曙红敏化1-苄基-1,4-二氢吡啶菸酰胺光还原二苯乙二酮的反应

本文研究了曙红敏化NAD(P)H的模型化合物-1-苄基-1,4-二氢吡啶菸酰胺(BNAH)光还原二苯乙二酮的反应机制及光敏剂曙红的激发态行为。用三重态猝灭剂蒽猝灭反应的结果表明,曙红的激发单重态与激发三重态都参与了敏化反应。计算了单重态与三重态反应的量子产率及它们的反应速率常数。从氧化还原电位及激发能的数据可以预计,能量转移敏化不可能反生,而受激发的曙红将电子转移至受体二苯乙二酮这一步则很可能是光敏还原反应的起始过程。     

均相及胶束中酞菁激发态与氨基酸间电子转移

测定了均相水溶液及CTAC胶束体系中酪氨酸、色氨酸与几种磺化酞菁激发单重态及三重态间的电子转移速率,表明CTAC显著促进了电子转移速率;酞菁单重态与氨基酸作用时是作为电子给体,而酞菁三重态与氨基酸作用时是作为电子受体,亦即形成了不同的反应中间体;定量分析表明,酞菁两种激发态(即单重态和三重态)分别与底物作用的这2种过程是相互竞争的,其影响因素不仅包括单重态和三重态寿命,还包括两个过程的电子转移速率及底物浓度;对ZnTSPC,单重态与氨基酸间作用在总的电子转移中起主导地位。     

卟啉双荧光行为的初步研究

采用基态吸收光谱及荧光光谱研究了5,10,15,20-四对溴苯基锌卟啉(ZnTPPBr)的双荧光行为, 并分别通过它与C₆₀及二茂铁(Fc)的双分子荧光猝灭反应, 发现S2态荧光猝灭行为可部分转移并保留在S₁态中, 从而影响S₁态的荧光猝灭规律. 这个结果与 化学诱导动态电子极化(CIDEP)中前体所产生的自由基对或三重态的自旋极化会转移并保留在产物中的现象类似, 并为研究寿命短, 荧光量子产率低的高级激发态提供了一种新的思路.     

四甲基对联苯二胺光敏化聚苯乙烯砜及其模型化合物二苄基砜分解机理的研究

N、N、 N’、N’-四平基对联苯二胺(NTMB)和 3、3’、5、5’-四甲基对联苯二胺(TMB)可以有效地光敏化二苄基砜(DBS)分解和聚苯乙烯砜(PSS)降解。敏化作用是按电子转移机理进行的,电子转移过程可以由NTMB的单重激发态,也可以由三重激发态发生。由三重态电子转移产生的三重态离子自由基对进一步反应生成产物的效率比单重态离子自由基对的效率高10倍。     

溶剂极性对D-A-D型延迟荧光分子电荷转移激发态的调控

■二唑基四极分子(2,5-bis(4-(10H-phenoxazin-10-yl)phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole,2PXZ-OXD)具有典型的电子给体(donor)-受体(acceptor)-给体(donor)(D-A-D)的结构特点,表现出优良的延迟荧光特性.我们利用稳态、瞬态光谱方法研究了该分子在不同极性溶剂中的光物理特性,发现随着溶剂极性的增加,Stokes位移明显增加,证明了光激发下2PXZ-OXD分子产生了强偶极性的电荷转移态.进一步的量化计算结果发现,单重激发态的偶极矩显著大于三重激发态的偶极矩,溶剂极性对单重激发态的影响更大.溶剂极性的增加,打破了四极分子的对称性,促进了单重态能级的下降,从而调控单-三重态间能级差,导致延迟荧光特性的改变.溶剂极性在对单重态与三重态的能级差调控的同时,也会对2PXZ-OXD分子的发射振子强度有影响,强极性造成的显著非辐射弛豫过程会明显降低发光性能.     

