Rates of 1O2 (1Δg) production upon direct excitation of molecular oxygen by 1270nm laser radiation in air-saturated alcohols and micellar aqueous dispersions

Abstract: The oxygenation rates of the 1O2 trap, 1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran were measured in air-saturated H2O-sodium dodecyl sulfate dispersions, ethanol, methanol and benzene upon direct excitation of dissolved oxygen by infrared (1269±1nm) laser radiation. In aqueous dispersions, variation of the detergent concentration from 0.1 to 1M resulted in the 2.5-time increase of the photooxygenation rate. The absorbance and molar absorption coefficients of oxygen were estimated in all tested systems, water and the micellar phase of detergent dispersions and compared with the rate constants of 1O2 radiative deactivation obtained from the measurement of the quantum yields of photosensitized 1O2 phosphorescence. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]