Dual photochemical behaviour of octafluoronaphthalene towards conjugated dienes. An example of a solvent-induced potential surface crossing
Abstract
The photochemical behaviour of octafluoronaphthalene towards conjugated dienes is shown to exhibit a pronounced solvent dependence which is explained in terms of the formation of exciplexes in non-polar solvents and solvated charge-transfer complexes or ion pairs in polar solvents.