双-β-萘甲基二胺及其衍生物的荧光光谱及分子内激发态复合物的形成

我们合成了N,N'-二甲基-二-β-萘甲基乙二胺(Ⅰ),N,N'-二甲基-二-β-萘甲基丙二胺(Ⅱ),N,N'-二-β-萘甲基哌嗪(Ⅲ)三个化合物,并测定了它们的荧光光谱。结果表明,它们既能形成分子内激基缔合物(excimer),又能形成分子内激基复合物(exciplex),与溶剂极性有关。在极性较大的溶剂如乙腈和甲醇中,由于激基复合物几乎完全解离因而不发射荧光,这时观察到的荧光峰蓝移而且强度增加,可以认为,这是激基缔合物存在的证明。这三个化合物的分子内激基缔合物形成的难易程度按Ⅱ>Ⅰ>Ⅲ的次序依次递降。     

正己烷中对二烷基氨基苯甲酸的分子内电荷转移双重荧光

在非极性溶剂正己烷中,观察到了系列对二烷基氨基苯甲酸的双重荧光.皮秒激光诱导时间分辨荧光和溶剂极性效应研究证实:该双重荧光系由于激发态分子内电荷转移过程形成的电荷转移态和局部激发态所发射.超快反应动力学研究表明:在非极性溶剂中,对二烷基氨基苯甲酸分子内电荷转移过程是由较低的反应活化能所致.     

PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRON TRANSFER I.INTER-AND INTRAMOLECULAR QUENCHING OF ZINC PHTHALOCYANINE FLUORESCENCE BY ANTHRAQUINONE

Inter-and intramolecular quenching of zinc phthalocyaninefluorescence by anthraquinone has been studied.The diminutions offluorescence quantum yield and life-time are due primarily to electrontransfer.Apparent electron transfer rate constants were calculateddepending on the chain length and solvent polarity.     

Ultrafast photoisomerization of photoactive yellow protein chromophore analogues in solution: influence of the protonation state.

We investigate solvent viscosity and polarity effects on the photoisomerization of the protonated and deprotonated forms of two analogues of the photoactive yellow protein (PYP) chromophore. These are trans-p-hydroxybenzylidene acetone and trans-p-hydroxyphenyl cinnamate, studied in solutions of different polarity and viscosity at room temperature, by means of femtosecond fluorescence up-conversion. The fluorescence lifetimes of the protonated forms are found to be barely sensitive to solvent viscosity, and to increase with increasing solvent polarity. In contrast, the fluorescence decays of the deprotonated forms are significantly slowed down in viscous media and accelerated in polar solvents. These results elucidate the dramatic influence of the protonation state of the PYP chromophore analogues on their photoinduced dynamics. The viscosity and polarity effects are, respectively, interpreted in terms of different isomerization coordinates and charge redistribution in S(1). A trans-to-cis isomerization mechanism involving mainly the ethylenic double-bond torsion and/or solvation is proposed for the anionic forms, whereas "concerted" intramolecular motions are proposed for the neutral forms.     

Solvatochromism of 3-[2-(4-diphenylaminophenyl)benzoxazol-5-yl]alanine methyl ester. A new fluorescence probe

The photophysical properties of 3-[2-(4-diphenylaminophenyl)benzoxazol-5-yl]alanine methyl ester (1b) and its Boc derivative (1a) were studied in a series of solvents. Its UV-Vis absorption spectra are less sensitive to the solvent polarity than the corresponding fluorescence spectra which show pronounced solvatochromic effect leading to large Stokes shifts. Using an efficient solvatochromic method, based on the molecular-microscopic empirical solvent polarity parameter E(T)(N), a large change of the dipole moment on excitation has been found. From an analysis of the solvatochromic behaviour of the UV-Vis absorption and fluorescence spectra in terms of bulk solvent polarity functions, f(epsilon(r),n) and g(n), a large excited-state dipole moment (mu(e) = 11D), almost perpendicular to the smaller ground-state dipole moment, was observed. This demonstrates the formation of an intramolecular charge-transfer excited state. Large changes of the fluorescence quantum yields as well as the fluorescence lifetimes with an increase of a solvent polarity cause that the new non-proteinogenic amino acid, 3-[2-(4-diphenylaminophenyl)benzoxazol-5-yl]-alanine methyl ester, is a new useful fluorescence probe for biophysical studies of peptides and proteins.     

