光合反应中心原初电子转移机理的理论研究

用量子化学密度泛函B3LYP方法在3-21G水平上计算细菌光合反应中心原初电子给体P960和绿色植物PSⅡ光合反应中心原初电子给体P680的电子结构,然后研究轴向配位的组氨酸残基和周围蛋白质环境的影响,最后探讨其原初电子转移机理。计算结果表明：(1)细菌光合作用反应中心原初电子给体P960-h的HOMO主要是由与M分支相连的组成单元上原子的原子轨道组成,而它的LUMO则两个组成单元上原子的原子轨道都有贡献;PSⅡ反应中心中原初电子给体P680的HOMO和LUMO均主要由与D1蛋白相连的组成单元上原子的原子轨道组成。这些计算结果能够从反应中心最核心的部分-原初电子给体的电子结构方面解释Rps.uiridis反应中心和PSⅡ反应中心原初电子转移只沿一个分支进行的的途径选择性。(2)虽然与细菌反应中心原初电子给体超分子P960的两个细菌叶绿素分子形成轴向配位的组氨酸残基His并未参与超分子P960-h的HOMO和LUMO的组成,但是由于其轴向配位,使得P960-h的ELUMO显著地升高到高于辅助细菌叶绿素和去镁细菌叶绿素的相应值,使得原初电子转移反应能够顺利进行。否则原初电子转移反应很难进行。PSⅡ反应中心的情况,与细菌反应中心十分相似。(3)细菌反应中心辅助细菌叶绿素(ABChlb)中的Mg离子与最近的组氨酸残基His中的N原子的距离和原初电子给体P960中的相应的Mg-N的距离相似,因此同样应该考虑此轴向配位的组氨酸残基,此时原初电子转移反应是沿L分支从P960-h经ABChlb到去镁细菌叶绿素(BPheob)的两步电子转移过程。而PSⅡ反应中心的辅助叶绿素不存在His的轴向配位,这应是与细菌反应中心的重要区别之一,此时原初电子转移应是沿Dl分支从P680-h到Pheoa的一步电子转移过程,但同时也不能完全排除从P680-h到AChla到Pheoa的二步电子转移过程。     

Rps. viridis光合反应中心分子间相互作用对电子转移机理影响的理论研究

基于晶体结构并经QM/MM优化后的结构数据, 用量子化学密度泛函(DFT, B3LYP)方法, 在6-31G基组水平上, 对紫色光合细菌Rhodopseudomonas(Rps.)viridis 反应中心内, 色素分子与蛋白质环境中氨基酸残基以及水分子间的配位及氢键等相互作用对反应中心原初电子转移反应机理的影响进行了探讨. 结果表明: 组氨酸残基的轴向配位使色素分子的ELUMO显著升高, 这对电子转移能够进行极为重要; 而氢键作用使色素分子的E_LUMO有所降低, 有利于说明电子转移由原初电子给体P沿L分支进行. 文中结果支持电子转移反应为不经过辅助细菌叶绿素的一步过程. 只将色素分子周围的蛋白质环境作为具有一定介电常数的均匀介质来处理是远远不够的.     

光系统Ⅱ反应中心内组氨酸参与给体端次级电子转移反应的人工模拟ESR研究

对高等植物光系统皿(PS)反应中心的超分子模型化合物光诱导电子转移(PET)过程的研究主要集中在原初电子给体P。s。与其还原侧电子受体间的电子转移反应[‘’u．近年来,随着人们对高等植     

假正交电子定域态间电子转移矩阵元的计算

本文介绍了假正交电子定域态间电子转移矩阵元的计算。     

邻近C-H键对中心金属原子的配位作用—[Fe(PH3)3(C8H13)]+的定域分子轨道研究

采用INDO方法计算了{Fe[P(OMe)_3]_3(C_8H_(13))}~+的简化离子[Fe(PH_3)_3(C_8H_(13))]~+,将正则分子轨道用Edmiston-Ruedenberg定域化方法变换为定域分子轨道,结果表明:在对应C_1-H_(1A)键的定域分子轨道中,明显包含有铁原子轨道成分(7.8％),Fe-H_(1A)和Fe—C_1键级分别为0.190和0.302。指出C_1-H_(1A)键是以一对成键σ电子配位到铁原子上的。C_8H_(13)环以包含三个碳原子的η~4—共轭体系与铁原子相互作用。铁以二价(d~6-Fe(Ⅱ)的形式存在于该离子中。C_1-H_(1A)键的配位满足了文献[15]提出的Fe(Ⅱ)的共价12价。     

