四氰基乙烯—四甲基乙烯体系光诱导电子转移的溶剂效应及电荷分离激发态研究

用从头算方法,在HF/6-31 G^**和CASSCF（8,8）/6-31G^*基组水平上对四氰基乙烯与四甲基乙烯间电子转移的溶剂效应及电荷分离激发态进行了理论计算与研究。通过对给、受体各种几何构型的优化,计算了孤立给、受体之间的电荷分离反应热。在假定碰撞络合物形成过程中给、受体内部结构不发生变化的前提下,通过优化给、受体中心间距的方法,找出了络合物的稳定构型。计算了水溶剂及二氯甲烷溶剂中两种稳定构型络合物的电荷分离激发态,计算结果表明光激发可以直接导致体系的电荷分离。     

四氯化苯醌-二苯撑体系的光诱导电子转移研究

用从头算方法对四氯化苯醌-二苯撑体系分子间相互作用进行了理论计算研究.用MP2/6-31G^**方法,分别优化电子给体二苯撑,受体四氯化苯醌的稳定构型,用同样的方法优化配合物的层间距得到其最稳定构型,并计算了BSSE校正后的电子给受体配合物的稳定化能.用CIS/6-31++G^**方法,计算了给体、受体及配合物的电子激发态.理论计算验证了给体和受体间能形成稳定的电子给受体配合物,该配合物受光激发能直接产生电荷转移态.在球孔穴近似和点偶极近似下,对电荷转移吸收的理论计算结果进行了非平衡溶剂化能校正.经非平衡溶剂化能校正的电荷转移跃迁能与实验值符合较好.     

取代酚及其酚钾与四氰基乙烯的电荷转移络合作用

本文以八种取代酚及相应的取代酚钾作为电子给体,以四氰基乙烯(TCNE)作为电子受体,在乙腈溶液中用紫外可见分光光度法测定了取代酚及相应的取代酚钾与TCNE作用的电荷转移络合物的光谱,以其CT光谱用比较法计算了取代酚及相应的取代酚钾的电离势。结果表明,除4-氰基苯酚外,其余取代酚及取代酚钾均可与TCNE形成电荷转移络合物,取代酚钾比相应的取代酚有更好的给电子能力,取代酚的电子转移能与Hammet取代基常数有较好的线性相关关系。     

胶束辅助的酞菁给体-碳纳米管受体超分子自组装及光诱导长寿命电荷分离态

利用十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)阴离子胶束能够稳定分散单壁碳纳米管(SWCNT)和解聚富集四磺酸锌酞菁(ZnPcS₄)的能力, 组装了ZnPcS₄-SWCNT的电子给体-受体对来模拟光合作用的原初电子转移过程. 用稳态和时间分辨荧光法研究了相应的给体-受体分子间和分子内的光诱导电子转移速率, 用激光闪光光解技术检测了生成的电荷分离态. ZnPcS₄-SWCNT的电子给体-受体组装体在707 nm处出现了基态特征吸收峰, 但是复合体不产生荧光, 这主要归因于有效的分子内光诱导电子转移过程. 瞬态吸收光谱检测到相应的离子对, 动力学衰减结果表明, 电荷分离态的寿命长达42 μs. 这一长寿命电荷分离态的形成, 主要是因为ZnPcS₄是良电子给体(低氧化电位), SWCNT是好的电子受体, 使得三重态电子转移能够发生, 生成三重态电荷分离态.     

边臂修饰的水杨醛亚胺第四族金属配合物的合成、结构及其乙烯聚合行为研究

通过给电子基团取代的(E)-2,4-二-叔丁基-6-(苯基亚胺基甲基)苯酚与等当量的M(CH₂Ph)₄ 反应制备了一系列第四族金属的双苄基配合物. 反应经历了甲苯消除及分子内苄基从金属至亚胺碳的迁移反应, 中间体的分离和结构鉴定证实了该反应历程. 通过核磁、元素分析和X-ray 单晶衍射表征了配合物的结构. 在甲基铝氧烷(MMAO)的活化下, 钛配合物可以高活性地催化乙烯的均聚合和乙烯/1-己烯的共聚合, 而相应的锆、铪的配合物在同样的条件下则几乎没有活性.     

