Laser photolysis studies at 355 nm have been carried out on the intramolecular hydrogen atom transfer (intra-HT) reaction of [(hydroxynaphthyl)propyl] benzophenone, BP-(CH&-ROH, and the proton-induced intramolecular ionization (intra-pion) reaction of [ (methoxynaphth yl)propyl]benzophenone, BP-(CH2)3-ROMe, in acetonitrilewater (4:l v/v) at 295 K. After 355-nm laser pulsing to BP-(CH&-ROH and BP-(CH2)3-ROMe, the intramolecular triplet energy transfer (intra-ET) reactions from the triplet moiety (3BP*) to the naphthol (ROH) and methoxynaphthalene (ROMe) moieties occur to yield BP-(CH2)3-3ROH* and BP-( C H Z )~-~R O M~* on a nanosecond time scale. The former triplet molecule (BP-(CH2)3-3ROH*) undergoes intramolecular hydrogen atom transfer (intra-HT) with an efficiency (&T) of unity to yield a biradical molecule with benzophenone ketyl radical (>COH-) and naphthoxy radical (ROO) moieties (>C0H-(CH2)3-ROo). The rate constant (~H T ) for intra-HT was determined to be 9.8 X lo5 s-l and independent of [BP-(CH2)3-ROH]. The deuterium isotope effect on intra-HT was examined by using BP-(CH&-ROD. The rate constant (~D T ) for intra-DT was determined to be 5.1 X lo5 s-l. In the presence of protons, the rate constant of intra-HT is enhanced proportional to the acid concentration though the value of r#Jm (=1.0) is independent of the acid concentration. The triplet molecule (BP-(CH2)s-3ROMe*) undergoes ionization only in the presence of protons (intra-pion) to yield a biradical molecule with >COH-and methoxynaphthalene cation radical (-ROMe'+) moieties (>C0H-(CH2)3-ROMeo+) with efficiencies (&I) of 0.3 for [H2S04] = 0.005 M and 1.0 for [H2S04] = 0.5 M in acetonitrilewater (4:l v/v) at 295 K. The rate constant for intra-pion increases with an increaseof the acid concentration. The mechanisms for intra-HT and intra-p-ion were interpreted by considering the intramolecular triplet exciplexes, 3(>CO-(CH2)3-ROH)* and 3(>CO-(CH2)3-ROMe)*, and the intramolecular protonated triplet exciplexes, 3(>+COH-(CH2)3-ROH)* and 3(>+COH-(CH2)3-ROMe)*, respectively. On the basis of the mechanism for intra-HT and intra-pion of the two chromophores linked with a propyrene chain, the structures of the triplet exciplex and protonated triplet exciplex are suggested to be sandwichlike with weak charge-transfer character.