Relaxation of nitrobenzene from the excited singlet state

Abstract

The lifetime of the lowest excited singlet (S1) state of nitrobenzene in ethanol was measured using a picosecond time-resolved transient grating method. The lifetime was found to be 6 ps and the rate constant of the intersystem crossing relaxation process from the S1 state was determined to be 1.3–1.6×1011 s−1. The relaxation mechanism from the S1 state is also discussed.