π堆积的腺嘌呤-胸腺嘧啶体系激发态电荷转移和无辐射失活的半经典动力学模拟

采用半经典电子-辐射-离子动力学(SERID)模型模拟了π堆积的腺嘌呤-胸腺嘧啶(A-T)体系激发态的光物理失活过程. 设置激光脉冲仅作用于T, 模拟发现电子由A转移到T, 形成(A⁺T^-)^*激基缔合物(exciplex). 当分子间距缩短至0.300 nm时, 由于轨道离域效应产生电荷重组, 体系恢复电中性; 当A分子的C4'－C5'扭曲程度最大时, 体系通过避免交叉点衰减至基态. Exciplex 的失活途径由分子间距离和A分子的变形程序两个因素决定. 由于A分子的C4'、C5'原子位阻较大, 难以达到失活所必需的强烈扭曲, 因此(A-T)^*的寿命比胸腺嘧啶堆积体系(T-T)^*显著增长.     

疏水作用对光化学和光物理过程的影响 Ⅹ. 非平面分子2,2’-联萘在促簇性溶剂中的簇集和激基缔合物的形成

激基缔合物是由一个激发态分子和一个基态分子形成的复合物,组成激基缔合物的两个分子平面必须彼此平行呈夹心面包式构型^[1]。在某些情况下,两个芳香环在基态时就呈激基缔合物的构型并有很强的相互作用,形成基态复合物一二聚体^[2,3]。人们对平面结构的芳香化合物分子形成的激基缔合物已经进行了大量研究,并且注意到非平面的芳香化合物分子很难形成激基缔合物^[4]。     

分子间氢键对苯并菲柱状介晶性的影响: 量子化学ONIOM (MO/MM)研究

我们最近的实验显示: 对于分子中含有酰胺基的苯并菲液晶化合物C₁₈H₆(OC₅H₁₁)₃(OCH₂CONHC₄H₉)₃, 对称化合物有比反对称异构体更高的清亮点和更有序的六方柱状介晶相, 且与具有同样软链长度的分子中不含酰胺基的化合物C₁₈H₆(OC₅H₁₁)₃(OCH₂COOC₄H₉)₃相比较, 有更高的清亮点和更丰富的柱状介晶相. 本文通过量子化学ONIOM (B3LYP/6-31G(d,p):UFF)计算, 说明对于带酰胺基的分子, 对称分子比反对称分子有较大的稳定化能和较高的转动势垒. 对于对称性分子, 带酰胺基的分子比带酯基的分子有较大的稳定化能和较高的转动势垒. 这说明由酰胺基形成的分子间氢键起了稳定液晶相和锚定六方柱状相的作用, 可以解释带酰胺基的分子和对称性分子有较高的清亮点和更有序的六方柱状介晶相. 如果加长酰胺基的软链, 则可使氢键锚定的扭转角减少, 这样有利于提高电荷传输速率.     

大环炔基噻吩衍生物的结构和UV-Vis光谱的理论研究

用DFT 和TDDFT方法对大环炔基噻吩衍生物的结构和UV-Vis光谱进行了理论研究. 对分子不同的对称性结构(C₁, C₅, C_5v)进行了优化, 得到了稳定的几何构型.以优化构型为基础计算了分子的UV-Vis光谱, 结果表明, C₅,C_5v对称性下丁基取代的分子构型(C[3T_DA]₅-Bu)都是较稳定的; 当分子构型具有C₅对称性时, 得到的光谱数据与实验值符合的较好. 对于大环噻吩C[3T_DA]₅衍生物, 性质相同取代基的体积大小及分子对称性都将影响结构的稳定性.     

复合物Kr-CS2的一个新的四维的势能面及其红外光谱的预测

用高精度的量子化学从头算方法构建了Kr-CS₂体系的精确的四维势能面.对该势能面不仅考虑了分子间的振动方式,而且考虑了单体CS₂分子内的ν₁对称伸缩和ν₃反对称伸缩.采用了量子化学超分子方法在[CCSD（T）]-F12水平上构建了从头算势能面.将得到的四维势能面作积分,便得到CS₂处于振动基态和激发态的复合物平均势能面,这两个态的势能面均有一个T型的全局最小值和两个相等的线性极小值.还通过径向部分采用离散变量表象法（DVR）和角度部分采用有限基组表象法（FBR）结合Lanczos循环算法对Kr-CS₂复合物的振转能级进行了计算,对光谱常数进行了预测.另外,也预测了Kr-CS₂复合物的带心位移（-1.2357 cm^-1）.     

