Evidences of Conformational Fluctuations of 2-methylaminofluorenone and 2-dimethylaminofluorenone in Polar Solvents

Abstract

The absorption and fluorescence spectra of 2-methylaminofluorenone (2MAFl) and 2-dimethylaminofluorenone (2DMAFl) were determined at 293 K in a variety of solvents with different polarities. The spectral data were used, in combination with the 2MAFl and 2DMAFl ground state dipole moment (μg), to evaluate μe of the S1 state, to determine the outer-sphere solvent reorganization energy λouter, and the intramolecular reorganization energies: λ1 (associated with vibrations for which hv < kT) and λi(hv > kT). At 77 K the fluorescence spectra in a non-polar solvent are shifted to longer wavelengths. In polar solvents, for both molecules the behavior is opposite. The fluorescence decay data for 2MAFl and 2DMAFl in non-polar solvents are very well fitted by oneexponential functions, while in polar solvents by two-exponential functions. The spectroscopic data distinctly show that both studied molecules in polar solvents form an inhomogeneous emitting system.