Solvent effects on photophysical properties of merocyanine 540

Absorption and corrected fluorescence emission spectra of merocyanine 540 (MC 540) were recorded in solvents with different physico-chemical parameters – dielectric constant ε_r, refractive index n, dipolarity/polarizability π^*, hydrogen-bonding ability α. Hypsochromic shifts of their maxima positions did not obey Lippert–Mataga equation. However, a correlation with π^* and α was observed. Relative quantum yields φ_f and rate constants of nonradiative deactivation processes k_nr of the dye in different solvents based on steady-state measurements were estimated. Dependence on hydrogen-bonding ability was indicated – with increasing α, φ_f decreased and k_nr increased. The interaction between MC 540 and solvent molecules is discussed in terms of the different interactions contributing to the solvent stabilization of merocyanine dyes. Our results indicate that hydrogen bonding may contribute to solvent stabilization of MC 540.     

Solvent effects and photophysical studies of a new class of acridine(1,8)dione dyes

Spectroscopic properties of a new family of acridinedione dyes are reported. The absorption and fluorescence spectra of the different substituted acridinediones have been recorded in different solvents and the difference in the dipole moment between ground and excited state has been obtained by solvatochromic shift method. The value of the Onsager cavity radius was calculated from the total surface area using software PCMODEL. Fluorescence quantum yield and fluorescence lifetime were determined. Radiative and non-radiative constants have been calculated. The triplet-triplet absorption maxima and triplet lifetime show variation depending on the substitution.     

Time resolved spectroscopy of triptophan polar solutions

Resolved time spectra and decay curves of triptophan in polar solvents have been obtained and examined using the previous results for indol and NMI in the same solvents. Triptophan time resolved fluorescence ant its decay curves were different when the sample was fluid (room temperature) and when it was “glassy” (low temperature). Decay curves depending on frequency were obtained in fluid solutions, meanwhile for “glassy” samples did not appear such dependence. The similar results previously obtained for indole and NMI, were interpreted assuming the reorientation of the solvent dipole moments as a time-depending phenomenum during fluorescence.     

Time resolved fluorescence spectroscopy of Eu(III) complexation with alpha-hydroxy isobutyric acid

Complexation of Eu(III) with alpha-hydroxy isobutyric acid (HIBA), a model compound of humic acid, has been studied by time resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. The ratio of fluorescence intensity of the two peaks at 616 and 592 nm (I(616/592)) was found to increase with increasing ligand to metal ratio. The I(616/592) data was used to deduce the stability constant of Eu-HIBA complexes of the type ML(i) (i=1-3). The formation of multiple ligand complexes was also corroborated by lifetime data which was found to increase with increasing [HIBA]/[Eu] ratio thus indicating replacement of coordinated water molecules by HIBA.     

Solvent dependent photophysical behaviour of poly(1-naphthyl methacrylate)

The emission spectra and photophysical behaviour of poly(1-naphthyl methacrylate) singlet state were investigated in solvents of different thermodynamic character. The quantum yields of monomeric emission, the life-times of the isolated unit and the rate constants for the quenching by biacetyl were evaluated. The same measurements were carried out for the monomeric (1-naphthyl acetate) and dimeric (di-1-naphthyl glutarate) model compounds. The data allow discussion of the effects of solvent on excimer formation and intramolecular energy migration.     

Solvent effects on the optical rotation of (S)-(-)-alpha-methylbenzylamine

The optical rotation of (S)-(-)-alpha-methylbenzylamine at 589 nm has been measured in 39 different solvents at five different concentrations: 0.25, 0.50, 1.00, 2.00, and 3.00 M. A correlation of the intrinsic rotations (i.e., extrapolation of specific rotations to zero concentration) with Kamlet's and Taft's solvent parameters (alpha, beta, and pi) is established. The polarity/polarizability, pi, and solvent acidity, alpha, terms are found to have a greater effect upon the optical rotation than the basicity of the solvent, beta. The specific rotation for (S)-(-)-alpha-methylbenzylamine has been calculated with Gaussian03 using a PCM model (B3LYP aug-cc-pVDZ) for all 39 solvated systems. Comparisons between the experimental and calculated values show the importance of hydrogen bonding on specific rotation.     

Time resolved area normalized emission spectroscopy (TRANES) of DMABN confirms emission from two states

4-N, N-Dimethylaminobenzonitrile (DMABN) is a simple molecule which is extensively studied to understand the excited state kinetics and the origin of time dependent fluorescence in several organic solvents. We use a recently described method, time resolved area normalized emission spectroscopy (TRANES), for the analysis of wavelength dependent fluorescence of DMABN in acetonitrile and 1,4-dioxane. An isoemissive point was observed in the TRANES spectra, which confirms that there are only two emissive species A* and B*: A → A* ? B*.     