噻吩光解反应机理的理论研究

使用密度泛函理论(DFT)中的B3LYP方法, 采用6-31G**和6-31＋＋G**基组, 对噻吩的光解反应进行了理论研究. 对照实验结果, 我们研究了五个光解通道, 包括生成C₄H₄＋S, C₂H₂＋C₂H₂S和CS＋C₃H₄的三个闭壳层分子解离通道与生成HCS＋C₃H₃和HS＋C₄H₃的自由基解离通道. 各个可能的反应通道的产物碎片的具体形式得到了确认. 研究发现在基态生成C₂H₂＋C₂H₂S和在最低三态生成C₄H₄＋S的反应从能量上考虑最为有利, 而实验上观测到的主要产物C₂H₂＋C₂H₂S主要是在基态上产生的. 通过对比实验结果与计算结果, 我们认为噻吩光解反应机理与所用激发光波长有关.     

休克尔分子轨道法处理CnHn(n=4和8)体系的π键键级的释疑

休克尔分子轨道(HMO)法对C₄H₄和C₈H₈单环多烯体系进行处理时会将其默认为共轭离域的三重态分子，这与其真实分子的单重态结构不符。运用密度泛函理论(DFT)分别对其单重态和三重态进行结构优化，并计算出更为精确的四元环、八元环的π键键级。基于DFT计算结果，我们提出了解决HMO法计算C₄H₄和C₈H₈单环多烯体系的π键键级误差的方案。     

两种C60双氰衍生物的结构、光谱和二阶非线性光学性质的理论研究

用INDO/2和INDO/SCI方法计算了C₆₀(C≡N)₂和C₆₀C(C≡N)₂基态电子结构和电子光谱,所得结果与实验值基本一致.在此基础上,用ZINDO-SOS方法计算了两个分子的二阶非线性光学系数β_ijk和β_μ,并对其结果进行了分析和讨论.结果表明,乙氰基与C₆₀相连的两种碳笼衍生物都有大的非线性光学系数,C₆₀C(C≡N)₂是有希望的非线性光学材料.     

双层有机电致发光器件中的激基复合物发射及特性

以两种常用的芳香二胺TPD和NPB为空穴传输材料(HTM)和BBOT为电子传输材料组成双层器件,获得了相对于组成材料的荧光光谱红移和宽化的电致发光.用光致发光表征了这种发射来自激基复合物,并用器件的能级图说明激基复合物的类型为BBOT的激发态BBOT^*与基态的HTM相互作用的复合物.比较TPD和NPB的分子结构和能级表明,分子具有有利的构型和取向比合适的能级更容易形成激基复合物.     

基于2-氨基吡啶的两个簇基超分子化合物的合成、 结构及催化性能

以磷钼酸、 2-氨基吡啶、 五氧化二钒、 氯化锌和氯化镍等为主要原料, 采用水热方法合成了2个簇基超分子化合物[H₃PMo₁₂O₄₀]₂[C₅H₆N₂]₆(1)和[H₂PMo₁₂V₂O₄₂][C₅H₆N₂]₅·3H₂O(2)(C₅H₆N₂=2-氨基吡啶). 通过元素分析、 红外光谱、 紫外-可见光谱、 X射线光电子能谱、 热重分析、 X射线单晶衍射及X射线粉末衍射等手段对化合物进行了结构表征. 结构分析显示, 簇单元不同的2个超分子化合物以各自独特的堆积方式形成三维超分子网络. 利用苯乙烯的环氧化反应研究了2个化合物的催化性能.     

