Electronic spectra of 2-aminopurine and 2,6-diaminopurine: phototautomerism and fluorescence reabsorption

Ultraviolet absorption, fluorescence and excitation spectra of 2-aminopurine (2AP) and 2,6-diaminopurine (2,6DAP) have been studied using aqueous solutions at different pH values. The molecules are found to fluoresce most efficiently near the neutral pH. It is also found that the fluorescence caused by the solutions of these compounds is partly reabsorbed. Molecular orbital calculations on 2AP, its tautomers, anion and cation, and excited state life-time measurements corresponding to the emissions of 2AP and 2,6DAP near 370 and 342 nm, respectively, have been carried out, and have been found to be useful in the interpretation of the experimental observations.     

A theoretical study of solvent effects on tautomerism and electronic absorption spectra of 3-hydroxy-2-mercaptopyridine and 2,3-dihydroxypyridine

The tautomerization equilibria of 3-hydroxy-2-mercaptopyridine (HMP) and 2,3-dihydroxypyridine (DHP) in vacuo and in ethanol solution have been studied using the density functional theory (DFT) at B3LYP/6-31Gd level. The results indicate that the thione form of HMP and the keto form of DHP are the most stable tautomers in the equilibrium, and the energy barrier for the thiol-thione and enol-keto proton transfer decreases significantly when the tautomerism is mediated by a specific ethanol molecule in solution. The time-dependent density functional theory--polarizable continuum model (TDDFT-PCM) calculations on all tautomers of HMP and DHP in vacuo and in ethanol have assigned the lowest pi --> pi* excitations of thione and keto tautomers to the observed absorption bands of HMP and DHP in solutions. The solvation is predicted to have relatively small effect on these pi --> pi* excitations in ethanol.     

Excited-state intramolecular proton transfer in 2-(2'-arylsulfonamidophenyl)benzimidazole derivatives: the effect of donor and acceptor substituents

A series of water-soluble 2-(2'-arylsulfonamidophenyl)benzimidazole derivatives containing electron-donating and accepting groups attached to various positions of the fluorophore pi-system has been synthesized and characterized in aqueous solution at 0.1 M ionic strength. The measured pK(a)'s for deprotonation of the sulfonamide group of monosubstituted derivatives range between 6.75 and 9.33 and follow closely Hammett's free energy relationship. In neutral aqueous buffer, all compounds undergo efficient excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) to yield a strongly Stokes-shifted fluorescence emission from the phototautomer. Upon deprotonation of the sulfonamide nitrogen at high pH, ESIPT is interrupted to yield a new, blue-shifted emission band. The peak absorption and emission energies were strongly influenced by the nature of the substituents and their attachment positions on the fluorophore pi-system. The fluorescence quantum yield of the ESIPT tautomers revealed a significant correlation with the observed Stokes shifts. The study provides valuable information regarding substituent effects on the photophysical properties of this class of ESIPT fluorophores in an aqueous environment and may offer guidelines for designing emission ratiometric pH or metal-cation sensors for biological applications.     

Post Hartree–Fock and density functional theory studies on Di-Protonated Allopurinol

Post Hartree–Fock and density functional theory (DFT) methods have been employed to study the molecular properties of Di-Protonated Allopurinol²⁺ tautomers in gaseous and aqueous phase environments. The tautomers in gaseous phase have been optimized at MP2/6-311G(2d,2p) and B3LYP/6-311G(2d,2p) levels of theory. The self-consistent reaction field theory (SCRF) has been employed to optimize the tautomers in aqueous phase (ε = 78.5) at B3LYP/6-311G(2d,2p) level of theory and the solvent effect has been studied. The structure, energetics and relative stabilities of the tautomers have been analyzed both in gaseous and aqueous phases. The principle of maximum hardness (MHP) has been tested at B3LYP/6-311G(2d,2p) level of theory. The condensed Fukui functions have been calculated using the atomic charges obtained through Natural population analysis to identify the relative change in the most reactive site of the optimized structures. NMR studies have been carried out, on the basis of Cheeseman coworker’s method, to analyze the molecular environment as well as the delocalization activities of electron clouds.     

