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Triplet‐Triplet Spectroscopy of Polyacenes

Y. H. Meyer, +2 more
- 15 Jan 1972 - 
- Vol. 56, Iss: 2, pp 801-815
TLDR
In this article, the LCAO-MO-SCF Pariser-Parr-Pople method was used to estimate the ππ* triplet states energies with the use of large configuration interactions.
Abstract
Complete triplet—triplet absorption spectra (2000–10000 A) were measured in alcoholic solution at 113°K with naphthalene, anthracene, tetracene, and a few methylated derivatives. Several new bands were observed. Calculations of the higher ππ* triplet states energies with the LCAO—MO—SCF Pariser—Parr—Pople method were improved by the use of large configuration interactions. These include many doubly excited configurations with respect to both the ground singlet state S0 and the lowest triplet state T1, thanks to the systematic use of all monoexcitations with respect to S0 plus all monoexcitations with respect to T1. The comparison of all experimental and theoretical results for the three polyacenes allows one to modify a few previous assignments and to give a general tentative assignment for all observed transitions.

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TL;DR: In this paper, a previously given theory of the electronic spectra and structure of complex unsaturated molecules is further elucidated by listing specific formulas for the charge density, bond order, transition moment, and configuration interaction matrix elements.
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TL;DR: In this article, the theoretical treatment of the electronic spectrum of benzenoid hydrocarbons has been generalized so that full account is taken of electron interaction, based on the use of a self-consistent molecular orbital function for the ground state and corresponding functions for excited states.
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The Triplet State in Fluid Media

TL;DR: In this paper, the triplet-triplet absorption spectra of a variety of organic molecules have been observed in fluid solutions at normal temperatures and the effect of dissolved gases, particularly oxygen, on these lifetimes is described.