Electronic Excited States Responsible for Dimer Formation upon UV Absorption Directly by Thymine Strands: Joint Experimental and Theoretical Study

The study addresses interconnected issues related to two major types of cycloadditions between adjacent thymines in DNA leading to cyclobutane dimers (T<>Ts) and (6-4) adducts. Experimental results are obtained for the single strand (dT)(20) by steady-state and time-resolved optical spectroscopy, as well as by HPLC coupled to mass spectrometry. Calculations are carried out for the dinucleoside monophosphate in water using the TD-M052X method and including the polarizable continuum model; the reliability of TD-M052X is checked against CASPT2 calculations regarding the behavior of two stacked thymines in the gas phase. It is shown that irradiation at the main absorption band leads to cyclobutane dimers (T<>Ts) and (6-4) adducts via different electronic excited states. T<>Ts are formed via (1)ππ* excitons; [2 + 2] dimerization proceeds along a barrierless path, in line with the constant quantum yield (0.05) with the irradiation wavelength, the contribution of the (3)ππ* state to this reaction being less than 10%. The formation of oxetane, the reaction intermediate leading to (6-4) adducts, occurs via charge transfer excited states involving two stacked thymines, whose fingerprint is detected in the fluorescence spectra; it involves an energy barrier explaining the important decrease in the quantum yield of (6-4) adducts with the irradiation wavelength.     

A doorway state leads to photostability or triplet photodamage in thymine DNA

Ultraviolet irradiation of DNA produces electronic excited states that predominantly eliminate the excitation energy by returning to the ground state (photostability) or following minor pathways into mutagenic photoproducts (photodamage). The cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD) formed from photodimerization of thymines in DNA is the most common form of photodamage. The underlying molecular processes governing photostability and photodamage of thymine-constituted DNA remain unclear. Here, a combined femtosecond broadband time-resolved fluorescence and transient absorption spectroscopies were employed to study a monomer thymidine and a single-stranded thymine oligonucleotide. We show that the protecting deactivation of a thymine multimer is due to an ultrafast single-base localized stepwise mechanism where the initial excited state decays via a doorway state to the ground state or proceeds via the doorway state to a triplet state identified as a major precursor for CPD photodamage. These results provide new mechanistic characterization of and a dynamic link between the photoexcitation of DNA and DNA photostability and photodamage.     

Intermediate state representation approach to physical properties of electronically excited molecules

Propagator methods provide a direct approach to energies and transition moments for (generalized) electronic excitations from the ground state, but they do not usually allow one to determine excited state wave functions and properties. Using a specific intermediate state representation (ISR) concept, we here show how this restriction can be overcome in the case of the algebraic-diagrammatic construction (ADC) propagator approach. In the ISR reformulation of the theory the basic ADC secular matrix is written as a representation of the Hamiltonian (or the shifted Hamiltonian) in terms of explicitly constructable states, referred to as intermediate (or ADC) states. Similar intermediate state representations can be derived for operators other than the Hamiltonian. Together with the ADC eigenvectors, the intermediate states give rise to an explicit formulation of the excited wave functions and allow one to calculate physical properties of excited states as well as transition moments for transitions between different excited states. As for the ground-state excitation energies and transition moments, the ADC excited state properties are size consistent so that the theory is suitable for applications to large systems. The established hierarchy of higher-order [ADC(n)] approximations, corresponding to systematic truncations of the IS configuration space and the perturbation-theoretical expansions of the ISR matrix elements, can readily be extended to the excited state properties. Explicit ISR matrix elements for arbitrary one-particle operators have been derived and coded at the second-order [ADC(2)] level of theory. As a first computational test of the method we have carried out ADC(2) calculations for singlet and triplet excited state dipole moments in H(2)O and HF, where comparison to full CI results can be made. The potential of the ADC(2) method is further demonstrated in an exploratory study of the excitation energies and dipole moments of the low-lying excited states of paranitroaniline. We find that four triplet states, T1-T4, and two singlet states, S1 and S2, lie (vertically) below the prominent charge transfer (CT) excitation, S3. The dipole moment of the S3 state (17.0D) is distinctly larger than that of the corresponding T3 triplet state (11.7D).     

