Influence of the methyl group at C=C bridging bond of stilbene on the longest wavelength maximum in ultraviolet absorption spectra

The compounds stilbenes XArCH=CHArY(XSBY) and 1,2‐diphenylpropylenes XArC(Me)=CHArY(XSMBY) have bridging groups CH=CH and C(CH₃)=CH, respectively, in which the C(CH₃)=CH has a side‐group CH₃ at the carbon‐carbon double bond. A series of XSMBY were synthesized, and their longest wavelength maximum λ_max (nm) in ultraviolet absorption spectra were measured in this work. We investigated the change regularity of the ν_max (cm^‐1, ν_max = 1/λ_max) of XSMBY and compared it with that of XSBY. The results indicate that (1) there is no good linear relationship between the ν_max of XSMBY and that of XSBY. (2) Because of the influence of the side‐group CH₃, in case of the same couple of groups X and Y, the λ_max of XSMBY is shorter than that of XSBY, that is, it has a blue shift. (3) The cross‐interaction between the side‐group CH₃ and Y has an important effect on the ν_max of XSMBY, while the cross‐interaction between the side‐group CH₃ and X has a little effect on the ν_max and can be ignored. (4) The specific cross‐interaction between X and Y has important effect on the ν_max of XSMBY, whereas it has no important effect on the ν_max of XSBY.     

Effect of substituent on the UV–Vis spectra: an extension from disubstituted to multi‐substituted benzylideneanilines

For studying the substituent effects on the ν_max of substituted benzylideneanilines (XBAYs) systematically, 12 samples of 3,3′‐disubstituted XBAYs and 52 samples of multi‐substituted XBAYs were synthesized, and the substituent effects on their ν_max were investigated in this paper. A modified regression equation quantifying the ν_max of 4,4′/4,3′/3,4′/3,3′‐disubstituted and multi‐substituted XBAYs (shown as Eq. 3 ) was obtained. The results showed that the substituent effects on the ν_max of 3,3′‐substituted and multi‐substituted XBAYs became more complicated. In Eq. 3 , the contributions of the meta‐parameters to the ν_max of XBAYs were different from those of the corresponding para‐parameters. For the substituent cross‐interaction effects, there is no difference whatever the substituents are at meta‐position or para‐position. Compared with Eq. 1 , Eq. 3 obtained in this paper has a wider application and more accuracy in quantifying the ν_max of substituted XBAYs. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The intramolecular charge transfer in a donor–π–acceptor dianion probed by resonance Raman spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations

The dideprotonation of 4‐(4‐nitrophenylazo)resorcinol generates an anionic species with substantial electronic π delocalization. As compared to the parent neutral species, the anionic first excited electronic transition, characterized as an intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) from the CO⁻ groups to the NO₂ moiety, shows a drastic red shift of ca. 200 nm in the λ_max in the UV‐vis spectrum, leading to one of the lowest ICT energies observed (λ_max = 630 nm in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)) in this class of push‐pull molecular systems. Concomitantly, a threefold increase in the molar absorptivity (ε_max) in comparison to the neutral species is observed. The resonance Raman enhancement profiles reveal that in the neutral species the chromophore involves several modes, as ν(C N), ν(NN), ν(CC) and ν_s(NO₂), whereas in the dianion, there is a selective enhancement of the NO₂ vibrational modes. The quantum chemical calculations of the electronic transitions and vibrational wavenumbers led to a consistent analysis of the enhancement patterns observed in the resonance Raman spectra. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Determining the excited‐state substituent constants of furyl and thienyl groups

Six series of styrene derivatives XCH═CHArY (total of 65) containing the styrene parent molecular skeleton were synthesized (here, Y is OMe, Me, H, F, Cl, CF₃, CN, and NO₂, and X is 2‐furyl, 3‐furyl, 2′‐methyl‐2‐furyl, 2‐thienyl, 3‐thienyl, and 2′‐methyl‐2‐theniyl). Their ultraviolet absorption spectra were measured in anhydrous ethanol, and their wavelength of absorption maximum λ_max was recorded. For the wavenumber ν_max (cm^?1, ν_max = 1/λ_max) of the obtained λ_max, a quantitative correlation analysis was performed, and 6 excited‐state substituent constants of groups X were obtained by means of curve‐fitting method. Taking the ν_max values of total 90 compounds of styrene derivatives as a data set (including 25 compounds from reference and 65 compounds of this work), a quantitative correlation analysis was performed, and the reliability of the obtained was verified. In addition, 12 samples of disubstituted Schiff bases (XCH═NArY) involving the above groups X were synthesized, and their ν_max values were recorded. Using these 12 ν_max together with the 14 ν_max values of Schiff bases taken from reference (total of 26 compounds), it was further verified that the values are reliable by means of quantitative correlation method.     

