Electronic absorption and fluorescence spectra and excited singlet-state dipole moments of biologically important pyrimidines

Electronic absorption and fluorescence emission spectra of several biologically important pyrimidines were measured at room temperature (298 K) in the following solvents: dioxane, ethyl ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate, 1-butanol, 2-propanol, methanol, dimethylformamide, acetonitrile, and dimethyl sulfoxide. The compounds studied were uracil, thymine, cytosine, 5-fluorouracil, 5-chlorouracil, 5-bromouracil, 5-iodouracil, 2-thiouracil, barbituric acid, and orotic acid. In combination with the ground-state dipole moments of the above compounds, these spectral data were used to determine their lowest excited singlet-state dipole moments using the soivatochromic method. The effects of the solvent upon the spectral properties and of the structure upon the ground and excited singlet-state dipole moments are discussed. For most of the compounds, the excited singlet-state dipole moments are higher than their ground-state counterparts.The theoretical dipole moments for all the pyrimidines listed above, as well as for pyrimidine, alloxan, and uracil-5-carboxylic acid, were calculated by two methods. One approach involved a combination of the PPP (-LCI-SCF-MO) method for the -contribution to the overall dipole moment and the -contribution obtained as a vector sum of the -bond moments and group moments. The second set of theoretical values was obtained by the CNDO/2 method. The results were compared with the experimental dipole moments.Presented, in part, at the XIth IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry, Lisbon, Portugal, July 27–August 1, 1986, and at the 192nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA, September 7–12, 1986. Part of this work was carried out at the University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, during the tenure of one of the authors there (C. P.). This paper is dedicated to Dr. Rudolf Zahradník, the teacher of one of the authors (C. P.) and the authors' friend and colleague.     

Ground state and excited state dipole moments of alkyl substituted para-nitroaniline derivatives

The ground state and excited state dipole moment of a series of alkyl substituted para-nitroaniline derivatives is reported. Ground state dipole moment was determined by the Debye-Guggenheim method and the excited state dipole moment was estimated using the solvatochromic method. For all molecules under investigation, the excited state dipole moment was found to be higher than the ground state dipole moment. The molecules exhibited positive solvatochromism.     

Effects of solvent on the electronic absorption and fluorescence spectra of quinazolines,and determination of their ground and excited singlet-state dipole moments

The electronic absorption, and fluorescence excitation and emission spectra of 11 quinazolines have been measured at room temperature (298 K) in several solvents of different polarities (cyclohexane, dioxane, ethylether, chloroform, ethylacetate, 1-butanol, 2-propanol, ethanol, methanol, acetonitrile, dimethylformamide and dimethyl sulfoxide). The effects of the solvent upon the spectral properties are discussed. Experimental ground-state dipole moments were measured for quinazolines and were used in combination with the spectral results to evaluate their first excited singlet-state dipole moments by means of the solvatochromic shift method. The theoretical ground and excited singlet-state dipole moments for selected quinazolines were calculated as a vector sum of the π-component (obtained by the PPP method) and the σ-component (obtained from σ-bond moments). A reasonable agreement was observed between the experimental and the theoretical values. Excited singlet-state dipole moments are higher than the ground-state values for most quinazolines.     

Effects of coumarin substituents on the photophysical properties of newly synthesised phthalocyanine derivatives

In this study, synthesis of new ligands, 8-hydroxy-3-[p-(3′,4′-dicyanophenoxy)-phenyl]coumarin and 8-hexyloxy-3-[p-(3′,4′-dicyanophenoxy)-phenyl]coumarin, and their phthalocyanines, 2,9,16,23-tetrakis[8-hexyloxy-3-(4-oxyphenyl)coumarin]-metal-free and metallophthalocyanines {M[Pc(OBzCou)₄] (M = 2H, Zn(II), Co(II); Bz: benzene; Cou: coumarin)} were synthesised. The novel chromogenic compounds were characterised by elemental analysis: ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, MALDI-TOF, IR and UV–vis spectral data. The effect of coumarin substituents on the photophysical properties of metal-free (H₂Pc) and zinc phthalocyanines (ZnPc) derivatives has been examined. Spectrophotometric measurements revealed that coumarin-substituted ZnPc derivatives were in the unaggregated form, whereas those of H₂Pc species were in aggregated form. It means that substitution of coumarin derivative prevents the cluster formation in the presence of zinc ion in the centre of Pc.     