Spectral-luminescent and solvatochromic properties of 2-(3-coumarinyl)-5-(2′-(R-amino)-phenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazoles

Spectral-luminescent properties of the newly synthesized 2-(3^′-coumarinyl)-5-(2′-(R-amino)-phenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazoles has been investigated in solvents of various polarity and hydrogen-bonding ability. It has been found that for all the studied compounds no excited state intramolecular proton transfer occurs despite the presence of coumarinyl fragment - electron acceptor effect of the coumarinyl fragment is not sufficient to increase the excited state acidity of the amino group. It has been found that the absorption spectra of the studied compounds shift to higher energy with increase in solvent polarity, whereas corresponding fluorescence spectra shift to lower energy with solvent polarity increase. It has been suggested that long-wavelength shifts of the fluorescence spectra of the studied compounds with increase in solvent polarity is caused by the solvent relaxation. The observed solvent relaxation effect allow us to propose some of the studied compounds as potential probes to monitor changes in solvent relaxation in low-polar media and as potential probes for rigidochromic effect.     

Spectral and photophysical properties of intramolecular charge transfer fluorescence probe: 4'-dimethylamino-2,5-dihydroxychalcone

The spectral and photophysical properties of a new intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) probe, namely 4′-dimethylamino-2,5-dihydroxychalcone (DMADHC) were studied in different solvents by using steady-state absorption and emission spectroscopy. Whereas the absorption spectrum undergoes minor change with increasing polarity of the solvents, the fluorescence spectrum experiences a distinct bathochromic shift in the band position and the fluorescence quantum yield increases reaching a maximum before decrease with increasing the solvent polarity. The magnitude of change in the dipole moment was calculated based on the Lippert–Mataga equation. These results give the evidence about the intramolecular charge transfer character in the emitting singlet state of this compound.     

Etude de la fluorescence du 9,9′-bianthryl en solutions liquides et en milieux polymériques rigides à la température ambiante

The fluorescence of 9,9′-bianthryl (9,9′BA) is very sensitive to the polarity of the solvent. This molecule exibits an intramolecular charge transfer state in polar medium. The study of the fluorescence of 9,9′BA, in liquid solutions, shows a strong dependency of the Stokes shift versus the dipole moment m of the aprotic lowly viscous solvent. Moreover, this compound exhibits in polyvinylacohol (PVA) an original anomalous behaviour.     

Unusual fluorescence spectral response of 1-(4-N,N-dimethylaminophenylethynyl)pyrene towards the thermotropic phase change in lipid bilayer membranes

The applicability of 1-(4-N,N-dimethylaminophenylethynyl)pyrene (DMAPEPy), a pyrene derivative showing intramolecular charge transfer, as a prospective probe for lipid bilayer membranes has been evaluated. High sensitivity of DMAPEPy to solvent polarity and viscosity makes it to act both as a polarity-sensitive probe and as a fluorescence anisotropy probe. The molecule shows high partition efficiency towards bilayer membranes in both solid gel as well as in the liquid crystalline phases. The emission spectrum, quenching experiment and lifetime data suggest bimodal distribution of DMAPEPy in the bilayer. Using the solvent polarity scales the polarity parameters of the two locations in lipid bilayer have been estimated. In the bilayer environment it exhibits remarkable spectral changes with temperature. The thermotropic phase change of the bilayer is sensitively monitored by fluorescence intensity as well as fluorescence anisotropy parameters. DMAPEPy is also capable of sensing the changes induced by membrane modifiers like cholesterol.     

激基缔合物和激基复合物的形成及溶剂效应的研究

测试了ω-对联苯基多亚甲基羧酸4-[5′-对联苯基-1,3,4-(口恶)二唑基-2′-]苄酯及其模型化合物2-对甲苯基-5-联苯基-1,3,4-,(口恶)二唑在不同极性溶剂中的荧光发射光谱。它们既能形成分子间的激基缔合物又能形成分子内的激基复合物和三分子激基复合物。实验结果表明,溶剂极性的增加,有利于分子内激基复合物和三分子激基复合物的形成。     

The Fluorescence Properties of Hypocrellin B and its Amino‐substituted Derivative: Photinduced Intramolecular Proton Transfer and Photoinduced Intramolecular Electron Transfer¶

We report on the emission spectra and emission quantum yields of a newly synthesized hypocrellin dye, Z‐demethoxy‐ 2,3‐ethylenediamino hypocrellin B (EDAHB), and its parent HB in different solvents of varying polarity. Our results demonstrate that EDAHB is one of the few dyes that exhibit highly solvent polarity‐dependent fluorescence in the useful region (680–730 nm). Therefore, it offers some applications in the biomedical field as a fluorescent probe molecule. The solvatochromic effect of EDAHB is proposed to be due to a distinct change in the dipole moment of the dye on excitation. A photoinduced intramolecular proton transfer and a photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer process are considered relevant for the fluorescence properties of HB and EDAHB, respectively.     

