Effect of solvents on the electronic absorption spectra of some substituted diarylformazans

Summary The electronic absorption spectra of some substituted diarylformazans in organic solvents of varying polarities are studied. The absorption bands are assigned to the corresponding electronic transitions in the molecules. The solvent effects on the intramolecular charge transfer bands are discussed using various solvent parameters. The charge transfer nature of the bands was also confirmed by the solvent effects on the absorption spectra of some formazans. Molecular orbital calculations using MNDO-PM3 were performed and indicate atrans configuration as the favoured geometry.

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Lösungsmitteleinflüsse auf die Absorptionsspektren einiger substituierter Diarylformazane

Zusammenfassung Die Absorptionsspektren einiger substituierter Diarylformazane werden in organischen Lösungsmitteln unterschiedlicher Polarität untersucht. Die Absorptionsbanden werden den entsprechenden Elekronenübergängen in den Molekülen zugeordnet. Die Lösungsmitteleffekte auf die intramolekularencharge-transfer-Banden werden unter Verwendung verschiedener Lösungsmittelparameter diskutiert. Diecharge-transfer-Natur der Banden wurde durch den Einfluß der Lösungsmittel auf die Absorptionsspektren einiger Formazane bestätigt. MO-Rechnungen (MNDO-PM3) wurden durchgeführt und bestätigen einetrans-Konfiguration als bevorzugte Geometrie.

     

Substituent and solvent effects on electronic spectra of some substituted phenoxyacetic acids

The effects of substituents and solvents have been studied through the absorption spectra of nearly 19 para- and ortho-substituted phenoxyacetic acids in the range of 200-400 nm. The effects of substituent on the absorption spectra of compounds under present investigation are interpreted by correlation of absorption frequencies with simple and extended Hammett equations. Effect of solvent polarity and hydrogen bonding on the absorption spectra are interpreted by means of Kamlet equation and the results are discussed.     

Synthesis and electronic absorption spectra of substituted tetrabenzoporphins

Zinc complexes of tetrabenzoporphins with substituents in the benzene fragments of the molecule were synthesized by the template tetramerization of substituted 3-carboxymethylphthalimidines or phthalimides with malonic or phenylacetic acid in the presence of zinc acetate, as well as by substitution reactions in the tetrabenzoporphin molecule. The metal-free compounds were obtained from the corresponding zinc complexes by the action of a stream of hydrogen chloride in chloroform. The electronic absorption spectra of the synthesized compounds were investigated.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 773–779, June, 1988.     

The electronic absorption spectra of nine substituted phenols

A new technique—photoacoustic spectroscopy (PAS)—is used for the first time to record the u.v.-vis spectra of nine substituted phenols. The π-π* electronic transitions analogous to benzene first primary and secondary transitions could be detected from the PAS spectra in comparison with the u.v. solution and vapour phase spectra recorded by conventional methods. Detection of singlet → triplet absorptions from the PAS spectra, with significant intensity, is considered to be an important feature which transitions are in general either not observed or observed with weak intensity, by conventional methods. The analyses show that a few excited state combinations observed in the u.v.-vis PAS spectra compare well with such combinations in the ground state observed in the near i.r. PAS spectra of the molecules.     

Solvent effects on the absorption spectra of merocyanine dyes

Solvent effects on the lowest-energy electronic transitions of two merocyanines derived from quinoline have been studied using nine different solvent parameters reported in the literature. Relative merits and deficiencies of different parameters have been assessed. From the correlation results, attempts have been made to propose a solute-solvent interaction mechanism. For an assorted set of 19 solvents, as well as for a set of nine hydroxylic solvents, excellent results are obtained with correlation equation involving E_T(30) and Hilderbrand's solubility parameter _H.     

Studies on the electronic absorption spectra of some monoazo derivatives

The electronic absorption spectra of a series of azo dye compounds containing -Cl, -SO3H and -OH groups were recorded in twenty one solvents with different polarities. The solvents were selected to cover a wide range of parameters (refractive index, dielectric constant and hydrogen bonding ability). Solvent-induced effect on the maximum absorption band frequencies of azo dye compounds are described in terms of solute-solvent interactions. Multiple linear regression equation for νmax was performed using polarizability-polarity parameters and Kamlet-Taft solvatochromic parameters. The results help to assign the solvent-solute interactions and the solvatochromic potential of the investigated compounds. It is concluded that the electronic of the substituent and hydrogen bonding acceptor ability of the solvents are the major factors to the interaction in solutions.     

