nm.

A value of 2 is obtained for long irradiation times.

For CMPPH 3b, φ= 1.01 ± 0.02.

¤

φ = 0.12 [Reference (5)].