水杨酰苯胺衍生物分子内电荷/质子转移荧光

将苯甲酰苯胺(BA)类电荷转移(CT)反应基团耦合到具有激发态分子内质子转移(ESIPT)反应通道的水杨酸(SA)分子中,设计合成了苯胺对/间位取代的水杨酰苯胺及其羟基甲基化衍生物邻甲氧基苯甲酰苯胺,考察了环己烷、乙醚、乙腈和甲醇中两类水杨酰苯胺衍生物吸收光谱和荧光光谱的溶剂效应和取代基效应.结果表明,水杨酰苯胺的荧光为SA-型质子转移(PT)荧光,对取代基的依赖性较小;当电子给体苯胺基的给电子能力提高时,如N-甲基水杨酰苯胺分子,其荧光为BA-型CT荧光.而羟基甲基化后的衍生物邻甲氧基苯甲酰苯胺则表现出与BA类似的荧光光谱特性,具有明显的取代基效应.认为水杨酰苯胺衍生物的激发态存在着相互竞争的BA-型CT和SA-型PT通道,二者可经苯胺基上取代基的电子效应调控.     

香豆素衍生物的荧光发射能计算及XC泛函的合理选择

采用含时密度泛函理论(TDDFT)与单激发组态相互作用(CIS)处理相结合的计算方案对香豆素系列15种已知荧光化合物的发射能进行了系统考察. 结果表明, 发射能与吸收能一样, 其计算值主要取决于交换-相关(XC)泛函的选择. 只要泛函选用得当, 在使用较小基组的TDDFT/6-31G(d)//CIS/3-21G(d)理论水平上即可使绝大部分化合物的实验发射能在精度达0.16 eV以内得以重现. 与吸收能计算不同的是, 无法选用单一的一种泛函来对全系列化合物的发射能作出满意的理论预测. 激发态无明显电荷转移的、7位上有氨(或胺)基取代或有氮原子相连的化合物, 其适用泛函为不含Hartree-Fock(HF)交换能的纯泛函OLYP和BLYP. 而激发态发生较大程度电荷转移的、3 位上有共轭取代基的衍生物, 其适用泛函则为含20%的HF交换成分的混合泛函B3LYP. 因此, 发射能计算中的XC泛函选择, 应同时考虑取代基团效应以及激发态的电子结构特征. 其中, 发射能计算值受XC泛函中HF交换能比例的影响十分敏感. 文中还对激发能计算中的溶剂效应校正方案和激发态几何优化精度的影响进行了讨论.     

基于2-(2'-羟基苯基)苯并噻唑的激发态分子内质子转移化合物的光物理行为研究

运用量子化学理论计算方法结合现代光谱技术对激发态分子内质子转移(Excited state intramolecular proton transfer,ESIPT)化合物DHBIA{N,N'-di[3-hydroxy-4-(2'-benzothiazole)phenyl]5-tert-butyl-isophthalic amide}的激发态光物理行为进行了深入研究.研究表明:该化合物的醇式激发态很容易发生分子内C—N单键的快速扭转,使分子构型发生大幅扭曲,并显现出明显的扭曲的分子内电荷转移(Twisted intramolecular charge transfer,TICT)特征,激发态的这种构型弛豫导致的非辐射失活与质子转移过程相竞争,导致了激发态质子转移效率的降低以及相应酮式结构发光物种的大幅减少,从而致使化合物稀溶液的发光极为微弱.这种TICT特征也正是导致该化合物具有聚集发光增强性质的重要原因之一.     

