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Photoinduced processes (photonics) in trans-aminoazobenzene (t-AAB) are determined by analyzing literature data on transient Vis spectra upon pulsed laser excitation at λex = 400 nm. The analysis is based on the concepts of the rydimer structure of aminoazobenzene dyes, particularly t-AAB2 (the ground state of the dye). It is shown that the photochemical emergence and subsequent transformation of the transient spectra, along with the isomerization of t-AAB2 to cis-aminoazobenzene (c-AAB), are caused by simultaneous events of the splitting of t-AAB2 rydimers into monomers; the splitting of the rydimers is induced by the absorption of visible light by cations of the phenylaminyl type (chromogens of t-AAB2 rydimers). The mechanism of the process is described, which includes the formation of two types of Franck–Condon monomer pairs of t-AAB. As is shown, a pair of one type consists of two identical monomers; it relaxes into the initial t-AAB2 rydimer. A pair of the other type contains one monomer t-AAB and a doubly charged monomer with two cations of the phenylaminyl type and the absorption of visible light in the 500–750 nm range of wavelengths; the monomer dication isomerizes into c-AAB. Structural formulas of the transient electronic configurations are given that explain the photonics of t-AAB2 rydimers.
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Mikheev, Y.A., Ershov, Y.A. Photochemical Reactions of Aminoazobenzene in Solutions, According to Ultrafast Vis Spectroscopy Data. Russ. J. Phys. Chem. 93, 1195–1203 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0036024419060220
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