氯化稀土冠醚配合物的电子结构和化学键

合成了LnCl_3·L(Ln=La、Pr、Nd和Sm。L=15-C-5、18-C-6)系列配合物,用XPS和量子化学计算研究了它们的分子构型、电子结构和化学键性质。计算与实验结果一致。在LnCl_3·15-C-5中三个Cl在Ln的一侧,形成8配位配合物。LnCl_3·15-C-5在空气中容易潮解。高层占据分子轨道由Cl 3P和O2P-组成,低层未占据分子轨道由Ln的原子轨道组成。     

甲基紫精对三乙胺与C60反应的催化作用

采用ESR技术对甲基紫精(MV2 )在三乙胺与C60的电子转移反应中的催化作用进行了研究.反应体系无MV2 存在时,三乙胺与C60并不发生电子转移反应,得不到电荷的分离态;在MV2 存在的条件下,由三乙胺向C60分子的电子转移得以实现,并检测到活泼中间体MV ·及电荷分离态C-·60,MV2 　实质上起到催化剂的作用.     

高效光催化分解水制氢的人工光合组装体

<正>自组装是组装基元通过非共价键的相互作用自发形成特定结构的过程,是创造新物质和产生新功能的重要手段。自然界光合作用中心的原初反应是由集成在光合膜中的功能分子组装体高效完成。通过分子设计和组装手段构筑人工光合组装体不仅可以从结构和功能上模拟自然界光合作用中心制氢放氧的反应过程,而且能够为设计具有高效光催化分解水功能的人工光合组装体开辟新途径。     

电子转移的外电场效应──苯分子与苯正离子自由基间电子转移的从头算研究

基于半经典电子转移理论,结合量子化学计算,在HF/DZP水平上,研究外电场作用下平行的苯分子-苯正离子自由基体系(C₆H₄)₂⁺的分子内电子转移问题.在给体和受体几何构型优化的基础上,用线性反应坐标确定电子转移过渡态,分别用两态变分方法和基于Koopmans定理的分子轨道跃迁能方法计算电子转移矩阵元V_AB,讨论了V_AB对给体和受体中心距d的指数衰减关系.取中心距为0.6nm,研究了外电场对反应热的影响,计算得到在不同外电场强度下分子内气相电子转移的速率常数k.     

[NH3Pr^i]6[Mo8O28(CHO)2].2H2O单晶紫外光照后的电子顺磁共振研究

本文研究了[NH3Pr^4]6[Mo8O28(CHO)2].2H2O单晶在紫外光辐照后的电子顺磁共振谱法. 观察到三组包含质子超精细结构的EPR谱线. 线组I和II分别归属于正文文中局部八面体顺磁中心A和B, 而线组III则可能归属于一种不稳定的顺磁中心.从EPR数据使用最小二乘拟合技术得到了精确的各向异性g张量主值、A张量主值,以及它们的主轴相对于实验坐标的方向余弦. 由A值估算了电子自旋密度. 结果表明Mo未成对电子主要处于Mo的d轨道, 并与H原子轨道发生直接偶合作用.     

Ion-molecule reactions in 4He droplets: flying nano-cryo-reactors

Ion-molecule reactions are studied inside large (approximately equal to 10(4) atoms) very cold (0.37 K) superfluid (4)He droplets by mass spectrometric detection of the product ions. He+ ions initially formed inside the droplets by electron impact ionization undergo charge transfer with either embedded D(2), N(2), or CH(4). For D(2) this charge transfer process was studied in detail by varying the pickup pressure. For either N(2) or CH(4) the reagent ions were formed by this charge transfer and the reaction pathways of the secondary reactions N(2) (+)+D(2), CH(4) (+)+D(2), and CH(3) (+)+D(2) each with an additionally embedded D(2) molecule were also determined from the pickup pressure dependencies. In several cases, notably He.N(2) (+) and CH(3)D(2) (+) reaction intermediates are observed. The analysis is facilitated by the tendency for molecular ion products to appear without (or with only very few) attached He atoms whereas the atomic ion products usually appear in the mass spectra with several attached He atoms, e.g., He(m).D+ ions with up to m=19.     