Synthesis, separation, and circularly polarized luminescence studies of enantiomers of iridium(III) luminophores

A family of heteroleptic (C;N)2Ir(acac) and homoleptic fac-Ir(C;N)3 complexes have been synthesized and their photophysical properties studied (where C;N = a substituted 2-phenylpyridine and acac = acetylacetonate). The neutral Delta and Lambda complexes were separated with greater than 95% enantiomeric purity by chiral supercritical fluid chromatography, and the solution circular dichroism and circularly polarized luminescence spectra for each of the enantio-enriched iridium complexes were obtained. The experimentally measured emission dissymmetries (gem) for this series compared well with predicted values provided by time-dependent density functional theory calculations. The discovered trend further showed a correlation with the dissymmetries of ionic, enantiopure hemicage compounds of Ru(II) and Zn(II), thus demonstrating the applicability of the model for predicting emission dissymmetry values across a wide range of complexes.     

Spectroscopic and quantum chemical study of the structure of 4-aminopyrimidinoanthrones

4-Amino derivatives of pyrimidinoanthrone exist in the form of an aminoketone isomer in the crystalline state in neutral organic solutions, but in acid and alkaline media the tautomeric equilibrium is shifted toward formation of ionic forms of the iminohydroxyl tautomer. We present the characteristics of the IR and electronic absorption spectra and quantum chemical calculations for the neutral and ionic forms of the tautomers indicated above.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1109–1116, August, 1994.     

Excited states and electronic spectra of annulated dinuclear free-base phthalocyanines: a theoretical study on near-infrared-absorbing dyes

The electronic excited states and electronic absorption spectra of annulated dinuclear free-base phthalocyanine (C(58)H(30)N(16)) are studied through quantum chemical calculations using the symmetry-adapted cluster-configuration interaction (SAC-CI) method. Three tautomers are possible with respect to the position of the pyrrole protons; therefore, the SAC-CI calculations for these tautomers were performed. The structures of the Q-band states are discussed based on the character of their molecular orbitals. The lower energy shift of the Q-bands because of dimerization is explained by the decrease in the HOMO-LUMO gaps resulting from the bonding and antibonding interactions between the monomer units. The electronic dipole moments of the nonsymmetric tautomer were calculated, and the possibility of charge-separated excited states is discussed. The relative energies of these tautomers are examined using density functional theory (DFT) calculations for several peripheral substituents. The relative energies of these tautomers significantly depend on the substituents, and therefore, the abundance ratios of the three tautomers were affected by the substituents. The absorption spectra were simulated from the SAC-CI results weighted by the Boltzmann factors obtained from the DFT calculations. The SAC-CI spectra reproduce the experimental findings well. The thermal-averaged SAC-CI spectra could explain the observed substituent effect on the structure of the Q-bands in terms of the relative stabilities and the abundance ratios of the tautomers. The SAC-CI and time-dependent density functional theory calculations are also compared. The CAM-B3LYP results agreed with the trends of the SAC-CI results; however, the CAM-B3LYP calculation overestimated the excitation energies in comparison with the SAC-CI and experimental results.     

Effects of intramolecular hydrogen bonds on phosphorescence emission: A theoretical perspective

Importing intramolecular hydrogen bond in phosphorescent transition metal complexes has been considered one of the excellent approaches to improve the electroluminescence performance of organic light-emitting diodes in real applications. However, the relationships between such H-bond structure and phosphorescent properties have not been theoretically revealed yet. In this study, two types of intramolecular hydrogen bonds are introduced into the two classes of traditional materials, that is, Pt(II) and Ir(III) complexes ( 1a and 2a ) to completely elucidate their influence on the structures and properties by comparing with the original phosphors ( 1b and 2b ) using density functional theory/time-dependent density functional theory for the first time. A comprehensive analysis of the geometric structures, molecular orbitals, and luminescence properties (including phosphorescence emission wavelengths and radiative and nonradiative decay processes) has been carried out. Our theoretical model highlights that complexes 1a and 2a embedded with H-bonds significantly promote the phosphorescence emission band blue-shifted and restrict molecular deformations compared with the corresponding 1b and 2b , which can provide helpful guidance to regulate and design several aspects of highly efficient blue phosphorescent emitters.     

