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accompanied by fluorescence quenching (the quantum phine and by the Russian Foundation for Basic
yield decreased almost threefold) [22] (Table 2). In Research (project no. 14-03-00011) in the part of
molecular photophysics, spin–orbit perturbations of studying the complexing properties of tetraphenylpor-
electronic states alter the photophysical parameters phine derivatives.
caused by enhancement of intercombinational transi-
tions (the heavy-atom effect) when heavy atoms are
inserted into the molecular systems [28]. The enhance-
ment of intercombinational transitions caused by the
heavy-atom effect results in fluorescence quenching
(reduction of the quantum yield) and shift in fluores-
cence peaks [28], which agrees with the results of our
experiment (the fluorescence peaks shifted by ~50 nm
(Figs. 6 and 7). A significant decrease in quantum yield
(by more than threefold) is observed for ZnTPhP and
ZnT(4-OH-Ph)P [22]. Changes in the fluorescence
quantum yields are observed for H2T(4-NH2-Ph)P and
H2T(4-Cl-Ph)P ligands compared to the unsubsti-
tuted H2TPhP: the fluorescence intensity of chloro-
substituted tetraphenylporphine increases (the quan-
tum yield rises ~3.4-fold).
Equipment at the Shared Use Center “Upper Volga
Regional Center of Physical and Chemical Research”
was used in our spectrophotometric studies.
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