Comparison of the 13C (C = N) chemical shifts of substituted N‐(phenyl‐ethylene)‐anilines and substituted N‐(benzylidene)‐anilines

Comparison of ¹³C NMR of C = N bond chemical shifts δ_C(C = N) in substituted N‐(phenyl‐ethylene)‐anilines XArC(Me) = NArY (XPEAYs) with that in substituted N‐(benzylidene)‐anilines XArCH = NArY (XBAYs) was carried out. The δ_C(C = N) of 61 samples of XPEAYs were measured, and the substituent effect on their δ_C(C = N) were investigated. The results show the factors affecting the δ_C(C = N) of XPEAYs are quite different from that of XBAYs. A penta‐parameter correlation equation was obtained for the 61 compounds, which has correlation coefficient 0.9922 and standard error 0.12 ppm. The result indicates that, in XPEAYs, the inductive effects of substituents X and Y are major factors affecting the δ_C(C = N), while the conjugative effect of them have very little effect on the δ_C(C = N) and can be ignored. The substituent‐specific cross‐interaction effects between X and Y and between Me of C = N bond and substituent Y are important factors affecting the δ_C(C = N). Also, the excited‐state substituent parameter of substitute Y has certain contribution to the δ_C(C = N). Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

关于光激射器的线宽

本文从描述光激射器工作的基本方程出发,讨论了光激射器光束线宽的“短期”(short-time)部分。通常都以下式描写这部分线宽:△v_s=(8πhv(△v′)²)/P,(1)其中△v′是谐振腔电磁模的半宽度;v为光束频率;P为输出功率。我们的主要结论可以归结为以下三点:(1)线宽主要是由与电磁模耦合的耗散体系引起的,与分子耦合的耗散体系的贡献是可以忽略的;(2)在单模近似下,只要分子的线宽比电磁模的线宽大得多,则(1)式是正确的;(3)如果多模谐振腔中激发模与其他模之间的相互作用是强的,则式(1)将被推广为 △v_s=(8πhv(△v′)²)/P+(4hv(△v′))/P somefromn=(λ′≠λ)(r_λλ′²/(rλ′),(2) 其中r_λλ′是相关弛豫系数;r_λ′是模λ′的线宽。在某些情况下,式(2)中第二项可以比其第一项还大。所以,这可能是目前关于线宽的实验结果与由式(1)计算结果不相符合的原因之一。     

取代基效应对二芳基硝酮CH=N(O)桥基1H NMR化学位移的影响

合成一系列取代二芳基硝酮XArCH=N（O）ArY化合物,测定其核磁共振氢谱（¹H NMR）,指认出桥基CH=N（O）上质子的化学位移δH[CH=N（O）],定量研究取代基效应对δH[CH=N（O）]的影响.得到一个4参数定量方程,标准偏差（S）为0.020,较好地表达了δH[CH=N（O）]的变化规律.结果表明,该类化合物的δH[CH=N（O）]主要受4个因素影响：X基团的场/诱导效应[σ_F（X）];Y基团的共轭效应[σ_R（X）];基团X和Y之间的特殊交叉作用（Δσ²）;以及基团X和O^-之间的特殊交叉作用[Δσ²_（X-O^-）].其中,Δσ²_（X-O^-）对δ_{H[CH=N（O）]}变化的贡献超过70%.通过δH[CH=N（O）]与二芳基希夫碱XArCH=NArY桥基CH=N上质子化学位移的δH（CH=N）比较发现,这两类化合物桥基上质子的化学位移之间没有良好的线性关系.因而,在应用NMR谱图解析有机化合物分子结构时,不能简单地用δH（CH=N）的变化去类比δ_{H[CH=N（O）]}的变化.     