S2 emission from chemically modified BODIPYs

Novel boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) derivatives having significant absorption and emission in the longer wavelength region were synthesized. BODIPY showed anomalous S(2) emission from the second excited (S(2)) state at shorter wavelength. The photodynamics of the S(2) state was investigated by fluorescence up-conversion and transient absorption spectroscopic measurements. The decay time of the S(2) emission was dependent on the internal conversion and the intersystem crossing process. The assignments of transitions were supported by a theoretical calculation based on the time-dependent density functional theory.     

盐/甲醇体系荧光光谱的分析和指认

研究了CaCl2、LiCl和Ca(NO3)2在甲醇溶液中的荧光光谱,并对溶液中可能的团簇构型采用密度泛函理论和含时(TD)密度泛函理论中的B3LYP方法进行结构优化和激发能计算.实验结果表明CaCl2和LiCl与甲醇形成了具有荧光性质的簇合物,且随着CaCl2和LiCl浓度的增加溶液的荧光强度整体呈增强趋势,而Ca(NO3)2与甲醇相互作用使甲醇发生荧光猝灭.理论计算得到盐/甲醇溶液中可能存在多种簇合物,但能使甲醇溶液荧光增强的团簇构型主要为[CaCl(CH3OH)n]+和LiCl(CH3OH)n,而NO3-与甲醇通过氢键作用形成簇合物的振荡强度几乎为零,解释了NO3-使甲醇发生荧光猝灭的现象.     

Theoretical investigation on dual fluorescence and intramolecular charge transfer of 5-phenyl-5H-phenanthridin-6-one

Quantum-chemical calculations with the time-dependent density function theory (TDDFT) have been carried out for 5-phenyl-5H-phenanthridin-6-one (PP). For this molecule, dual fluorescence and in- tramolecular charge transfer (ICT) were experimentally observed. The B3LYP functional with 6-311 G (2d, p) basis set has been used for the theoretical calculations. The solvent effects have been described within the polarizable continuum model (PCM). Ground-state geometry optimization reveals that the phenyl/phenanthridinone dihedral angle equals 90.0°, a nearly perpendicular structure. Vertical ab- sorption energy calculations characterize the lower singlet excited states both in gas phase and in solvents. It can be found that the lower excited states have locally excitation (LE) feature. Through constructing the potential energy curves of both isolated and solvated systems describing the LE→ICT reaction and fluorescence emission, we obtain the enthalpy difference ΔH between the LE and ICT states, energy barrier Ea, and energy difference δEFC, indicating the structural changes taking place during the ICT reaction. Potential curve and calculated emission energies for both isolated and sol- vated systems show a dual fluorescence phenomenon, consisting of a LE emission band and a red-shifted ICT band. Our calculations including the solvent effects indicate that the dual fluorescence is brought about by the change in molecular structure connected with the planarization of the twisted N-phenylphenanthridinone during the ICT reaction.     

Optical absorption and emission properties of fluoranthene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, and their derivatives. A DFT study

Fluoranthene and benzo[k]fluoranthene-based oligoarenes are good candidates for organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). In this work, the electronic structure and optical properties of fluoranthene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, and their derivatives have been studied using quantum chemical methods. The ground-state structures were optimized using the density functional theory (DFT) methods. The lowest singlet excited state was optimized using time-dependent density functional theory (TD-B3LYP) and configuration interaction singles (CIS) methods. On the basis of ground- and excited-state geometries, the absorption and emission spectra have been calculated using the TD-DFT method with a variety of exchange-correlation functionals. All the calculations were carried out in chloroform medium. The results show that the absorption and emission spectra calculated using the B3LYP functional is in good agreement with the available experimental results. Unlikely, the meta hybrid functionals such as M06HF and M062X underestimate the absorption and emission spectra of all the studied molecules. The calculated absorption and emission wavelength are more or less basis set independent. It has been observed that the substitution of an aromatic ring significantly alters the absorption and emission spectra.     