Theoretical study of the absorption and nonradiative deactivation of 1-nitronaphthalene in the low-lying singlet and triplet excited states including methanol and ethanol solvent effects

The photophysics of the 1-nitronaphthalene molecular system, after the absorption transition to the first singlet excited state, is theoretically studied for investigating the ultrafast multiplicity change to the triplet manifold. The consecutive transient absorption spectra experimentally observed in this molecular system are also studied. To identify the electronic states involved in the nonradiative decay, the minimum energy path of the first singlet excited state is obtained using the complete active space self-consistent field∕∕configurational second-order perturbation approach. A near degeneracy region was found between the first singlet and the second triplet excited states with large spin-orbit coupling between them. The intersystem crossing rate was also evaluated. To support the proposed deactivation model the transient absorption spectra observed in the experiments were also considered. For this, computer simulations using sequential quantum mechanic-molecular mechanic methodology was used to consider the solvent effect in the ground and excited states for proper comparison with the experimental results. The absorption transitions from the second triplet excited state in the relaxed geometry permit to describe the transient absorption band experimentally observed around 200 fs after the absorption transition. This indicates that the T(2) electronic state is populated through the intersystem crossing presented here. The two transient absorption bands experimentally observed between 2 and 45 ps after the absorption transition are described here as the T(1)→T(3) and T(1)→T(5) transitions, supporting that the intermediate triplet state (T(2)) decays by internal conversion to T(1).     

硫代乙酰胺光化学反应机理的理论研究

用B3LYP, MP2和CASSCF方法, 采用cc-pVDZ和6-31++G**基组, 研究了硫代乙酰胺在基态和最低三态上消除硫化氢以及其它光解离反应, 并考虑了单个溶剂分子参与反应对质子迁移反应的影响, 得到了消除硫化氢反应的反应机理, 计算结果可以很好地解释实验结果. 进而用CASSCF方法计算了第一激发单态上的各驻点, 以及各交叉点. 计算结果表明, 在S1和T1态上发生除分子内转动以外的化学反应的可能性比较小, 当分子被激发到S2态上时, 将通过S2/S1交叉点到S1态, 在S1态上的分子有两条途径去活化, 通过S1/S0交叉点到热基态, 通过S1/T1交叉点系间窜越到T1态. 因而得出CH3CSNH2发生光解离反应的可能性不大. 基于此, 可将硫代酰胺结构引入蛋白或多肽中, 有望在不破坏分子整体结构的情况下对其进行光化学研究.     

Stepwise photocleavage of two C-O bonds of 1,8-bis[(4-benzoylphenoxy)-methyl]naphthalene with three-step excitation using three-color, three-laser flash photolysis

Stepwise photocleavage of two naphthylmethyl-oxygen bonds of 1,8-bis[(4-benzoylphenoxy)methyl]naphthalene (1,8-(BPO-CH2)2Np, 1) was observed during three-color, three-laser flash photolysis at room temperature. The mechanism from 1 to the final product, acenaphthene (2), was clearly elucidated. The first (308 nm, 5 mJ pulse-1) XeCl laser excited 1 to the lowest triplet excited state 1(T1), in which the excited energy was localized in the naphthalene moiety, but the C-O bond cleavage did not occur. The second (430 nm, 7 mJ pulse-1) OPO laser excited 1(T1) to the higher triplet excited states 1(Tn) in which the excited energy is delocalized in the naphthalene moiety and C-O bonds, and one C-O bond cleavage occurred. The third (355 nm, 10 mJ pulse-1) YAG laser excited the carbon-centered radical in the ground state 1-(BPO-CH2)NpCH2*(D0) to its excited states 1-(BPO-CH2)NpCH2*(Dn), from which the second C-O bond cleavage occurred to give 2 as the final product. This is a successful example of stepwise cleavage of two equivalent C-O bonds in a molecule using three-color three-laser photolysis method.     

Modeling thymine photodimerizations in DNA: mechanism and correlation diagrams

The basic mechanistic traits of the main photochemical reactions in DNA, the formation of the cyclobutane and oxetane thymine dimerization adducts, are established with the help of CASSCF and CASPT2 calculations for a gas-phase model of two stacked thymines. Both reactions go through conical intersections between the ground and the excited state that are connected through minimum energy paths to the corresponding products. This explains the ultrafast formation of the cyclobutane adduct detected experimentally, and it suggests that the oxetane formation also occurs on that time scale. Moreover, the states responsible for the photoproduct formation correlate with two high-lying states of the pair in its ideal B-DNA conformation. These states are different from the delocalized states resulting from coupling of the localized ones, which suggests that the origin of the reactive electronic states lies in the pi stacking. Formation of the photoproducts requires population of these states, by direct excitation of favorable conformations, or preceded by a localized excitation.     