双光子诱导产生单重态氧的三重态光敏剂的研究

自2001年以来,双光子敏化产生单重态氧的三重态光敏剂的研究取得了一定的进展。双光子三重态光敏剂对肿瘤组织的近红外激光和红外激光的光动力治疗作用具有广阔的应用前景。本文重点分析了近些年已报道的双光子三重态光敏剂种类,如疏水性、水溶性等不同的敏化剂;介绍了可以根据分子的激发态性质、利用化学手段对双光子三重态敏化剂的性质以及光敏产生单重态氧的量子产率进行调控;概括了双光子三重态敏化剂的相对和绝对双光子横截面的测量方法;总结了双光子三重态敏化剂发展中面临的一些关键问题,并展望了双光子三重态敏化剂的发展方向。     

光诱导下卟啉蒽醌分子内电子转移过程的研究(Ⅰ)──荧光法

利用荧光手段对自制的3种卟啉蒽醌化合物及其锌配合物与母体卟啉进行了研究，计算了各种化合物单重激发态的能量Es、荧光量子产率及荧光猝灭百分率．从荧光猝灭的角度证明它们确实能在光激发下进行分子内电子转移，形成分子内电荷分离态．同时探讨了有机碱的轴向配位及溶剂对PAQ化合物荧光性质的影响．     

光诱导下卟啉蒽醌分子内电子转移过程的（Ⅰ）：荧光法

利用荧光手段对自制的３种卟啉蒽醌化合物及其锌配合物与母体卟啉进行了研究，计算了各种化合物单重激发态的能量Ｅｓ，荧光量子产率及荧光猝灭百分率。从荧光猝灭的角度证明了它们确实能在激发下进行分子内电子转移，形成分子内电荷分离态。同时探讨了有机碱的轴向配位及溶剂对ＰＡＱ化合物荧光性质的影响。     

过氧化苯甲酰的光敏电荷转移分解反应及引发甲基丙烯酸甲酯的聚合

过氧化苯甲酰(BPO)的光诱导分解曾为许多工作者所注意。Walling和Gibian认为:以二苯酮为敏化剂时,BPO的敏化光解是通过三重态的能量转移过程。Encinas和Lissi则认为敏化是通过单重激发态使激发能转移至过氧化物基态的热振动态,从而导致过氧化物的分解。Tokumarur是最早提出过氧化苯甲酰光敏化诱导分解过程中存在着激基复合物(Exciplex)的可能性。最近他们又进一步研究以BPO为猝灭剂去猝     

金属酞菁激发态与氧的相互作用

比较了几种金属酞菁光敏产生单重态氧和超氧负离子的能力,结果表明它们产生¹O₂的能力与中心金属的电子结构有关,取决于三重态寿命和量子产率。顺序如下:Zn>Ga>Cu>H₂>Al>Co。产生O₂^·-的能力不仅与三重态寿命和量子产率有关,也与激发能和氧化还原电位有关。其顺序如下:Ga>Al>Cu>Zn。还研究了酪氨酸与镓酞菁激发态相互作用,酪氨酸猝灭镓酞菁荧光。在除氧条件光激发下,酪氨酸猝灭镓酞菁的激发三重态发生电子转移,检测到GaTSPc^-在560nm处的瞬态吸收,在氧的存在下进一步反应生成O₂^·-。     

Triplet Excited States and Singlet Oxygen Production by Analogs of Red Wine Pyranoanthocyanins

During the maturation of red wines, the anthocyanins of grapes are transformed into pyranoanthocyanins, which possess a pyranoflavylium cation as their basic chromophore. Photophysical properties of the singlet and triplet excited states of a series of synthetic pyranoflavylium cations were determined at room temperature in acetonitrile solution acidified with 0.10 mol dm^?3 trifluoroacetic acid (TFA, to inhibit competitive excited state proton transfer) and at 77 K in a rigid TFA‐acidified isopropanol glass. In solution, the triplet states of these pyranoflavylium cations are efficiently quenched by molecular oxygen, resulting in sensitized formation of singlet oxygen, as confirmed by direct detection of the triplet‐state decay by laser flash photolysis and of singlet oxygen monomol emission in the near infrared. The strong visible light absorption, the relatively small singlet‐triplet energy differences, the excited state redox potentials and the reasonably long lifetimes of pyranoflavylium triplet states in the absence of molecular oxygen suggest that they might be useful as triplet sensitizers and/or as cationic redox initiators in polar aprotic solvents like acetonitrile.     