Interaction of naphthalene‐labeled poly(hydrochloride quaternized 2‐norbornene‐5‐methyleneamine) with O/W microemulsion droplets

Interaction between naphthalene‐labeled poly(hydrochloride quaternized 2‐norbornene‐5‐methyleneamine), poly(HCQNBMA)/NA (luminophore), and quencher, emulsifier or coemulsifier in the aqueous or microemulsion media was studied by using steady‐state fluorescence measurements. Fluorescence experiments were carried out with poly(HCQNBMA)/NA dissolved in the aqueous solutions of ionic and nonionic emulsifiers, emulsifier/n‐hexane/water microemulsion (A) and emulsifier/n‐hexane/1‐pentanol/water microemulsion (B), respectively. The intensity of fluorescence emission of poly(HCQNBMA)/NA was much higher in the aqueous phase than in microemulsion. Furthermore, the aqueous solution of ionic emulsifier increased the monomer emission. The increase in the monomer emission can be ascribed to the shielding of the naphthalene (NA) groups by SDS micelles. This separates NA groups from each other, which depresses the deactivation of excited states. The strong decrease in monomer emission within the microemulsion media probably results from the elongated conformation structure of the polymer molecule, and higher conformation freedom of NA groups, which increases interaction between the probe and the quencher. The formation of nonfluorescence clusters is not ruled out. The quenching of NA emission by nitromethan (NM) is much stronger in microemulsion than in the aqueous phase, and the quenching is more pronounced for the low molecular weight 2‐norbornene‐5‐methoxylnaphthalene (NBMNA) than for its polymer. The extent of penetration of reactants into the interfacial layer governs quenching of hydrophobic NA probe by hydrophilic quencher. Furthermore, the quenching events are connected with the thickness and density of the interfacial layer, as well as its charge. The addition of coemulsifier (1‐pentanol) increases the total surface area of the microdroplets, the entry rate of reactants into the microdroplets, and the interaction of hydrophobic and hydrophilic reactants. The quenching events are more pronounced in the close packed o/w interfacial layer than in the loosely packed one. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 39: 101–114, 2001     

Effect of the H-bonding on aromaticity of purine tautomers

Four tautomers of purine (1-H, 3-H, 7-H, and 9-H) and their equilibrium H-bonded complexes with F(-) and HF for acidic and basic centers, respectively, were optimized by means of the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory. Purine tautomer stability increases in the following series: 1-H < 3-H < 7-H < 9-H, consistent with increasing aromaticity. Furthermore, the presence of a hydrogen bond with HF does not change this order. For neutral H-bonded complexes, the strongest and the weakest intermolecular interactions occur (-14.12 and -10.49 kcal/mol) for less stable purine tautomers when the proton acceptor is located in the five- and six-membered rings, respectively. For 9-H and 7-H tautomers the order is reversed. The H-bond energy for the imidazole complex with HF amounts to -14.03 kcal/mol; hence, in the latter case, the fusion of imidazole to pyrimidine decreases its basicity. The ionic H-bonds of N(-)···HF type are stronger by ~10 kcal/mol than the neutral N···HF intermolecular interactions. The hydrogen bond N(-)···HF energies in pyrrole and imidazole are -32.28 and -30.03 kcal/mol, respectively, and are substantially stronger than those observed in purine complexes. The aromaticity of each individual ring and of the whole molecule for all tautomers in ionic complexes is very similar to that observed for the anion of purine. This is not the case for neutral complexes and purine as a reference. The N···HF bonds perturb much more the π-electron structure of five-membered rings than that of the six-membered ones. The H-bonding complexes for 7-H and 9-H tautomers are characterized by higher aromaticity and a much lower range of HOMA variability.     

