title: Reactivity of halides with triplets of 6-chloro and 6-bromopicolinic acids: contrasting effects of bromide and chloride.
abstract: The reactivity of Br(-) and Cl(-) with triplet of anionic 6-chloropicolinic acid (pH = 5.4) and with triplets of 6-chloro and 6-bromopicolinic acids in zwitterionic forms (pH = 0.9) was studied by laser flash photolysis and steady-state irradiation. Br(-) was found to trap the three triplets. Triplet lifetime measurements gave quenching rate constants of 8 x 10(8) mol(-1) dm(3) s(-1) for the zwitterion of 6-chloropicolinic acid and of 3.4 x 10(5) mol(-1) dm(3) s(-1) for the anionic counterpart. No secondary transient species were observed indicating that the charge transfer intermediates are subject to dissipative processes. Cl(-) trapped triplet of zwitterions only, and reactions were found to be associated with a high quantum yield of radicals. The photolysis of 6-bromopicolinic acid photolysis was drastically enhanced by Cl(-), 6-chloropicolinic acid being produced with a chemical yield of about 90%. The 6-bromo-2-carboxypyridinyl radical could be characterized (lambda(max)/nm = 318 with shoulder at 370 nm and epsilon/mol(-1) dm(3) cm(-1) = 8100).
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Photochimie Moléculaire et Macromoléculaire, UMR no6505 CNRS-Université Blaise Pascal, Ensemble Universitaire des Cézeaux, F-63177, Aubière.
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rollet
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Richard