TY - JOUR
T1 - The structure and electronic state of photoexcited fullerene linked with a nitroxide radical based on an analysis of a two-dimensional electron paramagnetic resonance nutation spectrum
AU - Mizuochi, Norikazu
AU - Ohba, Yasunori
AU - Yamauchi, Seigo
PY - 1999/8/22
Y1 - 1999/8/22
N2 - An electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) study of 3,4-fulleropyrrolidine-2-spiro-4′-[2′,2′,6′,6′- tetramethyl]piperidine-1′-oxyl (1) was performed on the photoexcited quartet state in toluene glass. The spectrum of the |S,Ms〉=|3/2,±3/2〉⇔|3/2,±1/2〉 transitions was observed selectively by using a two-dimensional (2D) nutation method and analyzed with a spectral simulation in a randomly oriented system. A position of the nitroxide moiety was determined with respect to the zero-field splitting (zfs) axes of excited triplet fullerene (3C60) by taking into account of the dipolar-dipolar interaction between the radical and 3C60, the hyperfine coupling, the anisotropic g-value of the nitroxide radical, and the zfs of the 3C60 moiety. It was found that none of the zfs axes of the 3C60 moiety coincide with the local C2 axis of the molecule which is defined by the position of addition. A symmetry of the electronic structure in 3C60 is discussed on the basis of the result.
AB - An electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) study of 3,4-fulleropyrrolidine-2-spiro-4′-[2′,2′,6′,6′- tetramethyl]piperidine-1′-oxyl (1) was performed on the photoexcited quartet state in toluene glass. The spectrum of the |S,Ms〉=|3/2,±3/2〉⇔|3/2,±1/2〉 transitions was observed selectively by using a two-dimensional (2D) nutation method and analyzed with a spectral simulation in a randomly oriented system. A position of the nitroxide moiety was determined with respect to the zero-field splitting (zfs) axes of excited triplet fullerene (3C60) by taking into account of the dipolar-dipolar interaction between the radical and 3C60, the hyperfine coupling, the anisotropic g-value of the nitroxide radical, and the zfs of the 3C60 moiety. It was found that none of the zfs axes of the 3C60 moiety coincide with the local C2 axis of the molecule which is defined by the position of addition. A symmetry of the electronic structure in 3C60 is discussed on the basis of the result.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.479670
DO - 10.1063/1.479670
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000523225
VL - 111
SP - 3479
EP - 3487
JO - Journal of Chemical Physics
JF - Journal of Chemical Physics
SN - 0021-9606
IS - 8
ER -