醚类给电子体对Cr/PNP乙烯选择性齐聚体系催化反应性能的影响

采用实验和DFT计算相结合的方法,研究了4种醚类给电子体对Cr/PNP乙烯齐聚催化体系的影响.实验结果表明,C₆+C₈选择性和聚乙烯的选择性受给电子体种类影响各异.DFT计算表明,添加乙醚、甲缩醛、二噁烷和乙二醇二甲醚给电子体后,反应的速率决定步骤均从两分子乙烯氧化偶联成金属五元环转移到第四分子乙烯插入铬金属七元环.给电子体乙二醇二甲醚和甲缩醛的两个氧原子与铬中心在反应过程中发生单/双配位交替变化,其环状结构的大小和稳定性影响乙烯分子插入难易程度,从而影响反应选择性和活性.醚类给电子体对乙烯齐聚反应的影响是电子效应和位阻效应的协同作用,但位阻效应更加明显.另外,在甲基环己烷和甲苯两种溶剂下,乙烯齐聚体系能垒差小于1.5 kJ·mol^-1,在本体系中可以忽略甲基铝氧烷（MAO）中微量甲苯对反应性能的影响.     

9,10-二氰基蒽和杜烯间光诱导电子转移的电荷分离态和电子耦合

采用从头算方法,讨论了9,10-二氰基蒽(DCA)和杜烯(DUR)间光诱导电子转移反应的态-态跃迁.考虑基组重叠误差(BSSE)对相互作用能的校正,用MP₂方法优化得到重叠式[DCA…DUR]配合物的稳定构型.用单激发组态相互作用(CIS)方法讨论了[DCA…DUR]配合物的光诱导电荷分离和电荷复合过程.根据广义Mulliken-Hush(GMH)模型,计算了电荷复合过程的电子耦合矩阵元.结果表明,[DCA…DUR]配合物的S₀→S₁和S₀→S₂跃迁产生了两个强的局域激发态,S₀→S₃跃迁直接导致电荷分离态,小的振子强度预测该电荷转移(CT)跃迁是一弱跃迁,电荷分离态S₃衰变到低局域激发态或基态的电荷复合是可能的.     

氰基苯阴离子与CO2间的内球电子转移

用半经验AM1方法以及从头算方法在3-21G和6－31G*基组水平上研究了从氰基苯阴离子到CO2的电子转移过程．结果表明，对于先驱物(precursor),三种计算方法得出的给体、受体间的距离分别为0.2728nm(AM1)、0.2479nm（UHF/3-21G）和0.2769nm(UHF/6-31G*)．在这样短的距离内给体的HOMO与受体的LUMO轨道具有相当程度的重叠，应产生较强的相互作用，说明此反应是内球电子转移反应，从而解释了此类体系的电子转移反应不符合Marcus理论的原因．计算给出先驱物的束缚能为0.19eV(AM1)和0.26eV(6-31G*)     

联苯负离子自由基与萘分子间长程电子转移的从头算研究

分离处理π σ π体系中的给体 ,受体和σ桥体 ,在HF/4 31G和HF/DZP水平上优化了联苯 ,联苯负离子自由基 ,萘和萘负离子自由基的几何构型 ,计算了分子间电子转移的内重组能 .取线性反应坐标R =0 .5 ,在STO 3G水平上用变分原理和分子轨道跃迁能方法 ,计算了π σ π体系自交换反应的电子转移矩阵元 .对交叉反应体系 ,沿线性反应坐标搜寻最小轨道能级分裂Δmin,确定了电子转移矩阵元和过渡态构型 .用Marcus双球模型计算液相电子转移的溶剂重组能 ,结合半经典模型计算了几种以联苯负离子自由基为给体 ,联苯和萘为受体的π σ π体系分子内电子转移速率常数 .     

