Ultrafast sorting: Excimeric π–π stacking distinguishes pyrene-N-methylacetamide isomers on the ultrafast time scale

Basuroy, Krishnayan; de J. Velazquez-Garcia, Jose; Storozhuk, Darina; Gosztola, David J.; Veedu, Sreevidya Thekku; Techert, Simone

doi:10.1063/5.0072785

Title: Ultrafast sorting: Excimeric π–π stacking distinguishes pyrene-N-methylacetamide isomers on the ultrafast time scale

Journal Article · 21 December 2021 · Journal of Chemical Physics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0072785 · OSTI ID:1869190

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Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany); Univ. of Goettingen (Germany)

Pyrene based molecules are inclined to form excimers through self-association upon photoexcitation. In this work, the pyrene core is functionalized with N-methylacetamide group at the position 1 or 2, to develop pyren-1-methylacetamide (PyMA1) and pyren-2- methylacetamide (PyMA2), respectively. The introduction of methylacetamide group was believed to help having hydrogen bonded excimers in close aggregation. Upon photoexcitation, PyMA1 and PyMA2, at 1.0mM in toluene, have formed predominantly static and dynamic excimers, respectively. The transient absorption (TA) measurements over fs-ps regime (fs-TA) showed that the formation of static excimers is an ultrafast process (~560fs) whereas, the dynamic excimers formed in much slower time scale (~65ps). Finally, single crystal X-ray diffraction studies show that for PyMA2 the overlap between the pyrene moieties (~42%) are better than PyMA1 (~17%) in ground state at 80K, which also reflected in the respective lifetimes and population percentages of excimers.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG); Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1869190

Journal Information:: Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Chemical Physics Journal Issue: 23 Vol. 155; ISSN 0021-9606

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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