Absorption and fluorescence of PRODAN in phospholipid bilayers: a combined quantum mechanics and classical molecular dynamics study

Absorption and fluorescence spectra of PRODAN (6-propionyl-2-dimethylaminonaphthalene) were studied by means of the time-dependent density functional theory and the algebraic diagrammatic construction method. The influence of environment, a phosphatidylcholine lipid bilayer and water, was taken into account employing a combination of quantum chemical calculations with empirical force-field molecular dynamics simulations. Additionally, experimental absorption and emission spectra of PRODAN were measured in cyclohexane, water, and lipid vesicles. Both planar and twisted configurations of the first excited state of PRODAN were taken into account. The twisted structure is stabilized in both water and a lipid bilayer, and should be considered as an emitting state in polar environments. Orientation of the excited dye in the lipid bilayer significantly depends on configuration. In the bilayer, the fluorescence spectrum can be regarded as a combination of emission from both planar and twisted structures.     

Physical properties and intermolecular dynamics of an ionic liquid compared with its isoelectronic neutral binary solution

In this study, we address the following question about room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs). Are the properties of a RTIL more dependent on the charges of the molecular ions or on the fact that the liquid is a complex mixture of two species, one or both of which are asymmetric? To address this question and to better understand the interactions and dynamics in RTILs, we have prepared the organic ionic liquid 1-methoxyethylpyridinium dicyanoamide (MOEPy(+)/DCA(-)) and compared this RTIL with the analogous isoelectronic binary solution, comprised of equal parts of 1-methoxyethylbenzene (MOEBz) and dicyanomethane (DCM). In essence, we have created a RTIL and a nearly identical neutral pair in which we have effectively turned off the charges. To understand the intermolecular interactions in both of these liquids, we have characterized the bulk density and shear viscosity. Using femtosecond optical Kerr effect spectroscopy, we have also characterized the intermolecular vibrational dynamics and diffusive reorientation. To verify that the shape, polarizability, and electronic structure of the RTIL ions and the components of the neutral pair are truly quite similar, we have carried out density functional theory calculations on the individual molecular ion and neutral species.     

Triplet excited state in platinum-acetylide oligomers: triplet localization and effects of conformation

An experimental and theoretical investigation was carried out on a series of platinum-acetylide oligomers of the general structure Ph-CC-[PtL2-CC-(1,4-Ph)-CC-]n-PtL2-CC-Ph (where n = 1, 2, 3, 4, 6; Ph = phenyl, 1,4-Ph = 1,4-phenylene; L = P(n-Bu)3, and the geometry at Pt = trans). The objective of this work is to understand the geometry and electronic structure of the ground and triplet excited states of Pt-acetylide oligomers. The experiments carried out include temperature-dependent absorption and photoluminescence spectroscopy (80-298 K range) and ambient temperature transient absorption spectroscopy. Density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) calculations were carried out on several of the oligomers using the hybrid Becke's three-parameter functional with the B3LYP correlation functional and the SDD basis set. The combined experimental and theoretical results provide very clear evidence that the triplet excited state is localized on a chromophore consisting approximately of a single -[PtL2-CC-(1,4-Ph)-CC-PtL2]- repeat unit. DFT calculations indicate that in the ground state conformers that differ in the (rotational) orientation of the 1,4-phenylenes with respect to the plane defined by the PtL2(C)2 units (twisted = t and planar = p) are very close in energy (difference of <1 kcal.mol-1). By contrast, in the triplet excited state, the p conformer is 3 kcal.mol-1 lower in energy than the t conformer. The torsional geometry change in the triplet state is reflected in the low-temperature phosphorescence spectra of the short oligomers, where separate emission bands are seen from the t and p conformers.     

