苯硫酚分子内质子转移取代基效应的理论研究

在B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p)水平上研究了2-(1H-咪唑)苯硫酚(1d)、2-(噁唑)苯硫酚(2d)、2-(噻唑)苯硫酚(3d)及其衍生物的基态质子转移过程,探讨取代基电子效应对质子转移的影响.结果表明:吸电子引入后分子平面电子密度减小,N2-H1间距减小,分子内氢键增强,醇式到酮式质子转移能垒减小;供电子基引入后分子平面电子密度增大,N2-H1间距增大,分子内氢键减弱,质子转移能垒增大.Localized orbital locator(LOL)分析表明:取代基的引入对N1原子成键性质产生影响明显.三者质子转移能垒大小为1d3d2d,取代基引后能垒相对大小不变.     

取代基对2-(2-羟基苯基)苯并噻唑分子内氢键及质子转移的影响:密度泛函理论研究

运用密度泛函(DFT)和含时密度泛函(TD DFT)理论方法研究了在2-(2-羟基苯基)苯并噻唑(HBT)苯环羟基的邻位或对位分别引入羟基和醛基后的衍生物分子内质子转移过程,考察了取代基的电子效应及取代位置对分子内氢键和质子转移反应的影响,模拟计算了各分子的IR振动光谱和电子光谱.研究发现,HBT及其衍生物分子可以形成分子内氢键,且激发态时氢键增强.基态时以醇式构型稳定存在,激发态时酮式结构为优势构象.分子的最大吸收峰和发射峰主要源于电子从前线分子轨道HOMO到LUMO之间的跃迁.基态分子内质子转移需要越过较高的能垒因而难以发生,而激发态时只需越过较低能垒就很容易发生激发态分子内质子转移.取代基的电子效应和取代位置对HBT分子氢键强度、互变异构体的相对稳定性、电子光谱及质子转移反应的能垒均有一定影响.     

10-羟基苯并喹啉激发态分子内质子转移取代基效应的理论研究

运用密度泛函(DFT)和含时密度泛函(TDDFT)计算方法研究了10-羟基苯并喹啉(HBQ)及其衍生物分子内质子转移过程,探究了取代基效应对质子转移过程的影响,研究发现,HBQ及其衍生物可以形成分子内氢键,且激发态时氢键增强.基态时各分子以醇式构型稳定存在,激发态时酮式构型为优势构象.各化合物的最大吸收峰和发射峰主要是电子从HOMO到LUMO之间的跃迁引起的.基态分子内质子转移(醇式→酮式)需要跃过较高的能垒因而难以发生,而激发态时只需跃过较低能垒就很容易发生分子内质子转移,吸电子基的引入可以使该过程的能垒降低,因此吸电子基有利于激发态质子转移.取代基效应影响化合物的光谱性质.     

取代基对2-(2-羟基苯基)苯并噻唑分子内氢键及质子转移的影响:密度泛函理论研究

运用密度泛函(DFT)和含时密度泛函(TD DFT)理论方法研究了在2-(2-羟基苯基)苯并噻唑(HBT)苯环羟基的邻位或对位分别引入羟基和醛基后的衍生物分子内质子转移过程，考察了取代基的电子效应及取代位置对分子内氢键和质子转移反应的影响，模拟计算了各分子的IR振动光谱和电子光谱.研究发现，HBT及其衍生物分子可以形成分子内氢键，且激发态时氢键增强.基态时以醇式构型稳定存在，激发态时酮式结构为优势构象.分子的最大吸收峰和发射峰主要源于电子从前线分子轨道HOMO到LUMO之间的跃迁.基态分子内质子转移需要越过较高的能垒因而难以发生，而激发态时只需越过较低能垒就很容易发生激发态分子内质子转移.取代基的电子效应和取代位置对HBT分子氢键强度、互变异构体的相对稳定性、电子光谱及质子转移反应的能垒均有一定影响.     