环己烷中苯甲酰苯胺的双重荧光--分子内电荷转移的直接光谱证据

自从O Connell等［1］报道苯甲酰苯胺(BA)在EPA玻璃体中异常的长波长荧光发射特性以来, 已有众多学者尝试解释该"异常"荧光的发射态性质［2～12］. Kasha等［2～7］认为长波长荧光是质子转移(PT)和电荷转移(CT)两种激发态发射的叠加, 而Azumaya等［8］则认为发射态只包含分子内扭转电荷转移(TICT)态. 应该指出的是, 在上述研究中, 电荷转移态的指认并无有力的实验事实, 而主要是依据与具有CT双重荧光的对二甲氨基苯甲氰［13,14］的类比. 显然, 有关苯甲酰苯胺的长波长荧光发射态的准确性质仍待实验阐明     

一类新型分子内电荷转移荧光体——苯甲酰苯胺衍生物

评述了苯甲酰苯胺及其衍生物的发光行为和电荷转移/质子转移光物理模型的研究进展,并展望了该类新型分子内电荷转移荧光体在化学及生物分子识别与传感中的潜在应用前景.     

三苯胺衍生物光物理性质的研究

研究了4-醛基-三苯胺(kTA)和4,4′-二醛基-三苯胺(BTA)的光谱性质。由于这两种化合物的共轭体系中既有电子给体(胺基)又有电子受体(醛基),它们在激发态发生分子内扭曲的电荷转移(TICT)。通过对FTA和BTA的荧光发射的溶剂效应、温度效应、粘度效应以及低温77K荧光的研究,发现FTA和BTA在极性溶剂中的荧光发射谱带中包含了光诱导电荷转移(ICT)和TICT(A带)2个组分,而在非极性溶剂中只有ICT带(B带),并讨论环境对TICT态的影响。另外,荧光猝灭方法也证实了这一点。     

溶剂效应和取代基效应对2-(2-氨基苯基)苯并噻唑光谱性质及激发态分子内质子转移的影响

合成了多种2-(2-氨基苯基)苯并噻唑(APBT)氨基氢原子被供电子及吸电子基团取代的衍生物, 并用紫外光谱﹑荧光光谱等方法和密度泛函理论(DFT)计算研究了溶剂效应和取代基效应对衍生物的光谱性质及激发态分子内质子转移(ESIPT)的影响规律. 结果表明, 相比于非极性溶剂环己烷, 随溶剂极性的增加及APBT-溶剂分子间氢键的形成, APBT的紫外-可见最大吸收峰和荧光最大发射峰均发生了一定程度的红移, 并对APBT的ESIPT产生了影响. 在APBT分子的氨基氮原子上引入不同的吸电子或斥电子取代基, 对氮原子的电荷性质有较大的影响. 在环己烷溶剂中, 甲基取代后的APBT仅有单重荧光发射峰, 体系未发生ESIPT过程; 而COCH₂Cl等吸电子基团能促进APBT的ESIPT, 其荧光发射光谱出现了明显的双重峰, 表明体系发生了激发态分子内质子转移反应. 量子化学的理论计算较好地验证了光谱实验结果.     

铜离子配位调控的TICT荧光化合物的双重荧光发射

设计合成了2个分子内扭转电荷转移(TICT)荧光体(1和2),铜离子的配位作用可开关其双重荧光发射。2在乙腈/水溶液(1∶1,V/V)中的双重荧光发射随着铜离子的加入以类似电子转移机制"开-关"形式猝灭,而1在铜离子与其计量比为1之内的乙腈/水溶液(1∶1,V/V)中,其双重荧光发射随着铜离子的加入逐渐猝灭;在计量比之后其长波长的TICT荧光发射随着铜离子的加入逐渐增强。即1的TICT荧光发射以"开-关-开"的机制被铜离子诱导。同时还获得了铜离子与1形成的配合物的晶体结构以及配合物的荧光性质。1H NMR波谱滴定实验表明荧光体的电荷转移程度是影响TICT发射的主要因素,1是一个新的且其TICT发射可以被铜离子调制为"开-关-开"的TICT荧光体。     

