Fluorescence quenching of 6BDTC by aniline in different solvents

Abstract

Quenching mechanisms of coumarin derivative 6-bromo-3-[1-(4,5-dicarbomethoxy-1,2,3-triazoloacetyl)]coumarin (6BDTC) were carried out in different solvents using the steady-state method to understand the role of diffusion in the quenching mechanism. The solute was excited by UV radiation of wavelength 360 nm. Various quenching parameters like frequency of encounter, kd; probability of quenching per encounter, p; and quenching rate parameter, kq, were experimentally determined for all solvents. Activation energies of quenching, Ea, were also determined by using the literature values of activation energy of diffusion, Ed. It was found that the values of Ea were less than Ed in all solvents indicating that the quenching reactions are more significantly influenced by material diffusion.