Intramolecular and intermolecular hydrogen-bonding effects on the dipole moments and photophysical properties of some anthraquinone dyes

The present work stems from our interest in the synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of lanthanide(III) complexes of a class of coumarin based imines which have been prepared by the interaction of hydrated lanthanide(III) chloride with the sodium salts of 3-acetylcoumarin thiosemicarbazone (ACTSZH) and 3-acetylcoumarin semicarbazone (ACSZH) in 1:3 molar ratio using thermal as well as microwave method. Characterization of the ligands as well as the metal complexes have been carried out by elemental analysis, melting point determinations, molecular weight determinations, magnetic moment, molar conductance, IR, (1)H NMR, (13)C NMR, electronic, EPR, X-ray powder diffraction and mass spectral studies. Spectral studies confirm ligands to be monofunctional bidentate and octahedral environment around metal ions. The redox behavior of one of the synthesized metal complex was investigated by cyclic voltammetry. Further, free ligands and their metal complexes have been screened for their antimicrobial as well as DNA cleavage activity. The results of these findings have been presented and discussed.     

The dipole moments of the excited states of FeC

With the purpose of comparing expectation dipole moment values mu with finite-field obtained dipole moments mu(FF), we recalculated by the finite-field method previously reported mu values of 38 excited states of FeC. In most of the cases mu(FF) is significantly larger than mu.     

Geometrical derivatives of dipole moments and polarizabilities

Molecular dipole moments and polarizabilities, as well as their geometrical derivatives, are given analytical expressions for multiconfiguration self-consistent-field and configuration interaction wavefunctions. By considering the response of the electronic wavefunction induced by electric field and geometrical displacement terms in the Hamiltonian, the response of the total electronic energy to these terms is analyzed. The dipole moment and polarizability are then identified through the factors in the energy which are linear and quadratic in the electric field, respectively. Derivatives with respect to molecular deformation are obtained by identifying factors in these moments which are linear, quadratic, etc., in the distortion parameter. The analytical derivative expressions obtained here are compared to those which arise through finite-difference calculations, and it is shown how previous configuration-interaction-based finite difference dipole moment and polarizability derivatives are wrong. The proper means of treating such derivatives are detailed.     

Absolute excited state dipole moments from solvatochromic shifts

The theory of solvatochromic shifts in solvents of different dielectric constants and refractive indexes can be used to measure both the absolute value and the direction of dipole moment vectors in excited states. An example of such measurement is given for aromatic amino- and dimethylamino ketones.     

A quantitative study of the effect of solvent on the electronic absorption and fluorescence spectra of substituted phenothiazines: evaluation of their ground and excited singlet-state dipole moments

Electronic absorption and fluorescence excitation and emission spectra of five phenothiazines (phenothiazine, promethazine, thionine, methylene blue and Azure A) were determined at room temperature (293 K) in several solvents of various polarities (cyclohexane, dioxane, ethyl ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate, 1-butanol, 2-propanol, ethanol, methanol, acetonitrile, dimethylformamide and dimethyl sulfoxide). The effect of the solvents upon the spectral characteristics was studied. In combination with the ground state dipole moments of these phenothiazines, the spectral data were used to evaluate their first excited singlet-state dipole moments by means of the solvatochromic shift method (Bakhshiev's and Kawski—Chamma—Viallet correlations). The theoretical ground and excited singlet-state dipole moments for phenothiazines were calculated as a vector sum of the π component (obtained by the Pariser—Parr—Pople method) and the σ component (obtained from σ-bond moments). A reasonable agreement was found with the experimental values. For most phenothiazines under study, excited singlet-state dipole moments were found to be significantly higher than their ground-state counterparts. The application of the Kamlet—Abboud—Taft solvatochromic parameters to the solvent effect on spectral properties of phenothiazines is discussed.     