铜离子配位调控的TICT荧光化合物的双重荧光发射（英文）

设计合成了2个分子内扭转电荷转移(TICT)荧光体(1和2),铜离子的配位作用可开关其双重荧光发射。2在乙腈/水溶液(1∶1,V/V)中的双重荧光发射随着铜离子的加入以类似电子转移机制"开-关"形式猝灭,而1在铜离子与其计量比为1之内的乙腈/水溶液(1∶1,V/V)中,其双重荧光发射随着铜离子的加入逐渐猝灭;在计量比之后其长波长的TICT荧光发射随着铜离子的加入逐渐增强。即1的TICT荧光发射以"开-关-开"的机制被铜离子诱导。同时还获得了铜离子与1形成的配合物的晶体结构以及配合物的荧光性质。1H NMR波谱滴定实验表明荧光体的电荷转移程度是影响TICT发射的主要因素,1是一个新的且其TICT发射可以被铜离子调制为"开-关-开"的TICT荧光体。     

生色团连接的苯骈三氮唑衍生物的激发态分子内质子转移

用从头算和密度泛函理论研究了对硝基二苯乙烯作为生色团连接的2-(2-羟基-苯基)-苯骈三氮唑的衍生物2-羟基-5-[对硝基-二苯乙烯基-氧亚甲基]-苯基-(2H-苯骈三氮唑)(C1)和4′-硝基-3,4-二[2-羟基-(2H-苯骈三氮唑)-苄氧基]-二苯乙烯(C2)发生激发态分子内质子转移(ESIPT)的可能性.系统研究了C1和C2发生ESIPT的互变异构体的基态与激发态的性质变化,包括相关的键长、键角等结构参数,Mulliken电荷和偶极矩,前线轨道以及势能曲线.计算结果表明,对于C1来讲,酮式(keto)的基态(K)不存在稳定结构,因此发生基态分子内质子转移(GSIPT)可能性很小.酮式的激发态(K*)的氢键强度要远强于烯醇式(enol)的激发态(E*)的氢键强度.分子在光致激发后,质子供体所带负电荷减小而质子受体所带负电荷增加.在K*,HOMO→LUMO的电子跃迁导致电子密度从"酚环"向质子化杂环转移.E*→K*跃迁只需要克服较小的能垒(约41 kJ.mol-1).计算结果表明C1发生ESIPT的可能性很大.C2由于具有高能量,其具有基态的单质子转移特征的异构体EK(同时含烯醇E与酮K结构)、具有基态的双质子转移特征的异构体2K(含有双酮结构),以及具有双酮结构特征的激发态2K*均无法获得它们的稳定结构,因此,基态分子内单或双质子转移和激发态分子内双重质子转移发生的可能性极小.然而,由于双烯醇式的激发态(2E*)和EK的激发态(EK*)存在稳定结构,且2E*→EK*跃迁具有低能垒,因此C2有可能发生激发态分子内单重质子转移.本文进一步计算了两个分子的紫外-可见吸收光谱与荧光发射光谱,获得了具有较大斯托克位移的ESIPT的荧光发射峰.     

Electronic Structure Characteristics of ESIPT and TICT Fluorescence Emissions and Calculations of Emitting Energies

A scheme of time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) combined with the single-excitation configuration interaction (CIS) approach was employed to investigate the first excited singlet state (S₁) for eight salicylanilide derivatives and analogues, which have similar structural formulas. The results showed that fluorescence-emitting mechanisms of these molecules were in two distinct manners (excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) and twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT)), which agreed with the well-known experiments. For ESIPT compounds with inconspicuous charge transfer (CT) during electron transition, pure functionals without Hartree-Fock (HF) exchange energy, such as OLYP and BLYP, were suitable to calculate emitting energies. For TICT compounds with large CT during electron transition, hybrid functionals with about 37% HF exchange energy, such as mPW1B95 and MPW1K, performed well. On condition that the exchange-correlation (XC) functionals were chosen properly according to the rules above, reliable emitting energies for salicylanilide derivatives and analogues could be obtained at the TDDFT/6-31G(d)//CIS/3-21G(d) level. The average accuracy reached about 0.2 eV. For the salicylanilides with both proton transfer (PT) and CT reaction channels, only one channel occurred actually according to the principle of energy minimum. This actual reaction decided proper XC functionals, whereas the reaction that did not occur actually was trivial. Eight appendent compounds were calculated to prove that this successful scheme is expected to be suitable for other ESIPT and TICT compounds.     