The Nature of Electrophilic and Nucleophilic Oxygen Adsorbed on Silver

Results of a spectroscopic study of two forms of adsorbed atomic oxygen on a silver surface, which participate in ethylene epoxidation reaction, are presented. The possibility of the combined use of the methods of photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray absorption for a detailed analysis of adsorbate electron structure on solid surfaces is demonstrated. It is found that a significant difference in the position of O 1s lines for nucleophilic (528.3 eV) and electrophilic (530.4 eV) oxygen is determined by the effects of the initial state, that is, by the difference in the charge state of oxygen anions. The use of the well-know correlation of the Auger line splitting with a Pauling charge at an oxygen atom showed a substantial difference (1 electron charge unit) in charge transfer from metal to the nucleophilic or electrophilic adsorbed oxygen atom. Based on the X-ray absorption data of the oxygen K-edge, it is found that there is a substantial overlap of the 4d- and 5sp orbitals of silver with oxygen 2p orbitals in the nucleophilic state in the formation of an Ag–O bond and there is only an overlap of 5sp orbitals of silver with oxygen 2p orbitals in the electrophilic state. Structural models of the adsorption site are presented for both states. The conclusion is drawn that the charge state of oxygen in oxide systems may depend substantially on its binding to metal atoms.     

Quantum theory of atoms in molecules charge-charge flux-dipole flux models for the infrared intensities of X(2)CY (X = H, F, Cl; Y = O, S) molecules

The molecular dipole moments, their derivatives, and the fundamental IR intensities of the X2CY (X = H, F, Cl; Y = O, S) molecules are determined from QTAIM atomic charges and dipoles and their fluxes at the MP2/6-311++G(3d,3p) level. Root-mean-square errors of +/-0.03 D and +/-1.4 km mol(-1) are found for the molecular dipole moments and fundamental IR intensities calculated using quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) parameters when compared with those obtained directly from the MP2/6-311++G(3d,3p) calculations and +/-0.05 D and 51.2 km mol(-1) when compared with the experimental values. Charge (C), charge flux (CF), and dipole flux (DF) contributions are reported for all the normal vibrations of these molecules. A large negative correlation coefficient of -0.83 is calculated between the charge flux and dipole flux contributions and indicates that electronic charge transfer from one side of the molecule to the other during vibrations is accompanied by a relaxation effect with electron density polarization in the opposite direction. The characteristic substituent effect that has been observed for experimental infrared intensity parameters and core electron ionization energies has been applied to the CCFDF/QTAIM parameters of F2CO, Cl2CO, F2CS, and Cl2CS. The individual atomic charge, atomic charge flux, and atomic dipole flux contributions are seen to obey the characteristic substituent effect equation just as accurately as the total dipole moment derivative. The CH, CF, and CCl stretching normal modes of these molecules are shown to have characteristic sets of charge, charge flux, and dipole flux contributions.     

Intramolecular Charge Transfer of Carotene‐porphyrin‐fullerene Triad: Sequential or Superexchange Cechanism

As an excellent artificial photosynthetic reaction center, the carotene (C)‐porphyrin (P)‐fullerene (F) triad was extensively investigated experimentally. To reveal the mechanism of the intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) on the mimic of photosynthetic solar energy conversion (such as singlet energy transfer between pigments, and photoinduced electron transfer from excited singlet states to give long‐lived charge‐separated states), the ICT mechanisms of C‐P‐F triad on the exciton were theoretically studied with quantum chemical methods as well as the 2D and 3D real space analysis approaches. The results of quantum chemical methods reveal that the excited states are the ICT states, since the densities of HOMO are localized in the carotene or porphyrin unit, and the densities of LUMO are localized in the fullerene unit. Furthermore, the excited states should be the intramolecular superexchange charge transfer (ISCT) states for the orbital transition from the HOMO whose densities are localized in the carotene to the LUMO whose densities are localized in the fullerene unit. The 3D charge difference densities can clearly show that some excited states are ISCT excited states, since the electron and hole are resident in the fullerene and carotene units, respectively. From the results of the electron‐hole coherence of the 2D transition density matrix, not only 3D results are supported, but also the delocalization size on the exciton can be observed. These phenomena were further interpreted with non‐linear optical effect. The large changes of the linear and non‐linear polarizabilities on the exciton result in the charge separate states, and if their changes are large enough, the ICT mechanism can become the ISCT on the exciton.     

A time-dependent molecular orbital approach to electron transfer in ion–metal surface collisions

A time-dependent molecular orbital method has been developed to study charge transfer in collisions of ions with metal surfaces at energies between 1 and 100 au. A set of localized basis functions consisting of generalized Wannier functions for the surface and s- and p-atomic functions for the ion, is used to separate the system into primary and secondary regions. An effective Hamiltonian and time-dependent equations for the electron density matrix are obtained in the primary region, where most charge transfer occurs. The equations for the electron density matrix are solved with a linearization scheme. The method is suitable to study atomic orbital orientation for collisions of ions and surfaces. A model calculation for Na⁺ + W(110) collisions with a prescribed trajectory is presented. The interaction potentials between the W(110) surface and Na⁺ 3s and 3p orbitals are calculated from Na⁺ pseudopotentials. Results show that the yield of neutralized atoms in 3p states changes as the collision energy is lowered.     