具有强可见光吸收的富勒烯-Bodipy衍生物作为光催化剂在硫醚光催化氧化中的应用

以氟硼吡咯染料（Bodipy）做为光吸收天线,富勒烯作为分子内自旋转换单元,分别利用前者的强吸光以及后者的高效系间窜越的优点,制备了吸收波长灵活可调、无重原子、具有强可见光吸收能力、长寿命三重激发态（92.1 μs）的二元（Dyad）、三元化合物（Triad）做为有机三重态光敏剂;其中Triad具有宽谱带可见光吸收能力,提高了光敏剂参与的分子间能量转移或电子转移过程的效率。与传统的Ru（Ⅱ）配合物等三重态光敏剂相比,光催化硫醚氧化的反应时间大大缩短。通过吉布斯自由能的计算、活性氧物种的捕获实验、电子顺磁共振等方法,证明了在光催化氧化硫醚的反应过程中,同时存在超氧负离子自由基和单线态氧两个活性物种,从而加快了光催化氧化反应速率。该研究结果将对新型有机三重态光敏剂的分子结构设计以及在光催化有机合成反应中的应用起到一定的促进作用。     

Light-harvesting fullerene dyads as organic triplet photosensitizers for triplet-triplet annihilation upconversions

Visible light-harvesting C(60)-bodipy dyads were devised as universal organic triplet photosensitizers for triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA) upconversion. The antennas in the dyad were used to harvest the excitation energy, and then the singlet excited state of C(60) will be populated via the intramolecular energy transfer from the antenna to C(60) unit. In turn with the intrinsic intersystem crossing (ISC) of the C(60), the triplet excited state of the C(60) will be produced. Thus, without any heavy atoms, the triplet excited states of organic dyads are populated upon photoexcitation. Different from C(60), the dyads show strong absorption of visible light at 515 nm (C-1, ε = 70400 M(-1) cm(-1)) or 590 nm (C-2, ε = 82500 M(-1) cm(-1)). Efficient intramolecular energy transfer from the bodipy moieties to C(60) unit and localization of the triplet excited state on C(60) were confirmed by steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopy as well as DFT calculations. The dyads were used as triplet photosensitizers for TTA upconversion, and an upconversion quantum yield up to 7.0% was observed. We propose that C(60)-organic chromophore dyads can be used as a general molecular structural motif for organic triplet photosensitizers, which can be used for photocatalysis, photodynamic therapy, and TTA upconversions.     

A close look at fluorescence quenching of organic dyes by tryptophan.

Understanding fluorescence quenching processes of organic dyes by biomolecular compounds is of fundamental importance for in-vitro and in-vivo fluorescence studies. It has been reported that the excited singlet state of some oxazine and rhodamine derivatives is efficiently and almost exclusively quenched by the amino acid tryptophan (Trp) and the DNA base guanine via photoinduced electron transfer (PET). We present a detailed analysis of the quenching interactions between the oxazine dye MR121 and Trp in aqueous buffer. Steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy, together with fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS), reveal three contributing quenching mechanisms: 1) diffusion-limited dynamic quenching with a bimolecular quenching rate constant k(d) of 4.0 x 10(9) s(-1) M(-1), 2) static quenching with a bimolecular association constant K(s) of 61 M(-1), and 3) a sphere-of-action contribution to static quenching described by an exponential factor with a quenching constant lambda of 22 M(-1). The latter two are characterized as nonfluorescent complexes, formed with approximately 30 % efficiency upon encounter, that are stable for tens of nanoseconds. The measured binding energy of 20-30 kJ mol(-1) is consistent with previous estimates from molecular dynamics simulations that proposed stacked complexes due to hydrophobic forces. We further evaluate the influence of glycerol and denaturant (guanidine hydrochloride) on the formation and stability of quenched complexes. Comparative measurements performed with two other dyes, ATTO 655 and Rhodamine 6G show similar results and thus demonstrate the general applicability of utilizing PET between organic dyes and Trp for the study of conformational dynamics of biopolymers on sub-nanometer length and nanosecond time-scales.     