Intramolecular triplet energy transfer via higher triplet excited state during stepwise two-color two-laser irradiation

We studied the energy transfer processes in the molecular array consisting of pyrene (Py), biphenyl (Ph2), and bisphthalimidethiophene (ImT), (Py-Ph2)2-ImT, during two-color two-laser flash photolysis (2-LFP). The first laser irradiation predominantly generates ImT in the lowest triplet excited state (ImT(T1)) because of the efficient singlet energy transfer from Py in the lowest singlet excited state to ImT and, then, intersystem crossing of ImT. ImT(T1) was excited to the higher triplet excited state (Tn) with the second laser irradiation. Then, the triplet energy was rapidly transferred to Py via a two-step triplet energy transfer (TET) process through Ph2. The efficient generation of Py(T1) was suggested from the nanosecond-picosecond 2-LFP. The back-TET from Py(T1) to ImT was observed for several tens of microseconds after the second laser irradiation. The estimated intramolecular TET rate from Py(T1) to ImT was as slow as 3.1 x 104 s-1. Hence, long-lived Py(T1) was selectively and efficiently produced during the 2-LFP.     

Ultrafast formation of the benzoic acid triplet upon ultraviolet photolysis and its sequential photodissociation in solution

Time-resolved infrared (TR-IR) absorption spectroscopy in both the femtosecond and nanosecond time domain has been applied to examine the photolysis of benzoic acid in acetonitrile solution following either 267 nm or 193 nm excitation. By combining the ultrafast and nanosecond TR-IR measurements, both the excited states and the photofragments have been detected and key mechanistic insights were obtained. We show that the solvent interaction modifies the excited state relaxation pathways and thus the population dynamics, leading to different photolysis behavior in solution from that observed in the gas phase. Vibrational energy transfer to solvents dissipates excitation energy efficiently, suppressing the photodissociation and depopulating the excited S(2) or S(3) state molecules to the lowest T(1) state with a rate of ～2.5 ps after a delayed onset of ～3.7 ps. Photolysis of benzoic acid using 267 nm excitation is dominated by the formation of the T(1) excited state and no photofragments could be detected. The results from TR-IR experiments using higher energy of 193 nm indicate that photodissociation proceeds more rapidly than the vibrational energy transfer to solvents and C-C bond fission becomes the dominant relaxation pathway in these experiments as featured by the prominent observation of the COOH photofragments and negligible yield of the T(1) excited state. The measured ultrafast formation of T(1) excited state supports the existence of the surface intersections of S(2)/S(1), S(2)/T(2), and S(1)/T(1)/T(2), and the large T(1) quantum yield of ～0.65 indicates the importance of the excited state depopulation to triplet manifold as the key factor affecting the photophysical and photochemical behavior of the monomeric benzoic acid.     

Energy transfer, excited-state deactivation, and exciplex formation in artificial caroteno-phthalocyanine light-harvesting antennas

We present results from transient absorption spectroscopy on a series of artificial light-harvesting dyads made up of a zinc phthalocyanine (Pc) covalently linked to carotenoids with 9, 10, or 11 conjugated carbon-carbon double bonds, referred to as dyads 1, 2, and 3, respectively. We assessed the energy transfer and excited-state deactivation pathways following excitation of the strongly allowed carotenoid S2 state as a function of the conjugation length. The S2 state rapidly relaxes to the S* and S1 states. In all systems we detected a new pathway of energy deactivation within the carotenoid manifold in which the S* state acts as an intermediate state in the S2-->S1 internal conversion pathway on a sub-picosecond time scale. In dyad 3, a novel type of collective carotenoid-Pc electronic state is observed that may correspond to a carotenoid excited state(s)-Pc Q exciplex. The exciplex is only observed upon direct carotenoid excitation and is nonfluorescent. In dyad 1, two carotenoid singlet excited states, S2 and S1, contribute to singlet-singlet energy transfer to Pc, making the process very efficient (>90%) while for dyads 2 and 3 the S1 energy transfer channel is precluded and only S2 is capable of transferring energy to Pc. In the latter two systems, the lifetime of the first singlet excited state of Pc is dramatically shortened compared to the 9 double-bond dyad and model Pc, indicating that the carotenoid acts as a strong quencher of the phthalocyanine excited-state energy.