Spectroscopy,photophysics and photochemistry of 1,3-diketoboronates VI: The exciplexes of 2-naphthyl-substituted 1,3-diketoboronates

The fluorescence quenching of 2-naphthyl-substituted 1,3-diketoboronates (2-NDKB) by naphthalene in heptane is accompanied by exciplex emission. The exciplex formation occurs irreversibly because of the high electron affinity of 2-NDKB. In one case the exciplex fluorescence decay reveals the existence of ground state rotamers.     

Exciplex formation in aromatic copolymers and photoinduced electron transfer from exciplex to acceptor

The exciplex formation in 9-vinylphenanthrene-p-N,N-dimethylaminostyrene copolymers, its characteristics, and the electron transfer process in polar solvents were studied. The copolymer exhibited a more intense intramolecular exciplex fluorescence than the low-molecular-weight model system, phenanthrene-N,N-dimethylaniline, in which the intermolecular exciplex formation occurred. Intensities of the exciplex fluorescence, which were unchanged regardless of the copolymer composition, led us to speculate that the efficient energy migration takes place from an excited phenanthrene unit to an exciplex forming site on the polymer chain. The electron transfer in the copolymer-p-dicyanobenzene system was studied in polar media. The formation of p-dicyanobenzene anion radical was measured by flash photolysis and electron spin resonance (ESR). p-Dicyanobenzene anion radical was generated by the electron transfer process via exciplex and the direct electron transfer process from the excited phenanthrene unit in the copolymer.     

三分子激基复合物的研究

本文证实了苊与1,4-二氰基苯(DCB)可以形成激基复合物,同时当苊的浓度较大时,也可以生成三分子的激基复合物。此外还证明了聚苊可以生成非相邻的激基缔合物,聚苊与DCB也可以生成三分子激基复合物。通过光物理过程的动力学推导,证明在聚苊体系中,先生成(DA)^*,然后再形成(DDA)^*三分子激基复合物。     

Synthesis and photophysical properties of some N-substituted-1,8-naphthalimides

The synthesis and photophysical properties of some 3-amino-N-substituted-1,8-naphthalimide derivatives are presented. The flourescence behaviour of these compounds in protic and aprotic solutions is consistent with the formation of an exciplex structure. The exciplex formation is due to a proton transfer in the excited state. This exciplex formation eliminates non-radiative channels and therefore an increase in quantum yield is observed.     

N-n-butyl-N,N-di(2-naphthylmethyl)amine: A compound exhibiting intramolecular excimer and exciplex formation

The dinaphthylamine (3) is unique in that it exhibits both intramolecular excimer and exciplex formation. The relative amounts of each is dependent upon the solvent polarity. Highly polar solvents, e.g. methanol, lead to the emission being entirely that of the exciplex but addition of acid to these solutions prevents exciplex formation and only excimer is observed.     

Time resolved spectra of pyrene excimer and pyrene-dimethylaniline exciplex

Time-resolved fluorescence spectra were measured for pyrene and for the pyrene-N,N-dimethylaniline system in the range from 3 nsec to 150 nsec after the excitation by a nitrogen gas laser. By the aid of the spectra, we could follow the formation and decay processes of the pyrene excimer or the pyrene-N,N-dimethlaniline exciplex. The rate constants were determined for the exciplex formation and decay processes.     

Unified interpretation of exciplex formation and marcus electron transfer on the basis of two-dimensional free energy surfaces

The mechanism of exciplex formation proposed in a previous paper has been refined to show how exciplex formation and Marcus electron transfer (ET) in fluorescence quenching are related to each other. This was done by making simple calculations of the free energies of the initial (DA*) and final (D+A-) states of ET. First it was shown that the decrease in D-A distance can induce intermolecular ET even in nonpolar solvents where solvent orientational polarization is absent, and that it leads to exciplex formation. This is consistent with experimental results that exciplex is most often observed in nonpolar solvents. The calculation was then extended to ET in polar solvents where the free energies are functions of both D-A distance and solvent orientational polarization. This enabled us to discuss both exciplex formation and Marcus ET in the same D-A pair and solvent on the basis of 2-dimensional free energy surfaces. The surfaces contain more information about the rates of these reactions, the mechanism of fluorescence quenching by ET, etc., than simple reaction schemes. By changing the parameters such as the free energy change of reaction, solvent dielectric constants, etc., one can construct the free energy surfaces for various systems. The effects of free energy change of reaction and of solvent polarity on the mechanism and relative importance of exciplex formation and Marcus ET in fluorescence quenching can be well explained. The free energy surface will also be useful for discussion of other phenomena related to ET reactions.     

