Effect of temperature and quencher on the fluorescence of 4-(5-methyl-3-furan-2-yl-benzofuran-2-yl)-7-methyl-chromen-2-one in different solvents.

The effect of temperature on the fluorescence intensity of 4-(5-methyl-3-furan-2-yl-benzofuran-2-yl)-7-methyl-chromen-2-one (MFBMC) in different solvents, has been studied in the temperature range 293-333K. A mechanism of fluorescence quenching with increase in temperature is discussed in terms of the relative location of lowest (1)(pipi*) and (3)(npi*) states, and the energy difference between them. The non-radiative deactivation of excited state in the absence of quencher is temperature-dependent; its activation energy has been found to be 9.453-27.893kJmole(-1). Further, the fluorescence quenching by aniline was investigated by both steady-state and time-resolved measurement (at 296K). The quenching is found to be appreciable and shows positive deviation in the Stern-Volmer plots. This could be explained by static-dynamic quenching models. Various rate constants of the bimolecular quenching reaction have been determined by using ground-state complex formation and sphere of action static quenching model. The magnitude of these constants suggests that sphere of action static quenching model agrees very well with experimental results. Further, with the use of finite sink approximation model, it is concluded that the quenching mechanism is diffusion-limited.

Nonlinear fluorescence quenching of newly synthesized coumarin derivative by aniline in binary mixtures.

The fluorescence quenching of newly synthesized coumarin (chromen-2-one) derivative, 4-(5-methyl-3-phenyl-benzofuran-2-yl)-6-chloro-chromen-2-one (MPBClC) by aniline in different binary solvent mixtures of benzene and acetonitrile have been reported by steady state fluorescence measurements. All the measurements were carried out at room temperature (296K). A positive curvature from linearity was observed in the Stern-Volmer (S-V) plot in all the solvent mixtures. Various rate parameters for the fluorescence quenching have been determined by sphere of action static quenching model and finite sink approximation model. The results show that the positive curvature in the S-V plot is due to both static and dynamic quenching processes. Further, with the use of finite sink approximation model, it is concluded that these bimolecular reactions are diffusion-limited.

Estimation of dipole moments of some biologically active coumarins by solvatochromic shift method based on solvent polarity parameter, E(T)(N).

The electronic absorption and fluorescence spectra of three newly synthesized coumarin derivatives viz., 4-(5-methyl-3-furan-2-yl-benzofuran-2-yl)-7-methyl-chromen-2-one (MFBMC), 4-(5-chloro-3-furan-2-yl-benzofuran-2-yl)-6-methyl-chromen-2-one (ClFBMC) and 4-(5-methyl-3-phenyl-benzofuran-2-yl)-6-chloro-chromen-2-one (MPBClC) have been recorded at room temperature (296 K) in solvents of different polarities. The effects of the solvents upon the spectral properties are discussed. Solvatochromic correlations were used to estimate the ground-state (mu(g)) and excited-state (mu(e)) dipole moments. The excited-state dipole moments for all the three molecules are found to be larger than their corresponding ground-state dipole moments. Further, the changes in dipole moment (Delta mu) were calculated both from solvatochromic shift method and on the basis of microscopic empirical solvent polarity parameter (E(T)(N)), and the values are compared.