Atomic silicon in siloxanic networks: the nature of the oxo-oxygen-silicon bond

The existence of atomic silicon cryptates in siloxanic networks has been studied theoretically via density functional calculations. By modeling with model molecules the candidate sites to host atomic silicon, we found that metastable adducts can be formed only in regions where the siloxanic network is not subjected to steric constraints; stationary states are instead unstable in highly reticulated siloxanic networks. The nature of the oxo-oxygen-silicon bond at the SiO2 surface is analyzed in detail. It is concluded that silicon is kept at the surface in atomic-like configuration by (i) sigma charge donation from oxo-oxygen atoms into the empty silicon psigma orbital; (ii) pi charge back-donation from singly occupied silicon 3ppi orbitals into empty sigma* model molecule orbitals. Surprisingly, these results attribute to atomic silicon the character of bifunctional Lewis acid.     

Atomic structure of the highest molecular orbitals of small tetra-heme cytochrome <Emphasis Type="Italic">c</Emphasis> 1M1P

The atomic structure of the highest molecular orbitals (MO) of small tetra-heme cytochrome (STC) c 1M1P is studied in large-scale ab initio all-electrons Hartree–Fock calculations. It is shown that the highest MOs of STC are mainly formed by atomic orbitals of negatively charged amino acid atoms whose types and corresponding numbers are determined. The results obtained permit the conclusion that these amino acids can be considered as possible active centers in the electron transfer reaction between STC and an external electron acceptor.     

The essential role of H-F substitution in the electron-phonon interactions and electron transfer in the negatively charged acenes

The single charge transfer through acenes, partially H-F substituted acenes, and fluoroacenes is discussed. The reorganization energies between the neutral molecules and the corresponding monoanions for partially H-F substituted acenes lie between those for acenes and fluoroacenes. The delocalization of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals (LUMO) by substituting hydrogen atoms by fluorine atoms with the highest electronegativity in every element is the main reason why the reorganization energy between the neutral molecule and the monoanion for partially H-F substituted acenes lies between those for acenes and fluoroacenes. This result implies that the negatively charged partially H-F substituted acenes would be better conductors with rapid electron transfer than the negatively charged fluoroacenes if we assume that the overlap of the LUMO between partially H-F substituted acenes is not significantly different from that between two neighboring fluoroacenes. The structures of the monoanions of acenes, fluoroacenes, and partially H-F substituted acenes are optimized under D2h geometry, and the Jahn-Teller effects in the monoanions of benzene and fluorobenzene are discussed. The vibration effect onto the charge transfer problem is also discussed. The C-C stretching modes around 1500 cm(-1) are the main modes converting the neutral molecules to the monoanions in acenes, fluoroacenes, and partially H-F substituted acenes. It can be confirmed from the calculational results that the C-C stretching modes around 1500 cm(-1) the most strongly couple to the LUMO in these molecules. The main reason why the total electron-phonon coupling constants (lLUMO) for the monoanions of acenes in which four outer hydrogen atoms are substituted by fluorine atoms are larger than those for the monoanions of acenes in which several inner hydrogen atoms are substituted by fluorine atoms is suggested. The relationships between the electron transfer and the electron-phonon interactions are discussed. The plot of the reorganization energies against the lLUMO values is found to be nearly linear. In view of these results, the relationships between the normal and superconducting states are briefly discussed.     

Formation of the diphenyl molecule in the crossed beam reaction of phenyl radicals with benzene

The chemical dynamics to form the D5-diphenyl molecule, C6H5C6D5, via the neutral-neutral reaction of phenyl radicals (C6H5) with D6-benzene (C6D6), was investigated in a crossed molecular beams experiment at a collision energy of 185 kJ mol(-1). The laboratory angular distribution and time-of-flight spectra of the C6H5C6D5 product were recorded at mass to charge mz of 159. Forward-convolution fitting of our data reveals that the reaction dynamics are governed by an initial addition of the phenyl radical to the pi electron density of the D6-benzene molecule yielding a short-lived C6H5C6D6 collision complex. The latter undergoes atomic deuterium elimination via a tight exit transition state located about 30 kJ mol(-1) above the separated reactants; the overall reaction to form D5-diphenyl from phenyl and D6-benzene was found to be weakly exoergic. The explicit identification of the D5-biphenyl molecules suggests that in high temperature combustion flames, a diphenyl molecule can be formed via a single collision event between a phenyl radical and a benzene molecule.