苯二甲酸二甲酯对咔唑荧光的淬灭

用邻苯二甲酸二甲酯(DMTP)可猝灭咔唑的荧光,由此相反,在DMTP-乙基咔唑体系中,末观察到激基复合物荧光.本文对此解释为激基复合物的形成能力不仅依赖于电子给予体的电离势和电子接受体的电子亲和力,而且还取决于附着于电子给予体和电子接受体的生色团上侧基间的相互作用.     

2,6-萘二甲酸二甲酯与一些二甲基萘所形成的激基复合物

2,6-萘二甲酸二甲酯与一些二甲基萘可以形成激基复合物。本文通过稳态和动态荧光光谱研究了这类激基复合物的形成与分子结构的关系。结果表明,尽管这些二甲基萘的电离能基本相同,但因取代基位置不同使分子中电荷分布不同,从而影响了激基复合物的形成能力。     

苊酮对二氰蒽的电子转移荧光猝灭研究──激基络合物的形成机理与动力学

研究了苊酮（ＡＮＯ）对９，１０－二氰蒽（ＤＣＡ）的荧光猝灭与激基络合物形成的动力学与机理。基于瞬态荧光双指数衰减，测定了激基络合物的光化学动力学和有关速度常数，论证荧光猝灭作用主要由ＡＮＯ／ＤＣＡ激基络合物的生成以及快速正向电子转移所致。     

Magnetic field effects on exciplex-forming systems: the effect on the locally excited fluorophore and its dependence on free energy

This study addresses magnetic field effects in exciplex forming donor-acceptor systems. For moderately exergonic systems, the exciplex and the locally excited fluorophore emission are found to be magneto-sensitive. A previously introduced model attributing this finding to excited state reversibility is confirmed. Systems characterised by a free energy of charge separation up to approximately -0.35 eV are found to exhibit a magnetic field effect on the fluorophore. A simple three-state model of the exciplex is introduced, which uses the reaction distance and the asymmetric electron transfer reaction coordinate as pertinent variables. Comparing the experimental emission band shapes with those predicted by the model, a semi-quantitative picture of the formation of the magnetic field effect is developed based on energy hypersurfaces. The model can also be applied to estimate the indirect contribution of the exchange interaction, even if the perturbative approach fails. The energetic parameters that are essential for the formation of large magnetic field effects on the exciplex are discussed.     

Reaction of exciplex formation in the gas phase. Potential curve crossing approach

The reaction of molecular exciplex formation in the gas phase is treated within the framework of the Landau-Zener approximation. The rate constant of exciplex formation is calculated as a function of “system parameter” which depends on the coupling and shape of potential energy surfaces. For a series of model exciplex systems the role of intramolecular vibrations in the formation process and the influence of the coupling strength and the temperature on the formation rate constant is investigated.     

对苯二甲酸酯类生色团与苯的激基复合物荧光光谱的溶剂效应

本文报道了对苯二甲酸酯类生色团与苯所形成的激基复合物并讨论了这类激基复合物的溶剂效应.结果表明,在这类激基复合物体系中,激基复合物谱带中发射峰的位置明显地受溶剂酸性的影响,在缺质子溶剂中,荧光峰红移较小,随着溶剂酸性的增强,激基复合物谱带的红移增大.激基复合物谱带中发射峰的位置与溶剂特性常数S之间的关系符合Brownstein公式.     

Unified theory of the exciplex formation/dissipation

The natural extension and reformulation of the unified theory (UT) proposed here makes it integro-differential and capable of describing the distant quenching of excitation by electron transfer, accompanied with contact but reversible exciplex formation. The numerical solution of the new UT equations allows specifying the kinetics of the fluorescence quenching and exciplex association/dissociation as well as those reactions' quantum yields. It was demonstrated that the distant electron transfer in either the normal or inverted Marcus regions screens the contact reaction of exciplex formation, especially at slow diffusion.     

咔唑及其衍生物对 9-氰基蒽的荧光猝灭机理的研究

本文研究咔唑及其衍生物对9-氰基蒽(9CNA)的荧光猝灭机理。结果表明, 猝灭过程有以下三种方式:(1)一系列N-烷基咔唑及1,4-二咔唑丁烷、反式1,2-二咔唑环丁烷、N-苄基咔唑等对9CNA的荧光猝灭是通过形成激基复合物。(2)咔唑对9CNA的荧光猝灭是通过形成氢键。(3)1,3-二咔唑丙烷及N-痖烯基咔唑对9CNA的荧光猝灭是属于一般碰撞猝灭过程。以上所有猝灭过程主要都是来自电荷转移相互作用。另外, 还讨论了空间位阻对形成激基复合物的影响。并由稳态和动态荧光实验结果,应用Ware关于激基复合物的形成和解离的动力学公式计算出一系列光物理速率常数。     

Luminescence quenching by reversible ionization or exciplex formation/dissociation

The kinetics of fluorescence quenching by both charge transfer and exciplex formation is investigated, with an emphasis on the reversibility and nonstationarity of the reactions. The Weller elementary kinetic scheme of bimolecular geminate ionization and the Markovian rate theory are shown to lead to identical results, provided the rates of the forward and backward reactions account for the numerous recontacts during the reaction encounter. For excitation quenching by the reversible exciplex formation, the Stern-Volmer constant is specified in the framework of the integral encounter theory. The bulk recombination affecting the Stern-Volmer quenching constant makes it different for pulse excited and stationary luminescence. The theory approves that the free energy gap laws for ionization and exciplex formation are different and only the latter fits properly the available data (for lumiflavin quenching by aliphatic amines and aromatic donors) in the endergonic region.     