给体-受体体系分子内光致电子转移反应研究

对一类以9，10－二甲氧基蒽为给体，双酚A为连接链连接不同受体的电子给体－受体体系，通过单光子计数法测定荧光寿命，计算了各体系内的光致电子转移反应速率常数，通过测定氧化还原电位，计算出各电子给体－受体体系电子转移反应的自由能变化．并根据电子转移反应理论对光致电子转移速率常数与自由能变化关系进行了理论计算分析，发现本文各体系的光致电子转移速率常数的实验值与电子转移反应理论曲线吻合得比较好，同时也揭示在该类给体－受体体系中未出现电子转移反转区的原因在于电子转移过程自由能变化（－ΔG）没有足够大。     

Theoretical investigation of electron transfer transition in tetracyanoethylene-contained organic complexes

In this work, the authors use complete active space self-consistent field method to investigate the photoinduced charge-separated states and the electron transfer transition in complexes ethylene-tetracyanoethylene and tetramethylethylene-tetracyanoethylene. Geometries of isolated tetracyanoethylene, ethylene, and tetramethylethylene have been optimized. The ground state and the low-lying excited states of ethylene and tetracyanoethylene have been optimized. The state energies in the gas phase have been obtained and compared with the experimentally observed values. The torsion barrier of tetracyanoethylene has been investigated through the state energy calculation at different conformations. Attention has been particularly paid to the charge-separated states and the electron transfer transition of complexes. The stacked conformations of the donor-acceptor complexes have been chosen for the optimization of the ground and low-lying excited states. Equilibrium solvation has been considered by means of conductor-like screening model both in water and in dichloromethane. It has been found that the donor and tetracyanoethylene remain neutral in complexes in ground state (1)A(1) and in lowest triplet state (3)B(1), but charge separation appears in excited singlet state (1)B(1). Through the correction of nonequilibrium solvation energy based on the spherical cavity approximation, pi-->pi* electron transfer transition energies have been obtained. Compared with the experimental measurements in dichloromethane, the theoretical results in the same solvent are found higher by about 0.5 eV.     

Photoinduced intra- and intermolecular electron transfer in solutions and in solid organized molecular assemblies

The present paper highlights results of a systematic study of photoinduced electron transfer, where the fundamental aspects of the photochemistry occurring in solutions and in artificially or self-assembled molecular systems are combined and compared. In photochemical electron transfer (ET) reactions in solutions the electron donor, D, and acceptor, A, have to be or to diffuse to a short distance, which requires a high concentration of quencher molecules and/or long lifetimes of the excited donor or acceptor, which cannot always be arranged. The problem can partly be avoided by linking the donor and acceptor moieties covalently by a single bond, molecular chain or chains, or rigid bridge, forming D-A dyads. The covalent combination of porphyrin or phthalocyanine donors with an efficient electron acceptor, e.g. fullerene, has a two-fold effect on the electron transfer properties. Firstly, the electronic systems of the D-A pair result in a formation of an exciplex intermediate upon excitation both in solutions and in solid phases. The formation of the exciplex accelerates the ET rate, which was found to be as fast as >10(12) s(-1). Secondly, the total reorganization energy can be as small as 0.3 eV, even in polar solvents, which allows nanosecond lifetimes for the charge separated (CS) state. Molecular assemblies can form solid heterogeneous, but organized systems, e.g. molecular layers. This results in more complex charge separation and recombination dynamics. A distinct feature of the ET in organized assemblies is intermolecular interactions, which open a possibility for a charge migration both in the acceptor and in the donor layers, after the primary intramolecular exciplex formation and charge separation in the D-A dyad. The intramolecular ET is fast (35 ps) and efficient, but the formed interlayer CS states have lifetimes in microsecond or even second time domain. This is an important result considering possible applications.     