Solvent effects on two-photon absorption of dialkylamino substituted distyrylbenzene chromophore

Solvent effects on the two-photon absorption of a symmetrical diamino substituted distyrylbenzene chromophore have been studied using the density functional response theory in combination with the polarizable continuum model. It is shown that the dielectric medium has a rather small effect both on the bond length alternation and on the one-photon absorption spectrum, but it affects significantly the two-photon absorption cross section. It is found that both one- and two-photon absorptions are extremely sensitive to the planarity of the molecule, and the absorption intensity can be dramatically reduced by the conformation distortion. It has led to the conclusion that the experimentally observed anomalous solvent effect on the two-photon absorption of dialkylamino substituted distyrylbenzene chromophores cannot be attributed to the intrinsic properties of a single molecule and its interaction with solvents.     

Vibrational and electronic absorption spectra of some trisubstituted benzenes

Despite our studies on the Π* ← Π systems in some trisubstituted benzenes, the available data are limited, especially concerning two heavy and one light or one heavy and two light substituents. We therefore report and interpret the vapour phase electronic absorption, infrared and Raman spectra of 1-bromo-2,4-difluoro-, 1-bromo-3,4-difluoro-, 1-bromo-3,5-difluoro-, 1,3-dichloro-2-fluoro- and 1,3-dichloro-4-fluoro-benzenes.     

Infrared and electronic absorption spectra of some trisubstituted benzenes

The electronic absorption spectra of 2,3-, 2,4-, 2,5-, 2,6- and 3,4-difluorobenzonitriles, 3,4-difluoroaniline and 3,4-difluoroanisole in the ultraviolet region in vapour phase have been recorded on medium quartz and Hilger large quartz spectrographs and on a Hitachi model 150-20 UV-VIS ratio recording spectrophotometer. All the molecules investigated have exhibited two π* ← π band systems corresponding to ¹B_2u ← ¹A_1g (λ2600 Å) and ¹B_1u ← ¹A_1g (λ2100 Å) systems of benzene. The infrared absorption spectra of all the molecules studied have also been recorded and analysed. These infrared data have been taken to help analyse the u.v. spectra of the molecules studied.     

Solvent effects on the formation and absorption spectra of nanodisperse molybdenum disulfide

The optical absorption spectra of molybdenum disulfide prepared by monolayer dispersion of a crystalline precursor in a liquid medium were studied. On the whole, the three-dimensional structure of the crystalline analogue was reconstructed in disperse MoS₂ dried to a powder state. A substantial fraction of the material transformed into a nanosized state during dispersion and was stabilized in the form of nanoparticles in various solvents. The stabilizing action of the solvents studied decreased in the series acetonitrile, ethanol > chloroform > water. The data on the optical absorption of MoS₂ suspensions in various solvents were evidence of a broad particle-size distribution. Along with nanoscale particles, the samples contained larger particles responsible for long-wave absorption (>600 nm). The size of nanoparticles was estimated using an empirical correlation between the position of maximum A (the long-wave maximum of the first allowed absorption band) in the absorption spectrum and the size of particles (2R). This correlation was obtained using the literature data on monodisperse particles and mixtures of particles. The number of particles showed a tendency to increase as the concentration of disperse MoS₂ in acetonitrile decreased. Original Russian Text ? I.V. Klimenko, A.S. Golub’, T.S. Zhuravleva, N.D. Lenenko, Yu.N. Novikov, 2009, published in Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii, 2009, Vol. 83, No. 2, pp. 346–350.     

Solvent effects in the absorption spectra of the Ninhydrin chromophore

Visible spectra of the Ninhydrin chromophore, Ruhemann's purple, were studied in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), formamide, N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF), and pyridine, as well as in mixed aqueous-nonaqueous solvent media. Large differences in both the position of absorption maxima and extinction coefficients for the two bands in the visible spectra in the various solvent media were observed. Both the absorption maxima and the extinction coefficients of the Ninhydrin chromophore were a linear function of the composition of dimethyl sulfoxide-H₂O solvent media. The experimental evidence allows predictions of values for the two absorption maxima of Ruhemann's purple as a function of the nature of the solvent medium. In nonaqueous aprotic solvents (i.e., DMSO and DMF), the maxima should be near 605 and 420 mμ; in nonaqueous aprotic solvents capable of undergoing charge-transfer interactions (i.e., pyridine), near 550 and 420 mμ; and in nonaqueous protic solvents (i.e., formamide), near 575 and 410 mμ. The maxima in aprotic media will be displaced to about 575 mμ (higher wavelength band) and 410 mμ (lower wavelength band) on dilution with protic solvents.     

