On the antiphase structure of the ESR spectra of spin-correlated radical pairs. Dependence on dimensionality

Stochastic Liouville equation studies of FT-EPR spectra of singlet-triplet mixing photo-chemically generated radical pair system

A stochastic Liouville equation (SLE) was numerically solved to obtain pulsed Fourier-transform (FT) EPR spectra on a radical pair system created in a photo-induced chemical reaction. Numerical calculations were applied to the photo-chemical reaction of deuterated acetone and 2-propanol at low temperatures. In this reaction system, the antiphase structures of the EPR signals, so called spin-correlated radical pair (SCRP) signals of two identical isopropyl ketyl radicals and spin-polarized free isopropyl ketyl radicals were observed by FT-EPR and continuous wave time-resolved (CW TR) EPR techniques. In the present work, FT-EPR spectra of the antiphase structure signals of the radical pair themselves as well as spin-polarized free radical signals were simulated. Additionally, rising behavior of free radical signals polarized by the radical pair mechanism (RPM) was also clarified. Furthermore two-dimensional (2D) FT-EPR nutation spectra were simulated in the both cases with and without the radical pairs by the use of SLE. In these simulations, strong DC components in the nutation frequency dimension, were well reproduced as was obtained in experiments. It was shown that relaxation during the microwave pulse was essential for the appearance of the DC components.

Flexible Biradicals in Liquid and Supercritical Carbon Dioxide: The Exchange Interaction, the Chain Dynamics, and a Comparison with Conventional Solvents

X-band time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance (TREPR) spectra of three flexible biradicals of varying chain length and structure were obtained in liquid and supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) solutions and compared to conventional solvents. For C16 acyl-alkyl biradical 1a, an average spin exchange interaction between the radical centers, J(avg), was obtained by spectral simulation using a simple model for spin-correlated radical pairs (SCRPs) and a small amount of T2 relaxation from a previously established J modulation mechanism. A large solvent effect on J(avg) was observed for the first time, varying by almost 1 order of magnitude from CO2 (J(avg) = -120 +/- 10 MHz) to heavy mineral oil (-11 +/- 3 MHz) for 1a. For C15 bis(alkyl) biradical 1b, spectra obtained under supercritical conditions are only slightly different from those detected in liquid CO2 but differ from spectra taken in benzene. For C10 acyl-alkyl biradical 2a, more emissive spin polarization due to S-T- mixing is observed in CO2 than in benzene. These results are discussed in terms of solvent properties such as dielectric constant, viscosity, and specific interactions. Both chain dynamics and changes to the equilibrium distribution of end-to-end distances can alter J(avg) and the observed ratio of S-T0 to S-T- mixing; however, faster chain dynamics is concluded to be the most likely cause of the observed effects in these systems.

Photooxidation of diglycine in confined media. Application of the microreactor model for spin-correlated radical pairs in reverse micelles and water-in-oil microemulsions

Time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance spectra (X-band) of correlated radical pairs created in AOT reverse micelles and microemulsions are presented, simulated, and discussed using the microreactor model. The radicals are formed inside the water pool using photooxidation of diglycine by the excited triplet states of two different anthraquinone sulfonate salts. Water pool size and temperature effects on the spectra are reported, and the simulations allow for extraction of the diffusion coefficient in the interior, which monotonically increases with water pool size. The data directly correlate with the diffusional properties of correlated radical pairs in regular aqueous micelle solutions studied previously by similar methods. Competition between H-atom abstraction and electron transfer is observed with anthraquinone sulfonate, but electron transfer is the only reaction pathway observed when anthraquinone disulfonate triplet state is the sensitizing species.

Time resolved electron spin resonance of spin correlated micelle confined radical pairs: shape of the anti-phase structure

A new approach to the theory of the EPR of spin correlated radical pairs (SCRP) is formulated. It is based on spectral exchange methods as applied to the two-site model and takes into account explicitly both the motion of one quantum (transverse magnetization) and two quantum coherences (polarizations) of SCRPs. This innovation allows for the interpretation of anti phase structure (APS) spectral shape asymmetry and for the transformation of the initially created ST0RPM polarization into the APS spectral pattern. The results of this method as applied to micellized spin correlated radical pairs have been compared with the exact numerical solution of the corresponding stochastic Liouville equation and is commented on.