Time resolved picosecond emission spectroscopy of organic dye lasers

A technique is described for the direct measurement of radiationless relaxation in excited molecules by time-resolution of picosecond stimulated emission. Stimulated emission has been observed from unequilibrated vibronic levels of the first excited singlet state in fluid solution. In addition fine-structure has been detected in the stimulated emission.     

Syntheses, structures, and photoisomerization of (E)- and (Z)-2-tert-butyl-9-(2,2,2-triphenylethylidene)fluorene

"Sterically geared" 9-(2,2,2-triphenylethylidene)fluorene (1) is of potential interest as a photoactive moiety in molecular devices, and the 2-tert-butyl derivative (6) has been synthesized to investigate photoisomerization. E and Z stereoisomers of 6 were separated and identified by X-ray crystallography. The tert-butyl group does not introduce additional strain, and its close proximity to the trityl group in the Z isomer suggests an attractive van der Waals interaction. The UV spectra of (E)-6 and (Z)-6 are nearly identical, showing absorption bands that are similar to those of fluorene occurring at wavelengths longer than 240 nm. Photoisomerization of 6 was investigated at 266, 280 and 320 nm. Solutions initially containing only (E)-6 or (Z)-6 were irradiated with pulsed laser light, monitoring isomerization by 1H NMR spectroscopy. Negligible photodecomposition was observed when the solutions were agitated by N2 ebullition. Experimental data were fitted to theoretical curves to obtain photoisomerization quantum yields (phi(ZE) and phi(EZ)) ranging from 0.04 to 0.09. This first photoisomerization study of a dibenzofulvene reveals significant quantum yields, despite theoretical prediction of inefficient or negligible isomerization of the parent hydrocarbon, fulvene. Thermal isomerization of 6 at 270 degrees C (t(1/2) = 120 min) was also followed by 1H NMR spectroscopy, resulting in an estimated activation energy (deltaG(double dagger)) of 43 kcal/mol.     

分子内反应与分子内催化III. 溶剂效应对2-(2'-苯并咪唑基)乙 酸乙酯及3- (2'-苯并咪唑基)丙酸乙酯碱性水解的影响

测定了2-(2'-苯并咪唑基)乙酸乙酯及3-(2'-苯并咪唑基)丙酸乙酯在DMSO-水、1,4-二氧六环-水混合溶剂体系中的碱性水解动力学。随着DMSO-H~2O混合溶剂中DMSO含量增加,两种酯水解表观速率常数分别呈现出不规则的钟形变化。实验结果与我们所提出的酯水解历程中既包括分子间氢氧根离子特殊碱催化又包括分子内苯并咪唑基一般碱催化两种催化方式相符合。     

Structures of HCN-Mgn (n=2-6) complexes from rotationally resolved vibrational spectroscopy and ab initio theory

High-resolution infrared laser spectroscopy has been used to determine the structures of HCN-Mgn complexes formed in helium nanodroplets. The magnesium atoms are first added to the droplets to ensure that the magnesium complexes are preformed before the HCN molecule is added. The vibrational frequencies, structures, and dipole moments of these complexes are found to vary dramatically with cluster size, illustrating the nonadditive nature of the HCN-magnesium interactions. All of the complexes discussed here have the nitrogen end of the HCN pointing towards the magnesium clusters. For Mg3, the HCN binds to the "threefold" site, yielding a symmetric top spectrum. Although the HCN-Mg4 complex also has C3v symmetry, the HCN sits "on-top" of a single magnesium atom. These structures are confirmed by both ab initio calculations and measurements of the dipole moments. Significant charge transfer is observed in the case of HCN-Mg4, indicative of charge donation from the lone pair on the nitrogen of HCN into the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of the Mg4.     

Structure of 9-(4-pyridylmethylene)fluorene and 9-(E)-benzylidene-1-azafluorene. Oxidation of 9-(4-pyridylmethylene)fluorene and its condensation with acetylenedicarboxylic acid diester

It was found by x-ray diffraction analysis that in the fulvenes studied, the aromatic rings of the condensed tricyclic fragment are not in the same plane. The angle between them is approximately 4°. The exocyclic carbon atom is at the same angle relative to the plane of the five-membered ring. Starting from 9-(4-pyridylmethylidene)fluorene, there were obtained 3-(4-pyridyl)spirooxirane[2,9]fluorene and 1,2,3,4-trimethoxycarbonyl-8-(fluorylidene-9-methylene)-9a-H-quinolizine.Russian University of Peoples' Friendship, Moscow 117923. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 7, pp. 962–966, July, 1998.     

