Intramolecular energy and charge transfer in 5-(9-anthryl)-3-(4-nitrophenyl)-1-phenyl-2-pyrazoline

The absorption and photoluminescence of the newly synthesized 5-(9-anthryl)-3-(4-nitrophenyl)-1-phenyl-2-pyrazoline (AN PP) were investigated. The absorption is the absorption of anthryl moiety at about 325–400 nm, superimposed on the broader absorption of 3-(4-nitrophenyl)-1-phenyl-2-pyrazoline moiety peaked at 420 nm. On excitation at 420 nm, the fluorescence spectrum has only one emission band from the pyrazoline moiety. This emission band exhibits a larger red shift with an increase in the polarity of solvents. But on excitation at 365 nm, the fluorescence spectrum has two emission bands coming from the anthryl and pyrazoline moieties, respectively. The intensity ratio of the two bands is different in solvents of different polarity. It is concluded that photo-induced intramolecular energy transfer from the anthryl to pyrazoline moiety exists simultaneously with the charge transfer from N (1) to C (3) in the pyrazoline moiety in the excited state and both compete with each other.