The influence of substituent position on the excited state dynamics operating in 4-, 5- and 6-hydroxyindole

• DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2019.136870
• Publication Date: 2019-10-19T14:57:04Z
• Authors: Stuart W. Crane; Omair Ghafur; Lisa Saalbach; Martin J. Paterson; Dave Townsend
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

Abstract Ultrafast time-resolved ion yield spectroscopy using 286 nm excitation reveals more than an order of magnitude difference between the S1(ππ*) excited state lifetimes of several monohydroxyindole (HI) species (4-HI