Solvent effect on absorption and fluorescence spectra of coumarin laser dyes: evaluation of ground and excited state dipole moments

The effect of solvents on absorption and fluorescence spectra and dipole moments of coumarin 307 (C307) and coumarin 522B (C522B) have been studied extensively in various solvents, viz., general solvents, alcohols and binary mixtures (acetonitrile-benzene) at 298K. The bathchromic shift observed in absorption and fluorescence spectra of C307 and C522B with increasing solvent polarity indicates that transition involved are pi-->pi*. Solvatochromic correlations were used to obtain the ground and excited state dipole moments. The excited state dipole moments are observed to be greater than their ground state counterparts in all the solvents studied. Further, the experimentally obtained Deltamu were compared with those using normalized polarity terms E(T)(N) from Reichardt equation.     

First-order excited state properties in the four-component Hartree-Fock approximation: the excited state electric dipole moments in CsAg and CsAu

An implementation of the second-order residue of the quadratic response function is presented in the four-component Hartree-Fock approximation, and the calculation of first-order properties of electronically excited states can thereby be achieved. Results are presented for the excited state electric dipole moments of the valence excited states in CsAg and CsAu. For CsAg, and even more so for CsAu, nonscalar relativistic effects on this property may be substantial, e.g., at the four-component level of theory, the excited-to-ground state dipole moment difference Deltamu ranges from 1.994 to 4.110 a.u. for the six components of the 1 (3)Pi state in CsAg, whereas, at the scalar relativistic level of theory, the common value of Deltamu is 2.494 a.u.     

RMS dipole moments of the valence excited states of linear polyenes

Asymmetrical vibrations induce small oscillating dipole moments in the ground states of linear all-trans polyenes. Upon vertical excitation into one of the two low-lying valence excited states the induced in-plane dipole moments are increased 3 times and more. The rms dipole moments increase with the chain length. The inducing modes are the CCC skeletal bending and the CC stretching vibrations. CH stretching vibrations are also found to contribute non-negligible polarization.     

Role of excited state intramolecular charge transfer in the photophysical properties of norfloxacin and its derivatives

The photophysical properties of 1-ethyl-6-fluoro-7-(1-piperazinyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid (norfloxacin, NFX) and some of its derivatives have been studied to evaluate the role of the free carboxylic acid and the nonprotonated piperazinyl group in the behavior of the 1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline ring. Steady state and time-resolved fluorescence measurements at different pHs provide clear evidence in favor of singlet excited-state deactivation of NFX and its N(4')-methyl derivative pefloxacin (PFX) via intramolecular electron transfer from the N(4') atom of the piperazinyl ring to the fluoroquinolone (FQ) main system. This is a very efficient, energy-wasting pathway, which becomes dramatically enhanced in basic media. Acetylation at N(4') (as in ANFX) decreases the availability of the lone pair, making observable its fluorescence and the transient absorption spectrum of its triplet excited state even at high pH. It also reveals that the geometry of FQs changes from an almost sp3 hybridization of the N(1') of the piperazinyl substituent in the ground state to nearly sp2 in the singlet excited state (rehybridization accompanied by intramolecular charge transfer, RICT); accordingly, the singlet energy of ANFX is significantly lower than that of NFX and PFX. The fluorescence measurements using acetonitrile as a polar nonprotic organic solvent further support deactivation of the singlet excited state of nonacetylated NFX derivatives via intramolecular electron transfer from the N(4') atom.     

Preparation and photophysical properties of thin films of coumarin dyes

The results from investigating the photophysical properties of new coumarin dyes synthesized and incorporated into Langmuir-Blodgett films are presented. A method for forming monolayers on the surface of a water/air interface is proposed. The phase states of mixed monolayers on a water surface are studied. It is found that mixed monolayers of amphiphilic polyampholyte and dye allow us to obtain more stable and condensed films, relative to films of single components. The spectral and luminescent properties of synthesized dyes in solution and in Langmuir-Blodgett films are studied.     