Synthesis of hydroxyoligophenylenes containing electron‐donating,electron‐accepting groups,or π‐deficient aromatic ring and their solvatochromic behavior

We have reported oligo(p‐phenylene)s (OPPs) with an OH group located at one end, namely, OPP(n)‐OHs (where n is the number of benzene rings). The OPPs exhibited significant solvatochromism; the deprotonation of the OH groups of OPP(n)‐OHs , when treated with NaH, caused a bathochromic shift of absorption maxima (λ_max) that increased with the donor numbers (DNs) of the solvents. We assumed that the solvatochromism exhibited by OPP(n)‐ONa was attributed to an intramolecular charge shift from the sodium phenoxy group(s) to the adjacent rings. In this study, to investigate the assumption, hydroxyoligophenylenes ( R‐OPP(n)‐OH ) with an electron‐donating dimethylamino group (n = 3, R = NMe₂), an electron‐accepting nitro group (n = 3, R = NO₂), and a π‐deficient pyridine ring (n = 2, R = Py) were synthesized by the Suzuki coupling reaction. The deprotonation of the OH group of by treatment with NaH caused a bathochromic shift (Δλ) of λ_max of R‐OPP(m)‐ONa . The Δλ of the deprotonated species increased with the DNs of the solvents. The emission peak positions of R‐OPP(m)‐ONa depended on the DNs of the solvents; therefore, the emission color could be tuned by changing the solvent. R‐OPP(m)‐OH received an electrochemical oxidation of the OH group and OPP unit. The data related to the remarkable solvatochromic behavior of R‐OPP(n)‐ONa will be useful information for the development of new luminescent materials.     

The Raman noncoincidence effect of the ν(CO) band of ME6N liquid crystal across the nematic–isotropic phase transition studied by a micro‐spectroscopy experiment

The Raman spectroscopic noncoincidence effect (NCE) of the ν(CO) band of the liquid crystal ME6N (4‐cyanophenyl‐4′‐hexylbenzoate) has been measured at different temperatures (47–52 °C) around the nematic‐isotropic phase transition (47.8 °C) employing a micro‐Raman experiment under confocal conditions and performed on a homogeneously aligned thin sample. The low value of NCE (0.9 cm⁻¹) obtained over the whole temperature range suggests that the orientational structure of the liquid crystal in both phases is governed by the steric hindrances in the proximity of the carbonyl group, rather than by dipolar interactions. This hypothesis is supported by the results of a supplementary investigation of the NCE of the ν(CO) Raman band in liquid ketones and esters, made progressively more hampered by the insertion of bulky (phenyl) groups in proximity of the carbonyl group. The NCE of the ν(CO) band, in fact, decreases from 5.5 cm⁻¹ in acetone (the less hampered) to 0.7 cm⁻¹ in benzophenone (the most hampered among the studied ketones), and from 6.2 cm⁻¹ in methyl acetate (the less hampered) to 2.2 cm⁻¹ in phenyl benzoate (the most hampered among the studied esters). To our best knowledge, this represents the first attempt to analyze the NCE in terms of steric hindrance of the substituents around the target oscillator. A parallel analysis of the difference between the anisotropic and the isotropic bandwidths of the ν(CO) Raman band in these molecular liquids indicates that reorientational dynamics plays only a marginal role, if any. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Dimer radical cation of 4‐thiouracil: a pulse radiolysis and theoretical study

Pulse radiolysis with optical absorption detection has been used to study the reactions of hydroxyl radical (OH^?) with 4‐thiouracil (4TU) in aqueous medium. The transient absorption spectrum for the reaction of OH^? with 4TU is characterized by λ_max 460 nm at pH 7. A second‐order rate constant k_(4TU+OH) of 1.7 × 10¹⁰ M^?1 s^?1 is determined via competition kinetics method. The transient is envisaged as a dimer radical cation [4TU]₂^?+, formed via the reaction of an initially formed radical cation [4TU]^?+ with another 4TU. The formation constant of [4TU]₂^?+ is 1.8 × 10⁴ M^?1. The reactions of dibromine radical ion (Br₂^??) at pH 7, dichlorine radical ion (Cl₂^??) at pH 1, and azide radical (N₃^?) at pH 7 with 4TU have also produced transient with λ_max 460 nm. Density functional theory (DFT) studies at BHandHLYP/6–311 + G(d,p) level in aqueous phase showed that [4TU]₂^?+ is characterized by a two‐centerthree electron (2c‐3e) [?S∴S?] bond. The interaction energy of [?S∴S?] bond in [4TU]₂^?+ is ?13.01 kcal mol^?1. The predicted λ_max 457 nm by using the time‐dependent DFT method for [4TU]₂^?+ is in agreement with experimental λ_max. Theoretical calculations also predicted that compared with [4TU]₂^?+, 4‐thiouridine dimer is more stable, whereas 4‐thiothymine dimer is less stable. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.