Kinetics of a photoinduced NH tautomerism of free-base porphyrins in crystalline matrices at low temperatures: Computer simulations and experiment

Photoinduced NH tautomerism, along with the reaction pathways of phototautomerization in tetrabenzoporphin and porphin free bases in n-octane polycrystalline matrices at 77 K, is studied by simulation of kinetic processes and their experimental observation. The simulation of the processes is performed by the numerical solution of the system of kinetic equations describing the populations of electronic levels and transitions between them. Kinetic dependences are obtained by measuring the perturbation of stationary fluorescence of one component of the 0-0 doublet origin upon pulsed selective photoexcitation of the other component. For two tautomeric forms related by the reversibility of the photochemical reaction, under the assumption of synchronism of the NH rearrangement, (i) analytical solutions governing the reaction rate are found, (ii) a method of measuring the rate constants of the proton rearrangement is suggested and the constants themselves are estimated, and (iii) direct evidence of the participation of T ₁ levels in the photochemical reaction is obtained. With the aid of numerical simulations, the specific features of kinetic manifestation of an asynchronous mechanism of the photoinduced NH rearrangement are studied.     

Transformation of highly ordered large pore silica mesophases (Fm3m, Im3m and p6mm) in a ternary triblock copolymer-butanol-water system

Exceptional control of the phase behavior of highly ordered large pore mesostructured silica (with the choice of Fm3m, Im3m or p6mm symmetry) is achieved using a triblock copolymer (EO(106)PO(70)EO(106)) and butanol at low acid concentrations.     

Quantum-chemical study of nh tautomerism in porphin

Calculations of the hypersurface of the adiabatic potential which determines the movement of NH protons in the centre of the porphin molecule are carried out by the CNDO/2 method. Simultaneous displacements of two NH protons and the displacement of only one proton are considered. The barrier heights for NH tautomerism in these two cases are evaluated, as well as the frequencies of NH vibrational modes for a porphin molecule of D_2h symmetry. The data obtained indicate that shifts of the central protons from one nitrogen atom to another occur almost independently of each other, and the degenerate rearrangement A → B proceeds in a stepwise way, via the intermediate isomer C with adjacent disposition of NH protons (see Fig. 1). The role of tunnelling through the barrier in this process is emphasized. The electronic absorption spectra of the two porphin isomers of D_2h and C_2v symmetry are calculated using the CNDO/S method.     

Acoustic Signals Induced in a Copper Target under Irradiation by a Low-Energy High-Current Electron Beam

Russian Physics Journal - Results of investigations of acoustic signals induced in a copper plate irradiated with a microsecond lowenergy high-current electron beam (LEHCEB) are presented. The...     

Study of the complexation of 5,17-bis-(N-tolyliminomethyl)-25,27-dipropoxycalix[4]arene with pyridine carboxylic acids by RP HPLC and molecular modelling

Host–guest complexation process of 5,17-bis-(N-tolyliminomethyl)-25,27-dipropoxycalix[4]arene with pyridine carboxylic acids by RP HPLC method (mobile phase – MeCN/H₂O, 86/14 by volume, LiChrosorb RP 18, UV detector, λ = 254 nm) had been studied. The binding constants and Gibbs free energies of the complexes 5,17-bis(N-tolyliminomethyl)-25,27-dipropoxycalix[4]arene with the pyridine carboxylic acids are within 584 to 1914 M^? 1 and ? 15.76 to ? 18.69 kJ/mol, respectively. It was shown by the molecular modelling that the complexes are stabilised by hydrogen bonds between carboxylic groups of the acids and nitrogen atoms of imino groups at the upper rim or oxygen atoms of the hydroxyl groups at the lower rim of the macrocycle. Linear dependence of the binding constants from the acid lipophilicity log P indicates the role of solvophobic interactions during the complexation process.     

Cryochemical Modification of Medicinal Substances: The Effect of the Carrier Gas Flow Rate on the Physicochemical Properties of Nanoforms of the Antibacterial Drug Dioxidine

Moscow University Chemistry Bulletin - A combined cryochemical method is proposed for the dimensional and structural modification of drugs. This method forms a molecular flow of a substance...     

Complexation of Calix[4]arenephosphonous Acids with 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid and Atrazine in Water

In capillary electrophoresis using poly(vinyl sulfate), added to sample solutionsand running buffers, the signal of Rhoda-mine 6G (R6G) is shaped like a squarewave. When -, -, or -cyclodextrin (-, -,or -CD) has further been added to the running buffers as well as samplesolutions, the intensity of the square-wave type signal of R6G has been enhanced,accompanied by narrowing of the signal width. The migration time of the risingedge of the square-wave type signal has been very slightly delayed by the additionof CD. These findings exhibit the formation of inclusion complexes of R6G withCDs. From the analyses of the variations in signal width with the concentration ofCD, the equilibrium constants for the formation of the 1:1 inclusion complexes ofR6G with -, -, and -CDs have been evaluated to be 245,210, and 302 M^-1, respectively, although the equilibrium constants could not be estimated using a conventional procedure based on electrophoretic mobility, inwhich poly(vinyl sulfate) was not added. The values of the equilibrium constants for- and -CDs are comparable to those obtained from the absorbancechanges in spectrophotometry, whereas the value for -CD is about four timesgreater than that obtained from the absorbance change.