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Published in final edited form as: J Phys Chem A. 2007 Oct 5;111(42):10849–10860. doi: 10.1021/jp073197r

Table 2.

Observed Absorption Properties of Dyes 1a–b, 2a–d, 3, 4.

Solvent	3	4	2a,	2b,	2c,	2d,	1a,	1b,
	I-TBA	I-SO	AI-SO(4)	AI-BA(4)	AI-TBA(4)	P-SO(4)	P-SO(2)	AI-SO(2)
	λ_max/nm (ε)	λ_max/nm (ε^a)	λ_max/nm (ε)	λ_max/nm (ε)	λ_max/nm (ε)	λ_max/nm (ε)	λ_max/nm (ε)	λ_max/nm (ε)
MeOH	583 (173000)	586 (143000)	610 (65000)	585 (83000)	576 (38000)	580 (54000)	505 (57000)	542 (92000)
EtOH	-	-	636 (83000)	604 (104000)	603 (46000)	557 (61000)	514 (65000)	549 (111000)
i-PrOH	-	-	648 (122000)	614 (132000)	618 (50000)	597 (68000)	518 (72000)	553 (132000)
BuOH	589 (190000)	587 (134000)	650 (118000)	615 (154000)	619 (53000)	593 (64000)	519 (67000)	554 (120000)
OcOH	590 (180000)	587 (125000)	660 (150000)	628 (143000)	633 (97000)	612 (80000)	524 (72000)	559 (150000)
DMF	589 (183000)	586 (143000)	651 (154000)	625 (146000)	616 (52000)	604 (99000)	522 (92000)	556 (157000)
DMSO	-	-	644 (118000)	617 (122000)	607 (56000)	599 (77000)	520 (75000)	555 (126000)
CH₃CN	-	-	642 (142000)	621 (141000)	615 (54000)	596 (93000)	546 (89000)	549 (149000)
CH₂Cl₂	-	-	667 (278000)	647 (224000)	655 (104000)	629 (187000)	529 (128000)	561 (218000)
C₆H₆	584 (127000)	571 (109000)	679 (240000)	662 (201000)	683 (135000)	644 (178000)	538 (169000)	570 (235000)