The photophysical properties of a diphenyl amino-substituted
triphenylbenzene, (pEFTP), biphenyl (pEFBP),
and fluorene (pEFF) derivative are compared. The similarity of the
photophysical properties and their solvent
dependence for the triphenylbenzene and the biphenyl model compound
indicate the formation of a polar
excited state, localized in one branch of pEFTP. Further
comparison with the fluorene model compound
suggests an excited state relaxation process of the biphenyl moiety in
solvents of medium and high polarity
toward a more planar geometry. The depopulation of the excited
state is explained in the framework of the
model developed to rationalize the photophysics of substituted
biphenyl.
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