Electrically generated intramolecular proton transfer

The fact that emission occurs from a K state, which is generated electrically rather than photochemically, is quite significant these are the first materials reported to exhibit electrically generated intramolecular proton transfer EGffT. The mechanism of formation of K by photoexcitation is well documented to occur by a rapid proton transfer from E (2P). However, the mechanism of formation of K by the new EGIPT reaction is yet to be elucidated. The simplest representation of the overall EGIPT reaction is given in eq. 1. 

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