Ultrafast photoinduced intramolecular charge transfer in push-pull distyryl furan and benzofuran: solvent and molecular structure effect

The excited state deactivation pathways of push-pull distyryl furan and benzofuran derivatives in several organic solvents were investigated in detail by using time-resolved transient absorption and fluorescence spectroscopies, with nano- and femto-second time resolution. Solvent polarity was found to play a key role in determining the efficiencies of fluorescence, intersystem crossing and internal conversion. The triplet yield gradually decreased, while the internal conversion increased upon increasing the solvent dielectric constant. However the fluorescence showed a different solvent polarity effect in the low and high solvent polarity region, with a reversal of the trend of fluorescence properties (quantum yield and lifetime). This fact points to an emitting state of a different nature (smaller and larger dipole moments) in the two cases, as also suggested by the huge fluorosolvatochromism. In fact the ultrafast spectroscopic investigation evidenced the presence of two transients characterized by peculiar spectral shapes assigned to a locally excited (LE) and a charge transfer (CT) state. In the more polar solvents the CT state was the longer lived, fluorescent one and an intramolecular charge transfer process was found to be operative and to become faster (up to ～200-250 fs) in the higher polarity media. On the contrary, distyrylfuran, which exhibits the same molecular skeleton without the push-pull character showed a similar excited state dynamics in solvents of different polarities.     

Derivatized fullerenes bearing multiple electron donors: synthesis and charge transfer properties

A series of methano-C60 adducts bearing up to six electron donating N,N-dimethylaniline units (denoted as D compounds), along with their analogues without the dimethylamino groups as references (R compounds), were synthesized. The redox properties of the D compounds in solutions were evaluated spectroscopically in reference to the R compounds. According to UV/vis absorption results, there are obviously ground-state intramolecular charge-transfer complexes in the D series, and the charge-transfer effects apparently become saturated with only two donor units in the molecule. The photoinduced intramolecular electron-transfer properties of the D compounds were investigated via fluorescence measurements. The emission from intramolecular exciplexes can be found only in the D molecule with two electron donor units. Throughout the D series, the fluorescence properties are highly sensitive to the solvent polarity, with the emission completely quenched for all of the molecules in a polar solvent like methylene chloride. Mechanistic implications of the results are discussed.     

Fluorescent Molecular Probes II. The Synthesis, Spectral Properties and Use of Fluorescent Solvatochromic Dapoxyl Dyes

Abstract— 2,5-Diphenyloxazoles that embody a dimethylamino group at position 4 of the 5-phenyl ring and a sulfonyl group at position 4 of the 2-phenyl ring were prepared as new fluorescent solvatochromic dyes. In these molecules, there is a "push-pull" electron transfer system from the 5-phenyl moiety to the 2-phenyl ring. These compounds show strong solvent-dependent fluorescence that is well correlated with the empirical solvent polarity parameter ET (30). The solvent polarity dependence suggests that the fluorescence arises from an intramolecular charge transfer. The fluorescence-environment dependence, long emission wavelength, large extinction coefficients, high fluorescence quantum yields and large Stokes shift of the fluorophores can be used to develop ultrasensitive fluorescent molecular probes to study a variety of biological events and processes.     

Synthesis and fluorescence properties of 2-aryl-3-hydroxyquinolones, a new class of dyes displaying dual fluorescence

A series of 2-aryl-3-hydroxyquinolones (3HQs) with different electron donating aryl substituents at the position 2 were synthesized. Their absorption and fluorescence properties were studied in solvents of medium and high polarity. Almost all the synthesized 3HQs display dual fluorescence in the tested solvents, in line with an excited state intramolecular proton transfer reaction. For N-methyl substituted compounds, the intensity ratio of the two emission bands was found to be exquisitely sensitive to solvent polarity, with a two orders of magnitude change from toluene to dimethylsulfoxide. Consequently, these compounds appear as prospective polarity fluorescent labels for proteins and nucleic acids.     

STUDIES ON FLAVINS IN ORGANIC SOLVENTS-I*. SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RIBOFLAVIN,RIBOFLAVIN TETRABUTYRATE AND LUMICHROME

Abstract— The absorption and fluorescence spectra of riboflavin, riboflavin tetrabutyrate and lumichrome have been studied in organic solvents of different polarity including ethanol, acetone, dioxane, pyridine, acetic acid and in cyclohexane-dioxane mixtures. The molar extinction coefficients of the compounds were measured and the character of solvent sensitive changes observed in the absorption spectra are discussed. The effect of hydrogen bonding and/or intramolecular charge transfer complex are proposed as possible explanation. Changes in the shape of fluorescence emission spectra are less evident; in the case of riboflavin tetrabutyrate, mirror symmetry to the shape of the longest wavelength maximum was observed in low-polar solvents. Quantum yields of fluorescence are higher the lower the polarity of the solvent used; the value for riboflavin tetrabutyrate is greater than for riboflavin. Changes were also observed in the fluorescence emission spectra of lumichrome in solvents of different polarity. Fairly good agreement was demonstrated for positions of the observed absorption maxima of riboflavin in 98% dioxane, riboflavin tetrabutyrate and lumichrome in 80% cyclohexane in mixture with dioxane and the values calculated from energies of molecular orbitals of flavins computed by B. Pullman and A. Pullman.     