Theoretical investigation of charge transfer excitation and charge recombination in acenaphthylene–tetracyanoethylene complex

Ab initio calculations were performed to investigate the charge separation and charge recombination processes in the photoinduced electron transfer reaction between tetracyanoethylene and acenaphthylene. The excited states of the charge‐balanced electron donor–acceptor complex and the singlet state of ion pair complex were studied by employing configuration interaction singles method. The equilibrium geometry of electron donor–acceptor complex was obtained by the second‐order Møller–Plesset method, with the interaction energy corrected by the counterpoise method. The theoretical study of ground state and excited states of electron donor–acceptor complex in this work reveals that the S₁ and S₂ states of the electron donor–acceptor complexes are excited charge transfer states, and charge transfer absorptions that corresponds to the S₀ → S₁ and S₀ → S₂ transitions arise from π–π* excitations. The charge recombination in the ion pair complex will produce the charge‐balanced ground state or excited triplet state. According to the generalized Mulliken–Hush model, the electron coupling matrix elements of the charge separation process and the charge recombination process were obtained. Based on the continuum model, charge transfer absorption and charge transfer emission in the polar solvent of 1,2‐dichloroethane were investigated. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem 94: 23–35, 2003     

Peculiar Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Porphyrin–Fullerene Akamptisomers

Porphyrin–fullerene dyads are promising candidates for organic photovoltaic devices. The electron-transfer (ET) properties of the molecular devices depend significantly on the mutual position of the donor and acceptor. Recently, a new type of molecular isomerism (akamptisomerism) has been discovered. In the present study, we explore how photoinduced ET can be modulated by passing from one akamptisomer to another. To this aim, four akamptisomers of the quinoxalinoporphyrin–[60]fullerene complex are selected for computational study. The most striking finding is that, depending on the isomer, the porphyrin unit in the dyad can act as either electron donor or electron acceptor. Thus, the stereoisomeric diversity allows one to change the direction of ET between the porphyrin and fullerene moieties. To understand the effect of akamptisomerism on the photoinduced ET processes, a detailed analysis of initial and final states involved in the ET is performed. The computed rate for charge separation is estimated to be in the region of 1–10 ns⁻¹. The formation of a long-living quinoxalinoporphyrin anion radical species is predicted.     

Light Induced Electron Transfer and Charge Separation of Porphyrin Compounds for Photoelectric Conversion

A series of artificial photosynthesis porphyrin compounds consisting of electron donor and electron acceptor (compounds 1-6) were synthesized. Their spectroscopic behaviors in solution were investigated and the synthetic molecular devices were prepared with these molecules by using LB technique. It was indicated that multistep electron transfer and charge separation for these compounds actually occur, which is of great advantage to their photoelectric conversion. An efficient energy transfer process takes place for compound 6. A mechanism involving photoinduced electron transfer and multistep charge separation for these compounds was suggested. With only one monolayer of tetrad 1 LB film on the surface of Sn0₂ conductive glass, high photo-driven voltage and current were obtained.     

Crossover from superexchange to hopping as the mechanism for photoinduced charge transfer in DNA hairpin conjugates

The mechanism and dynamics of photoinduced charge separation and charge recombination have been investigated in synthetic DNA hairpins possessing donor and acceptor stilbenes separated by one to seven A:T base pairs. The application of femtosecond broadband pump-probe spectroscopy, nanosecond transient absorption spectroscopy, and picosecond fluorescence decay measurements permits detailed analysis of the formation and decay of the stilbene acceptor singlet state and of the charge-separated intermediates. When the donor and acceptor are separated by a single A:T base pair, charge separation occurs via a single-step superexchange mechanism. However, when the donor and acceptor are separated by two or more A:T base pairs, charge separation occurs via a multistep process consisting of hole injection, hole transport, and hole trapping. In such cases, hole arrival at the electron donor is slower than hole injection into the bridging A-tract. Rate constants for charge separation (hole arrival) and charge recombination are dependent upon the donor-acceptor distance; however, the rate constant for hole injection is independent of the donor-acceptor distance. The observation of crossover from a superexchange to a hopping mechanism provides a "missing link" in the analysis of DNA electron transfer and requires reevaluation of the existing literature for photoinduced electron transfer in DNA.     

