Note on the Influence of External Heavy-Atom Perturbers on the Phosphorescence Spectrum of Triphenylene

Abstract

Spectral changes in symmetry-forbidden phosphorescence spectra observed in the presence of external heavyatom perturbers may have quite different causes depending on the chemical nature of the perturber. This is exemplified using triphenylene as the phosphorescent compound and methyl iodide and silver Perchlorate respectively as the perturber. Intensification of the 0-0 band of the symmetry-forbidden phosphorescence spectrum of triphenylene by silver Perchlorate is assumed to result from symmetry-reduction of the hydrocarbon by ground-state complex formation with silver Perchlorate.