Proper Choice of XC Functionals and Calculations of Fluorescence-Emitting Energies for Coumarin Derivatives

A scheme of time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) combined with single-excitation configuration interaction (CIS) approach was employed to make a detailed investigation of the emitting energy for fifteen well-known coumarin derivatives. The results showed that the predicted emitting energies as well as the absorption ones were dominated mainly by the exchange-correlation (XC) functional to be used. So long as a functional is properly chosen, the experimental emitting energy of most derivatives can be accurately reproduced within 0.16 eV by a calculation at the TDDFT/6-31G(d)//CIS/3-21G(d) theoretical level. It was found that, nevertheless, the hybrid functional, B3LYP, well predicted the absorption energies for all the fifteen coumarin derivatives but none of the functionals could work equally well for the emitting energy calculations. Two pure functionals, OLYP and BLYP, yield good emitting energies for the 7-aminocoumarins or derivatives with a N atom connected to 7-position, which exhibit inconspicuous charge transfer (CT) in their excited states, whereas the B3LYP hybrid functional, with 20% Hartree-Fock (HF) exchange energy, performs significantly better than OLYP and BLYP for those 3-substituted coumarins with larger CT in excited states. Thus, in comparison with the absorption energies, the selection of proper functionals for the emitting energy calculations becomes more complex. In all probability, it is effective and doable to choose an XC-functional with alterable fraction of HF exchange energy according to the composition and structure characteristics of molecule.     

Role of structural flexibility in the fluorescence and photochromism of salicylideneaniline: the general scheme of the phototransformations

The mechanism of light-induced transformation in the salicylideneaniline molecule was studied by semiempirical PM3 calculations. The structures and energies of the minima and saddle points (transition states) on the S₀, S₁ and T₁ potential energy hypersurfaces (PESs) were obtained, together with the gradient lines on the PESs. The structure-energy scheme was compared with the experimental findings. According to the results obtained, the following principle processes are observed: fast S₁ excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT), followed by typical ESIPT fluorescence; the formation of two S₁ twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT) structures which quench the ESIPT fluorescence; the diabatic formation of two ground state metastable coloured “post-TICT” structures responsible for photochromism.     

The invalidity of intermolecular proton transfer triggered twisted intramolecular charge transfer in excited state for 2-(4′-diethylamino-2′-hydroxyphenyl)-1H-imidazo-[4,5-b]pyridine

The excited-state dynamics of the excited-state proton transfer and intramolecular twisted charge transfer (TICT) reactions of a molecular photoswitch 2-(4′-diethylamino-2′-hydroxyphenyl)-1H-imidazo-[4,5-b]pyridine (DHP) in aprotic and alcoholic solvents have been theoretically investigated by using time-dependent density functional theory. The excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) reaction of DHP proceeding upon excitation in all the solvents has been confirmed, and the dual emission has been assigned to the enol and keto forms of DHP. However, for methanol and ethanol solvents within strong hydrogen-bonded capacity, the intermolecular hydrogen bonds between DHP and methanol/ethanol would promote an excited-state double proton transfer (ESDPT) along the hydrogen-bonded bridge. Importantly, the previous proposed ESDPT-triggered TICT mechanism of DHP in methanol and ethanol was not supported by our calculations. The twist motion would increase the total energy of the system for both the products of ESIPT and ESDPT. According to the calculations of the transition states, the ESDPT reaction occurs much easier in keto form generated by ESIPT. Therefore, a sequential ESIPT and ESDPT mechanism of DHP in methanol and ethanol has been reasonably proposed.     

Excited state intramolecular proton transfer in 5-hydroxy flavone: A DFT study

Potential energy surfaces (PES) for the ground and excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) processes in 5-hydroxy-flavone (5HF) were studied using DFT-B3LYP/6-31G(d) and TD-DFT/6-31G(d) level of theory, respectively. Our calculations suggest the non-viability of ground state intramolecular proton transfer (GSIPT) in 5HF. Excited states PES calculations support the existence of ESIPT process in 5HF. ESIPT in 5HF has been explained in terms of HOMO, LUMO electron density of the enol and keto tautomer of 5HF. PES scan by phenyl group rotation suggests that the twisted form, i.e., phenyl group rotated by 18.7° out of benzo-γ-pyrone ring plane is the most stable conformer of 5HF.     

