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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Chem B. 2010 Jul 22;114(28):9313–9321. doi: 10.1021/jp104450m

Table 2.

Linear photophysical and photochemical parameters of 1 and 1:Zn2+ complexes in organic (THF) and aqueous (water/ACN) medium: absorption λabsmax and fluorescence λflmax maxima, Stokes shifts, maximum extinction coefficients εmax, fluorescence quantum yields Φ, lifetimes τ and quantum yields of photochemical decomposition under one-photon irradiation Φ1PA.

N/N THF + Zn2+ (M ≈ 2.4·10−4M) Water/ACN (1:1) Water/ACN (1:1) + Zn2+ (M ≈ 2.4·10−4M)
λabsmax, nm 381 ± 1 380± 1 379± 1
λflmax, nm 462 ± 1 534 ± 1 498 ± 1
Stokes shift, cm−1 4600 ± 100 7590 ± 100 6300 ± 100
εmax ·10−3, M−1·cm−1 72 ± 5 49 ± 3 52 ± 3
Φ 0.73 ± 0.05 0.46 ± 0.03 0.51 ± 0.03
τ, ns* 1.18 ± 0.08 1.41 ± 0.08 1.27 ± 0.08
Φ1PA ·104 3.0 ± 0.8 5.1 ± 2 6.0 ± 2
*

All lifetime measurements correspond to goodness-of-fit parameters χ2 ≥ 0.99.