title: Effects of the anion salt nature on the rate constants of the aqueous proton exchange reactions.
abstract: The proton-transfer ground-state rate constants of the xanthenic dye 9-[1-(2-methyl-4-methoxyphenyl)]-6-hydroxy-3H-xanthen-3-one (TG-II), recovered by Fluorescence Lifetime Correlation Spectroscopy (FLCS), have proven to be useful to quantitatively reflect specific cation effects in aqueous solutions (J. M. Paredes, L. Crovetto, A. Orte, J. M. Alvarez-Pez and E. M. Talavera, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 1685-1694). Since these phenomena are more sensitive to anions than to cations, in this paper we have accounted for the influence of salts with the sodium cation in common, and the anion classified according to the empirical Hofmeister series, on the proton transfer rate constants of TG-II. We demonstrate that the presence of ions accelerates the rate of the ground-state proton-exchange reaction in the same order than ions that affect ion solvation in water. The combination of FLCS with a fluorophore undergoing proton transfer reactions in the ground state, along with the desirable feature of a pseudo-dark state when the dye is protonated, allows one unique direct determination of kinetic rate constants of the proton exchange chemical reaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Granada, Cartuja Campus, 18071 Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Jose M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Paredes
authors.forename: Andres
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garzon
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Crovetto
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orte
authors.forename: Sergio G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: Jose M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Alvarez-Pez