Amine-arene exciplexes interactions

Figure 2. Effect of orientation on the electronic interactions of arene excimers (a), amine-arene exciplexes (b), and charge-transfer complexes (c).

The studies related to the interactions of electronically excited arene molecules with tertiary amines have provided a basis for the present understanding of exciplexes and radical ion-pair phenomena [41,82], PET reactions of amines yield planar amine radical cations (Eq.20) which are deprotonated to give a-amino radicals (Eq.21) and usually cross-coupling (Eq.22) between radical pairs of donor-acceptor terminates the photoreaction [32a, 83]. Mechanistic studies revealed contact ion pair (CIP) intermediate for these reactions [84, 85]. 

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