Solvent effects on electronic spectra studied by multiconfigurational perturbation theory

The complete active space (CAS) self-consistent field (SCF) method combined with multiconfigurational second-order perturbation theory (CASPT2) and a self-consistent reaction field (SCRF) model is used to study the effect of solvation on excited states of different molecules such as acetone, pyrimidine, some aminobenzene derivatives, indole, and imidazole. The present SCRF model, in which the solute molecule is placed into a spherical cavity surrounded by a dielectric continuum, also includes a repulsive potential representing the solute–solvent exchange repulsion and considers the time dependence of the absorption process. In general, we find that our calculations do reproduce the trends observed in experiment but underestimate the solvatochromic shifts. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Quant Chem 65 : 167–181, 1997     

Substituent and solvent effects on electronic absorption spectra of some N-(substitutedphenyl)benzene sulphonamides

The effects of substituents and solvents have been studied through the absorption spectra of nearly 23 ortho- and para-N-(substitutedphenyl)benzene sulphonamides in the range of 200-400 nm. The effects of substituents on the absorption spectra of compounds under present investigation are interpreted by correlation of absorption frequencies with simple and extended Hammett equations. Effect of solvent polarity and hydrogen bonding on the absorption spectra are interpreted by means of Kamlet equation and the results are discussed.     

Variable electronegativity SCF-MO calculations on the electronic structure and spectra of some substituted benzenes I. Monosubstitutions

π-electron SCF-MO theory in its variable electronegativity formalism has been applied to some monosubstituted benzenes. Calculated charge densities and bond orders for the ground and the first excited electronic states are correlated with chemical reactivity and the changes in molecular geometry on electronic excitation. The calculated results for spectra are compared with those obtained using the PPP method and also with the available experimental data.     

Solvent effects on the absorption and fluorescence spectra of some laser dyes: estimation of ground and excited-state dipole moments

The absorption and fluorescence spectra of three extensively used laser dyes namely 1,1,4,4-tetraphenyl-1,3-butadiene (TPB), 2-(4'-t-butylphenyl)-5-(4'-biphenylyl)-1-oxa-3,4-diazole (BPBD), 1,4-bis[2-(2-methylphenyl)ethenyl]-benzene (Bis-MSB) have been recorded at room temperature (300K) in solvents of different polarities. The effects of the solvents upon the spectral properties are discussed. The ground-state dipole moments (mu(g)) were determined experimentally by Guggenheim and Higasi method separately and were compared with theoretical values obtained using quantum chemical method. The ground-state dipole moments obtained by using Guggenheim method were then used in the estimation of excited-state dipole moments (mu(e)) by using Lippert's, Bakhshiev's and Kawski-Chamma-Viallet's equations. In all the above three equations the variation of the Stokes shift with the solvent dielectric constant and refractive index was made use of. It was observed that dipole moments of excited state were higher than those of the ground state for all the dyes.     

Solvent effects on some new meso -aryl substituted octabromoporphyrins

A series of porphyrins with tolyl and naphthyl substituents at themeso positions, their octabromoderivatives (OBP) with Br substituents at β-pyrrole positions are synthesised and characterised by chemical analysis,¹H NMR and electronic spectral studies. It is seen that all the OBPs exhibit pronounced red shifts in both the Soret andQ bands of their electronic spectra compared to their non-brominated form in various polar and nonpolar solvents, the energy difference Δv being in the range 2300–2700 cm₋₁. The high energyB band of naphthyl porphyrins (both brominated and nonbrominated) are found to be more red-shifted than that of tolyl porphyrins, owing to the noticeable mesomeric effect of the naphthyl groups. Detailed spectral studies reveal that while none of the nonbrominated porphyrin show solvent-dependent change in theirB andQ bands, all the OBPs manifest significant shifts depending on the nature of solvents. Solvent-solute interaction can be considered to be of strong dipole-dipole nature for OBPs with polar solvents and of π-π type with aromatic non-polar solvents. In the brominated form we find two categories of porphyrins exhibiting distinctly different absorption phenomena in aromatic solvents. The OBPs havingmeso-groups not shielding the porphyrin π-framework exhibit additional absorption peaks (split Soret peaks and broadened Q bands) in some aromatic solvents. This could be explained in terms of π-π type donor-acceptor (DA) complex formation between such bromoporphyrins (acceptor) and the aromatic solvent molecules (donor) that is not possible for OBPs that have bulkymeso groups that block the approach of aromatic solvent molecules close to the porphyrin framework     

Synthesis and investigation of the electronic spectra of perchlorates of some substituted pyridinium ions

1,2,4,6-Substituted pyridinium perchlorates were obtained, and their electronic absorption and emission spectra were studied. When electron-donor substituents are introduced into the para position of the N-phenyl group, an intramolecular charge-transfer band (l _a transition), with, which the capacity for fluorescence of these compounds in the crystalline state is associated, appears in the long-wave portion of the absorption spectrum. Replacement of the methyl groups in the heteroring by phenyl groups is accompanied by hyperchromic and bathochromic effects and by the appearance of a capacity for fluorescence in solutions at room temperature. These phenomena are explained by an increase in the polarization of the -electron system of the molecules when phenyl groups are introduced.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 359–362, March, 1973.