芳香性取代基对2-(2-羟基苯基)苯并咪唑激发态质子转移和光谱性质影响的理论研究

运用密度泛函(DFT)和含时密度泛函(TD DFT)理论方法研究了在2-(2-羟基苯基)苯并咪唑(HBI)苯环羟基的对位分别被呋喃基、吡咯基等五种芳香性取代基后的衍生物(HBI-R)分子内质子转移过程,考察了取代基的电子离域效应对分子结构、分子内氢键和质子转移的影响,模拟计算了各分子的IR振动光谱和电子光谱。研究发现,基态的HBI与HBI-R分子内氢键O—H…N比O…H—N强度大,因氢键中的O—H增长和H—N的缩短,激发态氢键O—H…N弱于O…H—N强度,基态和激发态的稳定构型分别为醇式和酮式结构,取代基总体上使酮式构型相对稳定性有所增加,但呋喃基、吡咯基和噻吩基却略降低了激发态酮式构型相对稳定性。取代基降低了HBI基态和激发态分子内质子转移反应的能垒,但影响不大。电子吸收光谱的最大吸收峰和荧光光谱的最大发射峰主要源于前线分子轨道HOMO与LUMO之间的电子跃迁,芳环取代基增强了电子离域效应,使光谱的吸收峰和发射峰波长均有较大的红移。     

2-羟基-1-萘甲醛半碳酰腙激发态分子内质子转移阴离子荧光识别

利用荧光光谱分析法,考察了2-羟基-1-萘甲醛半碳酰腙(L)作为受体分子与F~-、Cl~-、Br~-、I~-、SO_3~(2-)、NO_3~-、ClO_4~-、H_2PO_4~-、SO_4~(2-)、CH_3COO~-、CO_3~(2-)等阴离子的作用。研究结果表明,在乙腈溶液中该受体分子其酚羟基OH与—C=N—基N之间的分子内氢键强度较弱,引入CH_3COO-和CO_3~(2-)增强了分子内氢键强度,在波长495nm处出现激发态分子内质子转移(ESIPT)荧光,荧光滴定实验表明该受体分子与CH_3COO~-和CO_3~(2-)均形成1:1型结合物,提出了可能的配合物结合模式。     

脉冲放电脱硫反应器中高能电子密度分布的光谱研究

脉冲流光放电产生的大于等于11.2 eV的高能电子能将处于基态的氮分子激发到N₂(C3Π_u)态,测试脉冲流光放电时的N₂(C3Π_u→B3Πg)发射光谱相对强度可以得出脉冲流光放电产生的高能电子的密度。实验在室温常压下研究了空气中线-板式脉冲流光放电脱硫反应器内高能电子密度分布情况,并研究了脉冲电压、反应器的线线间距对反应器内高能电子密度分布的影响。实验结果表明,反应器内的高能电子主要集中在放电线附近高电场区内,随着离放电线的距离增大,高能电子密度减小;脉冲电压对高能电子密度有很大影响,随着电压的升高,高能电子密度基本呈线性增大;线板间距固定,线线间距为线板间距的0.6～1倍时,反应器内高能电子密度分布较为均匀。     

1,8-萘酰亚胺类衍生物的结构特性对其吸收和发射光谱影响的密度泛函研究（英文）

利用B3LYP/6-31G(d)方法优化了一系列N取代1,8-萘酰亚胺类物质的结构,利用含时密度泛函TD-B3LYP/6-31+G(d)方法及C-PCM模式,计算了它们在气相及二氯甲烷溶剂中的吸收和发射光谱。利用计算得出的前线轨道电子云分布及其对应的能级对它们的取代基对电子吸收光谱的影响进行了讨论。结果表明:此种方法计算出的二氯甲烷溶剂中的1,8-萘酰亚胺的吸收光谱与实验光谱比较吻和。取代C=O基团的C=N基团及其成环在吸收光谱和发射光谱中发挥了重要的作用。酰亚胺结构上的改性即C=N基团的引入及在萘环上取代基一方面引入了结构上的不对称性,导致了衍生物的偶极矩的增大;同时结构上的改性扩展了萘酰亚胺共轭结构。4位取代NO_2衍生物从基态到第一激发态的Mulliken原子电荷比5位多一些,这意味着5位取代NO_2衍生物提供了较多的电子。对N(Ph)_2和N(Me)_2衍生物而言,他们4位取代衍生物提供了更多的电荷。前线轨道电子云表明:O=C—N—C=N基团改性扩展和N(Me)_2,N(Ph)_2和NO_2取代基拓展了这类分子的π—π*跃迁范围,从而使得前线轨道能级差降低,它们的吸收和发射光谱也发生了一定程度的红移。对给体取代基而言,它们的4位是电子传输态;对受体取代基NO_2而言,它们的5位是电荷传输态。当NO_2基团与C=O基团在同一侧及当N(Me)_2和N(Ph)_2与在C=N在同一侧时,此类化合物具有较好的传导特性。从化合物1到4,吸收光谱红移了139nm。电荷传输越明显,吸收光谱红移的就越多。O=C—N—C=O的结构改性及其电荷传输机理为今后的萘酰亚胺类物质的分子设计提供了设计理论依据。     