Characteristics of Twisted Intramolecular Charge‐Transfer State in a Hyperbranched Conjugated Polymer

A hyperbranched conjugated polymer functionalized in periphery with N,N‐dimethylaniline was synthesized and characterized. Solvatochromic shifts in both absorption and fluorescence spectra, the effects of solvent polarities on the fluorescence quantum yield and fluorescence lifetime were investigated to probe the formation of an intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) state. The peak position of the emission band arising from the ICT state is red‐shifted, and the fluorescence quantum efficiency of the polymer decreases with increasing polarity of the solvents.     

3,14‐Bis(p‐nitrophenyl)‐17,17‐dipentyltetrabenzo[a,c,g,i]‐fluorene: A New Fluorophore Displaying Both Remarkable Solvatochromism and Crystalline‐Induced Emission

A series of 17,17‐dialkyl‐3,14‐diaryltetrabenzofluorenes were efficiently prepared by using Suzuki–Miyaura cross‐coupling reactions of the corresponding 3,14‐dibromo derivatives. Studies of the unique fluorescence properties of these compounds showed that they display intense blue to yellow fluorescence with high quantum yields in the solution state and blue to orange fluorescence with moderate quantum yields in the solid state. In addition, the fluorescence wavelength of the bis(p‐nitrophenyl) derivative is remarkably solvent‐dependent in a manner that correlates with the solvent polarity parameter E_T(30). The results of density function theory calculations suggest that the intramolecular charge‐transfer character of the HOMO–LUMO transition is responsible for the large solvent effect. Moreover, addition of water to a tetrahydrofuran (THF) solution of this compound leads to quenching of the yellow fluorescence owing to an increase in the solvent polarity. However, when the amount of water fraction exceeds 70 %, a new fluorescence band appears at the same orange‐red emission wavelength as that of the solid‐state fluorescence. This observation suggests the occurrence of a crystallization‐induced emission (CIE) phenomenon in highly aqueous THF.     

Fluorescence probes for monitoring polymerization processes

Several intramolecular charge transfer fluorescence probes, such as the dansyl amides (1a-d), 4-dimethylamino-4′-nitrobiphenyl (2) and 4-(dicyanomethylene)-2-methyl-6-(p-dimethylaminostyryl)-4H-pyran (3), have been developed and evaluated. The fluorescence emission of the probes is sensitive to both the solvent polarity and medium microviscosity. A spectral blue shift, attributed to an increase in microviscosity, was observed as polymerization proceeded. Therefore, these fluorescence probes can be used for monitoring polymerization processes. The correlation between the fluorescence emission intensity ratio and degree of cure is linear in various formulations, which may be cured either photochemically or thermally. The selectivity and sensitivity of the fluorescence probes have been investigated. 4-Dimethylamino-4′-nitrobiphenyl (2) was found to be the most sensitive probe to both solvent polarity and medium microviscosity. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Ultrasensitive fluorescent probe for the hydrophobic range of solvent polarities

The new 3-hydroxychromone derivative 2-(6-diethylaminobenzo[b]furan-2-yl)-3-hydroxychromone (FA) displays a dramatic solvent-dependent transformation of fluorescence spectra in the range of low-polarity solvents. The two well-separated emission bands change their relative intensities so that the short-wavelength band being of a very low intensity in hexane becomes dominant in the more polar ethyl acetate and trichloromethane. We suggest the participation in this effect of excited-state intramolecular proton transfer, which is characteristic for other 3-hydroxychromone and 3-hydroxyflavone derivatives, in the range of solvents of much higher polarities. Because of these unique properties, a number of spectroscopic parameters (positions of absorption and two fluorescence maxima, the ratio of their intensities and the fluorescence quantum yield) can be measured in this solvent range with multiparametric analysis of the data. In terms of solvent polarity, the shifts in both emission bands and their intensity ratio demonstrate a good correlation with empirical polarity scales E_T^N, P_y and SPP, while the absorption spectra reveal some deviations for the tested oxygen-containing solvent molecules. A good cross-correlation is observed between fluorescence spectral shifts and the ratio of band intensities. The latter provides the means for a dramatic amplification of solvent response. Thus, a new approach for ultrasensitive scaling and probing the solvent polarity in the low-polararity range can be suggested. It involves very simple ratiometric measurements at two emission bands and can be posed for a variety of applications. We present examples of these applications for distinguishing of polarities between methylated benzene derivatives, for quantitative assay of polar impurities in low-polar solvents and for detection of the changes of solvent polarity as a function of temperature.