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New Aspects on Fluorescence Quenching by Molecular Oxygen Koichi Kikuchi,' Chika Sato, Masanori Watabe, Hiroshi Ikeda, Yasutake Takahashi, and Tsutomu Miyashi Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba- ku, Sendai 980, Japan Received May 4, I992
Abstract: Fluorescence quenching rate constants k, by molecular oxygen 302(3&-) were measured for four anthracenecarbonitriles (AC) in acetonitrile and benzene and for five acridinium ions in acetonitrile. The k