Density functional theory study of 1,2‐dioxetanone decomposition in condensed phase

The decomposition of 1,2‐dioxetanone into a CO₂ molecule and into an excited state formaldehyde molecule was studied in condensed phase, using a density functional theory approach. Singlet and triplet ground and excited states were all included in the calculations. The calculations revealed a novel mechanism for the chemiluminescence of this compound. The triplet excitation can be explained by two intersystem crossings (ISCs) with the ground state, while the singlet excitation can be accounted by an ISC with the triplet state. The experimentally verified small excitation yield can then be explained by the presence of an energy barrier present in the potential energy surface of the triplet excited state, which will govern both triplet and singlet excitation. It was also found that the triplet ground state interacts with both the triplet excited and singlet ground states. A MPWB1K/mPWKCIS approach provided results in agreement with the existent literature. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Theoretical study of ibuprofen phototoxicity

The photochemical properties and degradation of the common nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen is studied by means of hybrid density functional theory. Computed energies and properties of various species show that the deprotonated form dominates at physiological pH, and that the species will not be able to decarboxylate from a singlet excited state. Instead, decarboxylation will occur, with very high efficiency, provided the deprotonated compound can undergo intersystem crossing from an excited singlet to its excited triplet state. In the triplet state, the C-C bond connecting the carboxyl group is elongated, and the CO2 moiety detaches with a free energy barrier of less than 0.5 kcal/mol. Depending on the local environment, the decarboxylated product can then either be quenched through intersystem crossing (involving the possible formation of singlet oxygen) and protonation, or serve as an efficient source for superoxide anions and the formation of a peroxyl radical that will initiate lipid peroxidation.     

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.     

THE INTERACTION OF THE EXCITED STATES OF SAFRANINE T WITH ALIPHATIC AMINES IN ORGANIC SOLVENTS

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The reactions of the excited states of safranine T with aliphatic amines have been studied in methanol and acetonitrile. Quenching of the singlet and triplet states occurs by different mechanisms. Whereas the former excited state is quenched by a charge-transfer mechanism, the triplet state is quenched through proton transfer from the excited dye to the amine. This process leads to the unprotonated form of the dye in the triplet state, which is later quenched by amines to form the corresponding semireduced species. The monoprotonated triplet also undergoes self-quenching in both solvents (k = 1.2 × 10⁸ M ^-1 s^-1).     

Characterization of the triplet state of tris(8-hydroxyquinoline)aluminium(III) in benzene solution

The lowest triplet state of tris(8-hydroxyquinoline)aluminium(III) (Alq3) has been prepared by pulse radiolysis/energy transfer from appropriate donors in benzene solutions and has an absorption maximum around 510 nm with a lifetime of about 50 mus. It is quenched by molecular oxygen, leading to singlet oxygen formation. From flash photolysis and singlet oxygen formation measurements, a quantum yield of triplet formation of 0.24 was determined for direct photolysis of the complex. A value of 2.10 +/- 0.10 eV was determined for the energy of the lowest triplet state by energy transfer studies and was confirmed by phosphorescence measurements on Alq3, either in the heavy atom solvent ethyl iodide or photosensitized by benzophenone in benzene. Dexter (exchange) energy transfer was observed from triplet Alq3 to platinum(II) octaethylporphyrin.     

The gold porphyrin first excited singlet state

Gold porphyrins are often used as electron-accepting chromophores in artificial photosynthetic constructs. Because of the heavy atom effect, the gold porphyrin first-excited singlet state undergoes rapid intersystem crossing to form the triplet state. The lowest triplet state can undergo a reduction by electron donation from a nearby porphyrin or another moiety. In addition, it can be involved in triplet-triplet energy transfer interactions with other chromophores. In contrast, little has been known about the short-lived singlet excited state. In this work, ultrafast time-resolved absorption spectroscopy has been used to investigate the singlet excited state of Au(III) 5,15-bis(3,5-di-t-butylphenyl)-2,8,12,18,-tetraethyl-3,7,13,17-tetramethylporphyrin in ethanol solution. The excited singlet state is found to form with the laser pulse and decay with a time constant of 240 fs to give the triplet state. The triplet returns to the ground state with a life-time of 400 ps. The lifetime of the singlet state is comparable with the time constants for energy and photoinduced electron transfer in some model and natural photosynthetic systems. Thus, it is kinetically competent to take part in such processes in suitably designed supermolecular systems.