Conversion perfluoro ketones

The photodecomposition of perfluoro diethyl-62 and perfluoro-di-w-propyl63 ketones has been shown to follow a course similar to that of hexa-fluoroacetone. The fluorescence is weaker in the case of the perfluoro-diethyl ketone and almost absent in the case of the perfluorodi-n-propyl ketone, and the pressure dependence of the quantum yields of carbon monoxide is consistent with this behavior. It is proposed that in the more complex structures, the energy may more easily be accommodated and lost by internal conversion, thereby reducing the contribution made by fluorescence and by Collisional quenching of the excited molecule. 

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