2-(2-氨基-3-吡啶基)-苯并咪唑的合成、晶体结构和荧光特性研究

在合成2-(2-氨基-3-吡啶基)-苯并咪唑的基础上,利用NMR(1H、13C、COSY、HSQC和HMBC)、MS、IR和UV进行了详细表征;通过X-ray单晶衍射仪测定了该化合物的晶体结构,实验结果表明该晶体属于三方晶系(空间群R3,a=1.833 7(3)nm,b=1.833 7(2)nm,c=1.777 7(4)nm,V=5.176 4(15)nm3,Z=18),很好地支持了波谱表征的结果。同时,结合密度泛函计算,研究了2-(2-氨基-3-吡啶基)-苯并咪唑的荧光光谱。结果表明,化合物的双荧光不是由同一种异构体发射的,而是来源于不同异构体:长波区500~600 nm的荧光由K构型发射,短波区350~450 nm的发射由异构体E1和E2共同产生,理论预测的光谱与实验一致。     

Neutral and ionic hydrogen bonding in Schiff bases

Low-temperature, high-resolution X-ray studies of charge distributions in the three Schiff bases, the dianil of 2-hydroxy-5-methylisophthaldehyde, 3,5-dinitro-N-salicylidenoethylamine and 3-nitro-N-salicylidenocyclohexylamine, have been carried out. These structures exhibit interesting weak interactions, including two extreme cases of intramolecular hydrogen bonds that are ionic N(+)-H...O- and neutral O-H...N in nature. These two types of hydrogen bond reflect differences in geometrical parameters and electron density distribution. At the level of geometry, the neutral O-H...N hydrogen bond is accompanied by an increase in the length of the C(1)-O(1) bond, opening of the ipso-C(1) angle, elongation of the aromatic C-C bonds, shortening of the C(7)-N(2) bond and increased length of the C(1)-C(7) bond, relative to the ionic hydrogen bond type. According to the geometrical and critical point parameters, the neutral O-H...N hydrogen bond seems to be stronger than the ionic ones. There are also differences between charge density parameters of the aromatic rings consistent with the neutral hydrogen bond being stronger than the ionic ones, with a concomitant reduction in the aromaticity of the ring. Compounds with the ionic hydrogen bonds show a larger double-bond character in the C-O bond than appears in the compound containing a neutral hydrogen bond; this suggests that the electronic structure of the former pair of compounds includes a contribution from a zwitterionic canonical form. Furthermore, in the case of ionic hydrogen bonds, the corresponding interaction lines appear to be curved in the vicinity of the hydrogen atoms. In the 3-nitro-N-salicylidenocyclohexylamine crystal there exists, in addition to the intramolecular hydrogen bond, a pair of intermolecular O...H interactions in a centrosymmetric dimer unit.     

溶剂效应和取代基效应对2-(2-氨基苯基)苯并噻唑光谱性质及激发态分子内质子转移的影响

合成了多种2-(2-氨基苯基)苯并噻唑(APBT)氨基氢原子被供电子及吸电子基团取代的衍生物, 并用紫外光谱﹑荧光光谱等方法和密度泛函理论(DFT)计算研究了溶剂效应和取代基效应对衍生物的光谱性质及激发态分子内质子转移(ESIPT)的影响规律. 结果表明, 相比于非极性溶剂环己烷, 随溶剂极性的增加及APBT-溶剂分子间氢键的形成, APBT的紫外-可见最大吸收峰和荧光最大发射峰均发生了一定程度的红移, 并对APBT的ESIPT产生了影响. 在APBT分子的氨基氮原子上引入不同的吸电子或斥电子取代基, 对氮原子的电荷性质有较大的影响. 在环己烷溶剂中, 甲基取代后的APBT仅有单重荧光发射峰, 体系未发生ESIPT过程; 而COCH₂Cl等吸电子基团能促进APBT的ESIPT, 其荧光发射光谱出现了明显的双重峰, 表明体系发生了激发态分子内质子转移反应. 量子化学的理论计算较好地验证了光谱实验结果.