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Absorption spectra and steady-state fluorescence emission spectra for l-(2,2-dicyanovinyl)-2,5-dimethoxybenzene in five solvents were determined. Although the absorption spectra demonstrate little solvatochromism, emission peaks show a red shift of roughly 90 nm between cyclohexane and methanol or acetonitrile, which appears to indicate charge transfer associated with a relaxed, as opposed to a vertical, excited state. Semiempirical gas phase AM1 calculations on this compound and the related unsubstituted 2,2-dicyanovinyl benzene indicate a dihedral twist of roughly 35° between the phenyl and the dicyanovinyl planes for both molecules in their ground states, as well as substantial polarity associated with the ground states of these compounds.
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Traver, J.R., Rehberg, G.M. & Williams, B.W. Characterization of a Solvatochromic Fluorophore: 1-(2,2-Dicyanovinyo)-2,5-Dimethoxybenzene (DCN-2,5-DMOB). Journal of Fluorescence 7, 267–272 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022521808220
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