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Excited states of [3.3](4,4′)biphenylophane: The role of charge-transfer excitations in dimers with π-π interaction

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J. Phys. Chem. A, 114 (4): 1639–1649 (2010)
DOI: 10.1021/jp910551u

Abstract

The singlet and triplet electronic excitation manifold of [3.3](4,4')biphenylophane (BPP), an intramolecular dimer, and 4,4'-dimethylbiphenyl (DMBP), the corresponding monomer, has been analyzed by employing the approximate coupled-cluster singles and doubles model (CC2). The calculated triplet-triplet and singlet-singlet transient absorption spectra show good agreement with recent experimental results. The calculations suggest a strong interaction of the two biphenyl moieties of BPP in the first singlet and triplet excited states due to the overlapping pi-electron systems, and Forster-Dexter theory for weak coupling cannot be applied. Both the first excited singlet and triplet states of BPP can be characterized as excimeric states with a strong admixture of charge-transfer contributions.

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