溶剂极性对1，5-二羟基蒽醌分子双质子转移过程的影响

具有激发态分子内双质子转移特性的分子在荧光传感器、激光材料、生物分子探针等领域具有广泛的应用. 羟基蒽醌作为蒽醌类化合物是自然界中广泛存在且具有质子转移特性的次级代谢物,其衍生物已被广泛研究并成功应用于染料、免疫增强和抗癌药物. 近年来,1,5-二羟基蒽醌(1,5-DHAQ)作为一种具有两个分子内氢键的羟基蒽醌衍生物受到了广泛的关注. 本文采用飞秒瞬态吸收光谱结合含时密度泛函理论方法研究了溶剂极性对1,5-DHAQ分子激发态分子内双质子转移过程的影响. 1,5-DHAQ分子在甲苯、四氢呋喃和乙腈溶剂中的稳态荧光光谱表明,溶剂极性的改变对1,5-DHAQ的荧光峰位置产生了影响. 瞬态吸收光谱表明,溶剂极性的增大加快了质子转移的速率. 超快动力学拟合结果表明,溶剂极性的增大有助于加快1,5-DHAQ分子中的激发态分子内双质子转移过程. 此外,通过理论计算得到的势能曲线分析表明质子转移的能垒随着溶剂极性的增加而逐渐减小,从而促进1,5-DHAQ分子激发态分子内双质子转移过程的发生,这进一步验证和解释了实验结果. 本工作有助于开发和合成更稳定、高效的羟基蒽醌衍生物.     

咪唑[4, 5-f] 1, 10-邻菲罗啉及其2-取代芳基衍生物的电子结构与光谱性质

分别采用B3LYP/6-31G(d)和CIS/6-31G(d)方法对咪唑[4, 5-f] 1, 10-邻菲罗啉(ip)及其8种2-取代芳基衍生物的基态(S0)和单重激发态(S1)的几何构型进行了全优化, 并采用含时的度泛函理论(TD-DFT)计算了上述化合物的电子吸收和电子发射光谱. 分析了取代基对咪唑[4, 5-f] 1, 10-邻菲罗啉的电子结构、前线分子轨道、电离势Ip、电子亲和势EA及电子光谱的影响. 计算结果表明, 取代基使8种取代衍生物前线分子轨道(LUMO-HOMO)能隙降低,导致其最大吸收和发射波长均发生了红移. 化合物1～8的跃迁类型均为分子内电荷转移（ICT）跃迁,且1～4和5～8的电子转移方向刚好相反. 溶剂对其电子光谱也有影响, 振子强度增大, 最大发射波长红移. 另外, 8种取代衍生物的电离势降低, 电子亲和势增大, 化合物1~4易于空穴的注入, 5~8易于电子的注入.     

激发态分子内质子转移分子2-羟基-1-萘甲醛半碳酰腙的光谱特性

通过考察2-羟基-1-萘甲醛半碳酰腙(HNLSC)在不同极性溶剂中的吸收光谱和荧光光谱,详细研究了HNLSC分子在不同溶剂及酸、碱条件下的不同构型,证实了HNLSC具有典型的ESIPT特性。在非极性溶剂中分子主要以分子内氢键的闭式构型存在,这种闭式构型使分子具有ESIPT特性,在环己烷溶剂和高酸度极性溶剂中分子均表现出～415nm的正常荧光和～435nm处的反常ESIPT荧光。在极性质子溶剂中,因溶质和溶剂之间形成了分子间的氢键以及进一步去质子化,HNLSC形成了基态的溶剂化开式构型和离子构型,在吸收光谱中表现出～395nm的离子构型特征吸收。开式构型和离子构型阻断了分子内质子转移途径,因而在荧光光谱中仅表现出一个特征峰。实验进一步通过三乙胺和稀硫酸调节溶液体系的极性和酸度环境,证明在不同溶剂极性和酸度环境下,HNLSC分子不仅存在萘环上羟基变化引起的多种互变异构体间的转化平衡,同时存在—CHN—NH—CO—NH2结构域的烯醇式和酮式结构的相互转化。     