Substitution and solvent effects on the photophysical properties of several series of 10-alkylated phenothiazine derivatives

The photophysical properties of several 2-substituted, 10-alkylated phenothiazines were measured in several solvents to investigate the relevance of the molecular structure in their photophysics and consequent photochemistry. Because the interaction modes of each drug and its corresponding species strongly depend on the variety of microenvironments in the cells, the properties of each one of these species must also be determined separately to understand fully the mechanism of action of the drug and the mechanism of its side effects. Information on the chemical interactions of the different species at the cellular level can be inferred from the corresponding electronic properties. In this work, we present absorption, steady-state, and time-resolved emission, laser flash photolysis, and quantum theoretical results for the ground state, the first excited singlet and triplet states, and the cation radical of promazine hydrochloride (PZ), 2-chlorpromazine hydrochloride (CPZ), 2-trifluoromethylpromazine hydrochloride (TFMPZ), 2-trifluoromethylperazine dihydrochloride (TFMP), 2-thiomethylpromazine (TMPZ), and thioridazine hydrochloride (TR). The corresponding nonalkylated phenothiazines are included as references. The photophysical properties of this drug family depend more on the solvent and the 2-substituents than on the dialkylaminopropyl chain. The largest effect was found for the triplet state of the 2-halogenated derivatives in phosphate buffer (PBS). Both the quantum yield and the lifetime of this intermediate drop to less than 5% of the corresponding value in organic solvents. The triplet state of halogenated promazines is efficiently quenched by a proton-transfer mechanism, and the rate of this quenching correlates very well with the phototoxicity of the promazine drugs. Therefore, we postulate that this species is directly related to the phototoxic side effect of neuroleptic drugs.     

Synthesis of novel coumarin and benzocoumarin derivatives and their biological and photophysical studies

Several derivatives of coumarin‐3N‐carboxamides ( 3‐21 ) have been prepared via the reaction of the coumarin‐3‐carbonyl chloride ( 1 ) with a number of nucleophiles. Novel double‐headed coumarin‐3N‐carboxamides ( 26‐33 ) were also produced using the same method. The Pechmann‐Duisberg reaction was applied to prepare new benzo[f]‐ benzo[h]coumarins and 4‐(chloromethyl)‐pyrano[3,2‐c]coumarin‐2‐one ( 36‐42 ). The reaction of 1‐chloromethylbenzo[f]coumarins ( 36 ) with cyanide anion under different reaction conditions was also investigated in order to assess its suitability for nucleophilic substitution reactions as well as ring transformation products ( 43‐49 ). Synthesis of 1‐((benzo[d]thiazol‐2‐yl)methyl)‐9‐hydroxybenzo[ f ]coumarin ( 50 ) represented the first example of methylene bridge‐head heterocyclecontaining benzo[f]coumarin. Some of the newly prepared coumarins exhibited anti‐bacterial activity against Gram Positive and Gram negative bacteria. Compound 36d was found to be active against all the screened bacteria. Photophysical studies were performed on selected fluorescent benzo[f]‐ and benzo[h]coumarin and the quantum yields were also calculated. All new compounds were characterized by IR, MS, ¹H and ¹³C NMR, as well as elemental analysis.     

Optical and photophysical properties of indolocarbazole derivatives

We present a study of the optical and photophysical properties of five ladder indolo[3,2-b]carbazoles, namely, M1, M2, M3, M4, and M5. The ground-state optimized structures were obtained by B3LYP/6-31G* density functional theory (DFT) calculations, whereas the optimization (relaxation) of the first singlet excited electronic state (S1) was performed using the restricted configuration interaction (singles) (RCIS/6-31G*) approach. The excitation to the S1 state does not cause important changes in the geometrical parameters of the compounds, as corroborated by the small Stokes shifts. The excitation and emission energies have been obtained by employing the time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT). For all the compounds, excitation to the S1 state is weakly allowed, whereas the S2 <-- S0 electronic transition of each oligomer possesses a much larger oscillator strength. The absorption and fluorescence spectra of the compounds have been recorded in chloroform. A reasonable agreement is obtained between TDDFT vertical transition energies and the (0,0) absorption and fluorescence bands. On one hand, the pattern of the aliphatic side chains does not affect the absorption and fluorescence maxima of the compounds. On the other hand, the replacement of aliphatic chains by phenyl or thiophene rings induces hypsochromic shifts in the absorption and fluorescence spectra. Finally, the fluorescence quantum yield and lifetime of the compounds in chloroform have been obtained. From these data, the radiative and nonradiative rate constants of the deactivation of the S1 state have been determined.