Cross process

The key quantity in barrier crossing processes in tiiis respect is the barrier curvature Mg which sets the time window for possible influences of the dynamic solvent response. A sharp barrier entails short barrier passage times during which the memory of the solvent environment may be partially maintained. This non-Markov situation may be expressed by a generalized Langevin equation including a time-dependent friction kernel y(t) [ ]... 

As a multidimensional PES for the reaction from quantum chemical calculations is not available at present, one does not know the reason for the surprismg barrier effect in excited tran.s-stilbene. One could suspect diat tran.s-stilbene possesses already a significant amount of zwitterionic character in the confomiation at the barrier top, implying a fairly Tate barrier along the reaction path towards the twisted perpendicular structure. On the other hand, it could also be possible that die effective barrier changes with viscosity as a result of a multidimensional barrier crossing process along a curved reaction path. 

The interconversion between different spin states is closely related to the intersystem crossing process in excited states of transition-metal complexes. Hence, much of the interest in the rates of spin-state transitions arises from their relevance to a better understanding of intersystem crossing phenomena. The spin-state change can alternatively be described as an intramolecular electron transfer reaction [34], Therefore, rates of spin-state transitions may be employed to assess the effect of spin multiplicity changes on electron transfer rates. These aspects have been covered in some detail elsewhere [30]. 

Equation (49) applies to both the forward and reverse rate constant, /clh and Ichl- Consequently, the thermodynamic parameters for the intersystem crossing process are related according to ... 

An alternative mechanism that has been suggested [93, 118] for the intersystem crossing process is based on a twist movement of the octahedral ligand arrangement. Two modes designated by M 3 and Ml and illustrated in Fig. 13... 

Warshel A, Chu ZT (2001) Nature of the surface crossing process in bacteriorhodopsin computer simulations of the quantum dynamics of the primary photochemical event. J Phys Chem B 105 9857... 

It is not unreasonable that the substitution of chlorines onto the acenaphthylene ring should have such a significant influence on the intersystem crossing processes, kd and lsc. It is somewhat surprising, however, that the other processes involving spin-inversion were affected to such a small extent. 

If the intersystem crossing process is efficient at this excitation, then the Norrish type II rearrangement must occur from the triplet state. This is further substantiated by a reduction in loss of tenacity with increasing concentration of triplet state quencher. The reduction in loss of tenacity may be equated with interruptions of the chain scission process(es). 

Table II. Rate Constants for Intersystem-Crossing Processes in Co(II), Fe(II) and Fe(III) Complexes.

The intersystem crossing process has opposite effects on the yields of fluorescence and phosphorescence since it depletes the singlet state and populates the triplet state. It is commonly known that heavy ions, such as iodide and bromide, increase intersystem crossing by spin-orbit coupling.(1617) For proteins, fluorescence can be quenched as phosphorescence yield is enhanced. 8,19) However, although the phosphorescence yield is increased, the lifetime is decreased. This effect arises because spin-orbit coupling, which increases the intersystem crossing rate from 5, to Tt, also increases the conversion rate from T, to S0. 

The ko. A, and Fa parameters obtained for a few alkanes are collected in Table 3. kg is around 10 sec A 10 to 10 sec and Fa 10 to 20 kJ mol h In principle, the decay of excited states may involve Si- Sx-type internal conversion transitions [IC, where Sx is some singlet state that gives the product(s) of chemical decomposition] and Si T -type intersystem crossing processes (ISC). The temperature-independent decay was attributed, on the basis of the size of the rate parameter (ko 10 sec ), to Si T -type intersystem crossing. At the same time the temperature-activated decay with a frequency factor of 10 to 10 sec was attributed to an internal conversion process that takes place by overcoming a barrier of Fa 10-20 kJ mol and leads finally to some... 

Note that in this particular intersystem crossing process the nuclear coordinate Q is less than Q0 in both initial and final states. We call eq. (7-12) nonadiabatic intersystem crossover, since the process initiates on the E(Y) curve and ends up on the (11) curve. We call the process (7-9) an adiabatic intersystem crossover, since it follows curve E ) only. 

This reaction has been observed194 in scattering experiments and is thought to be due to a crossing or close approach of the diatomic potential curves between the reactants N+(3P) + He(1S) and the products N+(5S) + He(1S). Further examples of intersystem crossing processes will be discussed in greater detail in Sections IX-XII. 

Intersystem crossover processes between singlet and triplet states are well known in photochemistry. Intersystem crossing processes have been of importance in interpreting benzene photochemistry. Anticipating that... 

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