Intra- and intermolecular proton transfer in methyl-2-hydroxynicotinate

Spectral characteristics of methyl 2-hydroxynicotinate (MEHNA) have been studied using absorption, fluorescence excitation and fluorescence spectroscopy, as well as, using single photon counting nanosecond spectrofluorimeter. MEHNA is present as enol in less polar solvents and keto in polar media. In non-polar solvents, large Stokes shifted fluorescence band is assigned to phototautomer, formed by excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT), whereas fluorescence is only observed from keto form in polar solvents. In aqueous and polar solvents monocation (MC) is formed by protonating the exo carbonyl oxygen atom in the ground state (S₀) and in the first excited singlet state (S₁), MC is obtained by protonating carbonyl oxygen atom of the ester. It is formed by ESIPT from exo carbonyl proton to carbonyl oxygen atom of the ester. Dication is formed by protonating both the oxygen atoms. Two kinds of monoanions formed by deprotonating phenolic proton or >N-H proton of keto suggest the presence of enol and keto in aqueous solution. In cyclohexane MC is formed by protonating carbonyl oxygen in both S₀ and S₁ states. The electronic structure calculations were performed on each species using semi-empirical quantum mechanical AM1 method and density functional theory B3LYP with 6-31G^** basis set using Gaussian 98 program, along with potential energy mapping, to characterize the particular species.     

Time-dependent density functional theory study on excited state intramolecular proton transfer of 3-hydroxy-2-(pyridin-2-yl)-4H-chromen-4-one

The time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) method was carried out to investigate the excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) process of 3-hydroxy-2-(pyridin-2-yl)-4H-chromen-4-one (1a). 1a has two tautomeric forms: one is 1a(O), which is induced by intramolecular hydrogen bond O-H?O=C, and the other one is 1a(N), which is caused by intramolecular hydrogen bond O-H?N. From excited state to tautomer excited state coming from ESIPT, the hydroxyl hydrogen breaks away and the dissociated hydrogen adsorbed on pyridinic nitrogen or carbonyl oxygen formed new intramolecular HB and the corresponding bond length and bond angle varied greatly. In comparison, a similar process of proton transfer for 1a(N)H⁺ protonated 1a(N) from ground state to excited state was obtained. This detailed proton transfer mechanism was provided by molecular orbitals analysis and it may be applied to molecular switch and organic Lewis acid/base. We investigated the excited state proton transfer mechanism of the four molecules through the theoretical method for the first time and gave unambiguous geometry of excited state.     

Photophysical properties of substituted intramolecularly hydrogen bonded compounds: A combined experimental and theoretical study

Photophysical properties of prototype excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) system 4-methyl-2,6-diformyl phenol (MFOH) and its derivatives were studied by steady state and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy as well as by ab-initio quantum chemical calculation. It has been found that nonradiative decay process is the most important deactivation channel in all the cases and the hydrogen bonded enol conformer is stable in the ground state whereas, the proton transferred keto form is energetically favoured in the S₁(ππ^*) state. However, the net gain in stabilization in the process of ESIPT is almost unaffected by the substitution. The reversal of stability in the excited state was explained on the basis of the nature of frontier molecular orbital in all the cases. Intrinsic reaction coordinate analysis showed that drastic change in nonbonded interoxygen distance R(O-O) in the proton transfer pathway causes the switch over from the enol to keto configuration. A close comparison of several properties like molecular geometry, hydrogen bond strength and atomic charge in different derivatives of MFOH were found to be consistent and in good agreement with the experimental results obtained from time-resolved fluorescence experiments.     

Computational prediction on photophysical properties of two excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) fluorophores bearing the benzothiazole group

ABSTRACT

In this contribution, the photophysical properties of two excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) fluorophores of 2,6-dibenzothiazolyl-4-methylphenol (I) and 2-benzothiazolyl-6-(2-(benzothiazolyl)vinyl)-4-methylphenol (II) were studied by density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) methods at the PBE0 theoretical level. To probe into the origin of the absorption and emission bands observed experimentally, the absorption and emission spectra of I and II were simulated by the TD-PBE0/6-311?+?G(d,p) calculations. In addition, the photo-induced proton enol–keto tautomerization of the two targeted molecules was also explored. The present studies indicate that a good agreement is found between theoretical predictions and experimental data. Moreover, both of these molecules can undergo an ultrafast ESIPT process, which should be responsible for the single proton-transfer tautomer emission.     