Alternating oligo(p-phenylene vinylene)--perylene bisimide copolymers: synthesis,photophysics, and photovoltaic properties of a new class of donor--acceptor materials

A Suzuki polycondensation reaction has been used to synthesize two copolymers consisting of alternating oligo(p-phenylene vinylene) (OPV) donor and perylene bisimide (PERY) acceptor chromophores. The copolymers differ by the length of the saturated spacer that connects the OPV and PERY units. Photoinduced singlet energy transfer and photoinduced charge separation in these polychromophores have been studied in solution and in the solid state via photoluminescence and femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy. In both polymers a photoinduced electron transfer occurs within a few picoseconds after excitation of the OPV or the PERY chromophore. The electron transfer from OPV excited state competes with a singlet energy transfer state to the PERY chromophore. The differences in rate constants for the electron- and energy-transfer processes are discussed on the basis of correlated quantum-chemical calculations and in terms of conformational preferences and folding of the two polymers. In solution, the lifetime of the charge-separated state is longer than in the films where geminate recombination is much faster. However, in the films some charges are able to escape from geminate recombination and diffuse away and can be collected at the electrodes when the polymers are incorporated in a photovoltaic device.     

Vectorial Electron Transfer in Donor–Photosensitizer–Acceptor Triads Based on Novel Bis‐tridentate Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complexes

The first examples of rodlike donor–photosensitizer–acceptor arrays based on bis‐2,6‐di(quinolin‐8‐yl)pyridine Ru^II complexes 1 a and 3 a for photoinduced electron transfer have been synthesized and investigated. The complexes are synthesized in a convergent manner and are isolated as linear, single isomers. Time‐resolved absorption spectroscopy reveals long‐lived, photoinduced charge‐separated states (τ_CSS ( 1 a )=140 ns, τ_CSS ( 3 a )=200 ns) formed by stepwise electron transfer. The overall yields of charge separation (≥50 % for complex 1 a and ≥95 % for complex 3 a ) are unprecedented for bis‐tridentate Ru^II polypyridyl complexes. This is attributed to the long‐lived excited state of the [Ru(dqp)₂]²⁺ complex combined with fast electron transfer from the donor moiety following the initial charge separation. The rodlike arrangement of donor and acceptor gives controlled, vectorial electron transfer, free from the complications of stereoisomeric diversity. Thus, such arrays provide an excellent system for the study of photoinduced electron transfer and, ultimately, the harvesting of solar energy.     

Supramolecular control over donor-acceptor photoinduced charge separation

A novel donor-bridge-acceptor system has been synthesized by covalently linking a p-phenylene vinylene oligomer (OPV) and a perylene diimid (PERY) at opposite ends of a m-phenylene ethynylene oligomer (FOLD) of twelve phenyl rings, containing nonpolar (S)-3,7-dimethyl-1-octanoxy side chains. For comparison, model compounds have been prepared in which either the donor or acceptor is absent. In chloroform, the oligomeric bridge is in a random coil conformation. Upon addition of an apolar solvent (heptane) the oligomeric bridge first folds into a helical stack and subsequently intermolecular self-assembly of the stacks into columnar architectures occurs. Photoexcitation in the random coil conformation, where the interaction between the donor and acceptor chromophores is small, results only in long-range intramolecular energy transfer in which the OPV singlet-excited state is transformed into the PERY singlet-excited state. In the folded conformation of the bridge, donor and acceptor are closer and their enhanced interaction favors the formation the OPV(*)(+)-FOLD-PERY(*)(-) charge-separated state upon photoexcitation. As a result, the extent of photoinduced charge separation depends on the degree of folding of the bridge between donor and acceptor and therefore on the apolar nature of the medium. As a consequence, and contrary to conventional photoinduced charge separation processes, the formation of the OPV(*)(+)-FOLD-PERY(*)(-) charge-separated state is more favored in apolar media.