Excitation and Emission Spectra of Jet-Cooled Naphthylmethyl Radicals

Chalyavi, Nahid; Troy, Tyler P.; Nakajima, Masakazu; Gibson, Bligh A.; Nauta, Klaas; Sharp, Robert; Kable, Scott H; Schmidt, Timothy W.

Excitation and Emission Spectra of Jet-Cooled Naphthylmethyl Radicals

Date

2011

Authors

Chalyavi, Nahid

Troy, Tyler P.

Nakajima, Masakazu

Gibson, Bligh A.

Nauta, Klaas

Sharp, Robert

Kable, Scott H

Schmidt, Timothy W.

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Abstract

Gas phase excitation and emission spectra of three naphthylmethyl radical chromophores are presented. These resonance-stabilized species, 1-naphthylmethyl, 2-naphthylmethyl, and α-acenaphthenyl, each possessing an sp2 carbon adjacent to a naphthalene moi