ESR study of photooxidation of phenothiazines in aqueous micellar solutions

The mechanism of photooxidation of phenothiazine in liquid and frozen (77 K) aqueous micellar solutions of the surfactant (sodium dodecyl sulfate) was studied by ESR. The main reaction of electrons formed by the photochemical oxidation of phenothiazine in a liquid micellar solution of the anionic surfactant is the reduction of molecular oxygen dissolved in the aqueous bulk phase. 10-Methylphenothiazine was used as a stable radical cation probe in a liquid solution. The influence of electrolytes on the photoionization yield in both frozen and liquid solutions of the surfactant was studied.