Solvent effects on spectrophotometric titrations and vibrational spectroscopy of 5,10,15-triphenyl-20-(4-hydroxyphenyl)porphyrin in aqueous DMF

The spectrophotometric titration by sodium hydroxide of 5,10,15-triphenyl-20-(4-hydroxyphenyl)porphyrin ((OH)(1)PH(2)) is studied as a function of solvent composition of DMF-H(2)O binary solvent mixture ([OH(-)]=0.04 M). Combining the structure changes of the porphyrin and the "four orbital" model of Gouterman, many features of the optical spectra of this deprotonated para-hydroxy-substituted tetraphenylporphyrin in different composition of binary solvent mixtures can be rationalized. In highly aqueous solvents, the changes of the titration curves are shown to be mainly due to hydrogen-bonding of the oxygen of the phenoxide anion group by the hydroxylic solvent, Which decreases the energy of the phenoxide anion pi orbital. Thus the phenoxide anion pi orbital cannot cross over the porphyrin pi orbital being a different HOMO. However, its energy is close to that of the porphyrin pi orbitals. As a result, in the visible region, no charge-transfer band is observed, while in the visible-near region, the Soret peak split into two components. In nonaqueous solvents, the changes are mainly attributed to further deprotonation of pyrrolic-Hs of (OH)(1)PH(2) by NaOH and coordination with two sodium ions to form the sodium complex of (OH)(1)PH(2), which turns hyperporphyrin spectra of deprotonated of phenolic-H of (OH)(1)PH(2) into three-banded spectra of regular metalloporphyrin.     

Tautomeric behavior of 3-(arylhydrazono)methyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoxalines between the hydrazone imine and diazenyl enamine forms in acidic media. Solvent and substituent effects

The 3-(arylhydrazono)methyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoxalines 1a-h and 2a-e showed tautomeric equilibria between the hydrazone imine A and diazenyl enamine B forms in a series of mixed trifluoroacetic acid/dimethyl sulfoxide media. The substituent and solvent effects on the tautomer ratios of A to B in a series of mixed media were studied for compounds 1a-h and 2a-e by the nmr spectroscopy. In compounds 1a-h and 2a-e , the ratios of the tautomer B gradually increased with elevation of acid concentration, and the tautomer B exclusively existed in trifluoroacetic acid media. The various acid concentrations (C v/v%, C' mol/1) giving the 1:1 tautomer ratios [C(A:B = 1:1), C'(A:B = 1:1)] were obtained from all compounds (Figures 1–13), and the linear correlation of the Hammett σ_p values with the log C'(A:B = 1:1) values were observed for compounds 1a-h. The larger Hammett σ_p values brought about the larger acid concentrations C(A:B = 1:1) in compounds 1a-h and 2a-e , indicating that the higher acid concentration was required for the stabilization of tautomer B possessing the electron-withdrawing p-substituents R¹, which weakened the basicity of the azo nitrogen atom. Moreover, the ester group R² of compounds 2a-e was found to decrease the electron density of the azo nitrogen atom, since the acid concentration C(A:B = 1:1) of compound 2c (R¹ = H, R² = COOMe, σ_p = O) was 52%, whose value was larger than that of compound 1b (R¹ = CN, R² = H, σ_p = 0.66) [C(A:B = 1:1) = 42%].     

Solvent effects on the three-photon absorption cross-section of a highly conjugated fluorene derivative

Herein, we report the study of the three-photon absorption cross-section dependence on solvents parameters for a highly conjugated organic dye, 2,2'-(4,4'-(1E,1'E)-2,2'-(9,9-didecyl-9H-fluorene-2,7-diyl) bis(ethene-2,1-diyl)bis(4,1-phenylene))dibenzo[d]thiazole (A-pi-pi-pi-A). The three-photon absorption cross-section was measured for this organic dye in solution in four different solvents with polarity function, Deltaf between 0.162 and 0.247. The experiments show how the solvent's reorientation of the electrons and polarity contribute to the 3PA cross-section. Multiphoton-absorption experiments of A-pi-pi-pi-A in all four different solvents were performed with a tunable OPG pumped by a 25 picosecond Nd-YAG laser.