Excited state geometry optimizations by analytical energy gradient of long-range corrected time-dependent density functional theory

An analytical excitation energy gradient of long-range corrected time-dependent density functional theory (LC-TDDFT) is presented. This is based on a previous analytical TDDFT gradient formalism, which avoids solving the coupled-perturbed Kohn-Sham equation for each nuclear degree of freedom. In LC-TDDFT, exchange interactions are evaluated by combining the short-range part of a DFT exchange functional with the long-range part of the Hartree-Fock exchange integral. This LC-TDDFT gradient was first examined by calculating the excited state geometries and adiabatic excitation energies of small typical molecules and a small protonated Schiff base. As a result, we found that long-range interactions play a significant role even in valence excited states of small systems. This analytical LC-TDDFT gradient was also applied to the investigations of small twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT) systems. By comparing with calculated ab initio multireference perturbation theory and experimental results, we found that LC-TDDFT gave much more accurate absorption and fluorescence energies of these systems than those of conventional TDDFTs using pure and hybrid functionals. For optimized excited state geometries, LC-TDDFT provided fairly different twisting and wagging angles of these small TICT systems in comparison with conventional TDDFT results.     

Different ESIPT Mechanisms for Angular‐Shaped Quinacridone in Toluene and Dimethyl Formamide (DMF) Solvents: A Theoretical Study

Adopting density functional theory (DFT) and time‐dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) methods, we investigat and present two different excited‐state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) mechanisms of angular‐quinacridone (a‐QD) in both toluene and DMF,theoretically. Comparing the primary structural variations of a‐QD involved in the intramolecular hydrogen bond, we conclude that N1–H2⋯O3 should be strengthened in the S₁ state, which may facilitate the ESIPT process. Particularly, in toluene, the S₁‐state‐stable a‐QD enol* could not be located because of the non‐barrier ESIPT process. Concomitantly, infrared vibrational spectral analysis further verified the stability of the hydrogen bond. In addition, the role of charge–transfer interaction has been addressed under the frontier molecular orbitals (MOs), which depicts the nature of the electronic excited state and supports the ESIPT reaction. The potential energy curves according to variational N1–H2 coordinate demonstrates that the proton transfer process should occur spontaneously in toluene; however, in DMF, a low potential energy barrier of 0.493 kcal/mol is needed to complete the ESIPT reaction. Although this barrier of 0.493 kcal/mol is too low to make an important impact on the ESIPT reaction, just because of the existence of barrier, ESIPT mechanisms in toluene and DMF are different.     

Restriction of Photoinduced Twisted Intramolecular Charge Transfer

An intensive investigation of structure–property relationships in the aggregation‐induced enhanced emission (AIEE) of luminescent compounds is essential for the rational design of highly emissive solid‐state materials. In the AIEE‐active compounds N,N′‐bis[3‐hydroxy‐4‐(2′‐benzothiazolyl)phenyl]isophthalamide and N,N′‐bis[3‐hydroxy‐4‐(2′‐benzothiazolyl)phenyl]‐5‐tert‐butylisophthalamide, fast photoinduced twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT) of the enol excited state is found to be mainly responsible for the weak emission of their dilute solutions. The photoinduced TICT enol excited state is formed with a greatly distorted configuration, due to the large rotation about the C? N single bond. This facilitates nonradiative TICT decay from the normal enol excited state to the highly twisted enol excited state, rather than proton‐transfer decay to the keto excited state. In aggregates, photoinduced nonradiative deactivation of TICT is strongly prohibited, so that excited‐state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) becomes the dominant decay, and hence contributes greatly to the subsequent emission enhancement of the keto form. Molecular design and investigation of analogous single‐armed compounds further verifies this kind of AIEE mechanism.