This article investigates the photo-kinetics of a platinum organoamine complex using the Cary 50/60 Application Note. A photochemical reaction is initiated by the absorption of light, leading to subsequent reactions and product formation.
This document describes an experiment investigating the photochemical substitution of a platinum organoamine complex using UV-Vis spectrophotometry. The study highlights the necessity of an instrument that is immune to stray light from external irradiation sources and does not degrade light-sensitive samples with its own analyzing beam.
The Agilent Cary 50 and Cary 60 UV-Vis spectrophotometers are presented as ideal tools for this application due to their room light immunity and fast scan speeds. The note details the experimental setup, including the use of a mercury arc lamp and fiber optic bundle, and presents data on absorbance changes over time to calculate quantum yields.
The experiment uses a 10mm pathlength quartz cuvette.
The instrument collects fifty overlaid spectra in less than 2 minutes.