Activation Enthalpy and Entropy for the Formation of 9-Cyanophenanthrene Exciplexes

Exciplexes of 9-cyanophenanthrene with a series of weak electron donors with the Gibbs energy of electron transfer G _et * varying in the range –(0.02–0.09) eV were studied. The exciplexes exhibited fairly intense emission both in nonpolar and aprotic polar solvents. The kinetics of the exciplex formation was found to be controlled mainly by diffusion and reactant orientation. This is clearly manifested in the low-temperature region in which the activation enthalpy of exciplex formation is very close to the activation enthalpy of diffusion, and the activation entropy of exciplex formation does not exceed 18 J mol^–1 K^–1 in absolute value.     

Detection of nucleic acids in situ: novel oligonucleotide analogues for target-assembled DNA-mounted exciplexes

This research describes the effects of structural variation and medium effects for the novel split-oligonucleotide (tandem) probe systems for exciplex-based fluorescence detection of DNA. In this approach the detection system is split at a molecular level into signal-silent components, which must be assembled correctly into a specific 3-dimensional structure to ensure close proximity of the exciplex partners and the consequent exciplex fluorescence emission on excitation. The model system consists of two 8-mer oligonucleotides, complementary to adjacent sites of a 16-mer DNA target. Each probe oligonucleotide is equipped with functions able to form an exciplex on correct, contiguous hybridization. This study investigates the influence of a number of structural aspects (i.e. chemical structure and composition of exciplex partners, length and structure of linker groups, locations of exciplex partner attachment, as well as effects of media) on the performance of DNA-mounted exciplex systems. The extremely rigorous structural demands for exciplex formation and emission required careful structural design of linkers and partners for exciplex formation, which are here described. Certain organic solvents (especially trifluoroethanol) specifically favour emission of the DNA-mounted exciplexes, probably the net result of the particular duplex structure and specific solvation of the exciplex partners. The exciplexes formed emitted at approximately 480 nm with large Stokes shifts ( approximately 130-140 nm). Comparative studies with pyrene excimer systems were also carried out.     

Quenching mechanism of Rose Bengal triplet state involved in photosensitization of oxygen in ethylene glycol

The quenching rate constants of the excited triplet state of Rose Bengal (RB) by oxygen (k(obs)) were measured in ethylene glycol (EG) at different temperatures using nanosecond laser flash photolysis. Although a plot of the quenching rate constant k(obs) for RB triplet state vs oxygen concentration is linear at 20 degrees C, the oxygen dependence of k(obs) does not exhibit linearity but upward curvature at high temperatures from 130 to 140 degrees C. The upward curvature at high temperatures is not well-described by a kinetic scheme first postulated by Gijzeman et al., which is characterized by exciplex formation and a unimolecular dissociation of the exciplex to products, but instead by a more comprehensive mechanism involving a bimolecular dissociation in addition to a unimolecular one. The measurements of the oxygen dependence of k(obs) for RB triplet state at different temperatures yielded a reaction enthalpy for the exciplex formation of 150 kJ mol(-1). Due to the large exothermic reaction enthalpy, equilibrium was obtained for the exciplex at 20 degrees C even at low oxygen concentration and the bimolecular quenching by oxygen became the major dissociation process. The equilibrium attainment and bimolecular dissociation provide a linear oxygen dependence of k(obs) to all outward appearances. Therefore, linearity does not always mean that exciplex dissociation proceeds solely through a unimolecular mechanism.     

Emission from aromatic hydrocarbon-diene and -olefin exciplexes

Luminescence from aromatic hydrocarbon-olefin and -diene exciplexes, providing strong evidence for their intermediary in singlet quenching processes, is reported. Solvent dependence of the emission maximum gives a value of 10.8D for the dipole moment of the 1-cyanonaphthalene-1,2-dimethylcyclopentene exciplex while the temperature dependence affords a value of 6.7 kcal/M for the heat of formation. Linear-free-energy correlations of rate constants for 1-cyanonaphthalene and naphthalene fluorescence quenching by dienes and olefins and strained hydrocarbons with the adiabatic ionization potentials of the quenchers are consistent with major contributions from charge-resonance in the exciplex formation process.