Emission
from
cis-1-(2-anthryl)-2-phenylethene,
c-APE, in toluene consists primarily (up to 76%)o
ffluorescence
from a
diabatically
forme
d 1t-APE
B*. In this respect, the behavior o
fc-APE is analogous to that o
f thenaphthyl analogue,
c-NPE. However, the con
formerspeci
fic a
diabaticphotoisomerization,
1c-APE
B*
f">
1t-APE
B*,is much more e
fficient in
c-APE than in
c-NPE(
f">44% vs
f">2%) although the li
fetime o
f1c-APE
B* is 1000-
fol
dlonger than the li
fetime o
f 1c-NPE
B*(4.5 ± 0.5 ns vs 4 ± 1 ps). Resolution o
f the spectra o
f1c-APE* an
d1t-APE
B*was achieve
d by application o
f principal component analysis on a matrixo
f sets o
f fluorescence spectra measure
din the presence o
f Ar, air, an
d O
2. The known
fluorescence spectrum o
f t-APE
B an
d the knownStern-Volmerconstant
for O
2 quenching o
f the
fluorescence o
ft-APE
B serve as the constraints
for thisresolution. Sequentialquenching by O
2 o
f1c-APE
B* an
d1t-APE
B* is re
flecte
d in a qua
draticStern-Volmer plot
for the latter.