Coumarin-Pyrazole Hybrid with Red Shifted ESIPT Emission and AIE Characteristics - a Comprehensive Study

The newly synthesized three coumarin pyrazole hybrid excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) dyes show efficient charge transfer from the pyrazole ring and the coumarin towards the electron withdrawing dicyanovinylene group as revealed from the frontier molecular orbitals. Aggregation induced emission enhancement (AIEE) studies with 2-((3-(4-hydroxy-2-oxo-2H-chromen-3-yl)-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)methylene) malononitrile showed 9 fold increase in the emission enhancement in 90% DMF-H₂O mixture. Lippert-Mataga theory explained the solvatochromic behavior of the dyes in various solvents. The charge transfer characteristics and non-linear optical (NLO) properties have been supported and correlated with bond length alternation, bond order alternation and vibrational spectrum. As values of bond order alternation (BOA) tend to be more towards negative and as the value of α increases β decreases while the values of γ depends on the values of α and β. The observed values of γ are positive which revealed that β contributes significantly. The dyes exhibit linear and NLO properties superior to urea. (E)-2-(3-(2-(3-(4-Hydroxy-2-oxo-2H-chromen-3-yl)-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)vinyl)-5,5-dimethylcyclohex-2-en-1-ylidene) malononitrile shows enhanced linear and non-linear properties among the three dyes.     

Structural,Electronic and Charge Transfer Studies of Highly Sensitive Fluorescent Probe 2-((E)-2-(1-phenyl-1H-phenanthro[9,10-d]imidazol-2-yl)vinyl)phenol: Quantum Chemical Investigations

This article presents a facile synthesis of novel class of bluish-green fluorescent 2-((E)-2-(1-phenyl-1H-phenanthro[9,10-d]imidazol-2-yl)vinyl)phenol [PPIVP] and their optical, electrochemical and thermal properties. Detailed photophysical and quantum chemical studies have been performed to elucidate the origin of the dual emission shifts. PPIVP undergo excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) reaction leading a large Stoke’s shifted fluorescence emission from the phototautomer. The results of quantum chemical investigations not only confirmed the intramolecular charge transfer characteristics of the ESIPT tautomers but also provided a rational for the observed high fluorescence quantum efficiency in the solid state. The high photoluminescence quantum yield in the solid state is ascribed to twisted chromophores due to phenyl substituents at 1,2-position of the phenanthroimidazole ring which restricted intramolecular motion, leading to an optically allowed lowest optical transition without self quenching.     

A theoretical study on the ESPT mechanism for a novel Bis‐HPBT fluorophore

In this work, based on the density functional theory and time‐dependent density functional theory methods, the properties of the 2 intramolecular hydrogen bonds (O1‐H2···N3 and O4‐H5···N6) of a new photochemical sensor 4‐(3‐(benzo[d]thiazol‐2‐yl)‐5‐tert‐butyl‐4‐hydroxybenzyl)‐2‐(benzo[d]thiazol‐2‐yl)‐6‐tert‐butyl phenol (Bis‐HPBT) have been investigated in detail. The calculated dominating bond lengths and bond angles about these 2 hydrogen bonds (O1‐H2···N3 and O4‐H5···N6) demonstrate that the intramolecular hydrogen bonds should be strengthened in the S₁ state. In addition, the variations of hydrogen bonds of Bis‐HPBT have been also testified based on infrared vibrational spectra. Our theoretical results reproduced absorption and emission spectra of the experiment, which verifies that the theoretical level we used is reasonable and effective in this work. Further, hydrogen bonding strengthening manifests the tendency of excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) process. Frontier molecular orbitals depict the nature of electronically excited state and support the ESIPT reaction. According to the calculated results of potential energy curves along stepwise and synergetic O1‐H2 and O4‐H5 coordinates, the potential energy barrier of approximately 1.399 kcal/mol is discovered in the S₁ state, which supports the single ESIPT process along with 1 hydrogen bond of Bis‐HPBT. In other words, the proton transfer reaction can be facilitated based on the electronic excitation effectively. In turn, through the process of radiative transition, the proton‐transfer Bis‐HPBT‐SPT form regresses to the ground state with the fluorescence of 539 nm.