Dendrimers-merging biomimics and photoenergy conversion

Dendrimers are well-defined tree-like macromolecules possessing numerous chain ends emanating from a single core, which makes them attractive candidates for mimicking light-harvesting systems and hydrogenases. Photoinduced electron and energy transfers are main processes involved in light-harvesting and photocatalysis. In this review, the general concepts of design strategies and recent developments of photofunctional dendrimers in biomimics of light-harvesting systems and hydrogenases are discussed. The energy transfer and electron transfer processes in light-harvesting dendrimers and the effect of dendritic structures in photochemical hydrogen production are illustrated.     

Synthesis and Cation-Mediated Electron Transfer in Fluorescence Quenching of Donor-Acceptor Podands

Covalently linked donor-acceptor (D-A) systems have been designed to stUdyphotoinduced electron transfer (PET) in a way that mimics the process occurring innatural photosynthesis'. For a given D-A system, the rate of PET depends on the D-Adistance and relative orientation of the chromophores. For stLldies of this dependence,rigid dyads are generally used2. In contrast, if the spacer binding the chromophores isflexible, large conformational changes can occur following PET Hence, the syst…     

Electron transfer NO_2~++NO→NO_2+NO~+ in aromatic nitration

A simple model for computing the electron transfer rate constant of a cross-reaction has been proposed in the framework of semiclassical theory and employed to investigate the electron transfer system NO2+/NO.The encounter complex of electron transfer NO2++NO→NO2+NO+has been optimized at the level of UHF/6-31G.In the construction of diabatic potential energy surfaces the linear coordinate was used and the kinetic quantities,such as the activation energies and the electron transfer matrix elements,have been obtained.For comparison,the related self-exchange reation systems NO2+/NO2 and NO+/NO were kinetically investigated.The calculated activation energies for the electron transfer reactions of systems NO2+/NO,NO2+/NO2,and NO+/NO are 81 4,128.8,and 39.8kJ mol-1,respectively With the solvent effect taken into account,the contribution of solvent reorganization to the activation energy has been estimated according to the geometric parameters of the transition states.The obtained rate constants show that the     

Metal-organic supramolecular nanoarchitectures by Ru(Ⅱ)bis-(terpyridine)-bridged pillar[5]arene dimers with triphenylamine

A metal-organic photoinduced electron transfer(PET) supramolecular nanoarchitecture comprised of Ru(Ⅱ) bis(terpyridine)-modified pillar[5]arene(electron acceptor) and triazole triphenylamine amyl cyanide(electron donor) has been designed and constructed.Through the comparison of diverse solvents and acceptors,the two conditions,i.e.,modification of pillar[5]arene to donor and weak polar solvent are benefit for the occurrence of "efficient PET" because of shorter D-A distance in the presence of pillar[5]arene.Crucially,the fluorescence and PET process of the supramolecular assembly could be further modulated by solvent conversion and another competitive guest.The study provides a supramolecular method to design and construct tunable PET systems and PET-based smart materials.     

First Diels-Alder Addct of [60] Fullerene with a Piperidinoxanthate

In the search for intramolecular energy and electron transfer phenomena in [ 60 ] fullerene donor-containing molecules, some electron donor fragments have been covalently linked to the fullerene core. [1 ～4] Only in very fewcases has reliable evidence of thermal or photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer processes been reported. [5]With the aim of promoting an intramolecular electron transfer we sought to develop a novel type of 6-chlorophenazine derivative of [60]fullerene in which the 6-chloro-phenazine core is directly attached by two σ-bonds to the ball giving rise to a different and more rigid spatial orientation of the HOMO of the 6-chloro-phenazine addend with respect to the LUMO of [60]fullerene.     

Preparation and Intramolecular Electron Transfer of A Covalently Linked Zinc Porphyrin-Methyl Viologen (MV2+) Complex

Porphyrins and methyl viologen(MV~(2+)) are widely used as a photosensitizer and an electron acceptor respectively in photoinduced electron transfer systems. Literatures covered numerous examples of photochemical studies of porphyrins covalently linked to various electron acceptor units, such as viologen, which functioned as both a photosensitizer and an electron acceptor in the same molecule. However, the length of the linked chain between porphyrin and viologen is very important. To improve the rate of photoin-     

Novel Roles of Metal Ions in Layered Self-assembled Films of Polynuclear Complexes on Their Photoinduced Electron Transfer Properties

Three metal ion bridged self-assembled(SA)films of cis-di(thiocyanato)-bis(2,2'-bipyridyl-4,4'-dicarboxylate)ruthenium were fabricated and characterized by contact angle,UV spectra,cyclic voltammetry and XPS.Theirphotoinduced electron transfer properties(PETP)were examined.Among the titled systems,the highest steady an-odic photocurrent of 1773—1843 nA/cm~1 and the highest quantum yield of 3.2% were achieved.The effects of in-cident light intensity,bias voltage,and electron donor were also studied.The possible mechanism of electron trans-fer was proposed.The results reveal that different metal ion in SA films could affect significantly the photoinducedelectron transfer property.Our experimental results clearly show that bridging metal ions can play both functionaland structural roles in these self-assembled systems.This method of forming functional films can provide a new ap-proach to regulate the property of similar systems.     

Photophysical Properties and Photoinduced Electron Transfer between[60]Fullerene—containing Cyclic Sulphoxide [C60—C60H8SO]and Tetrathiafulvalene（TTF） by Laser Flash Photolysis

Photoinduced electron transfer(PET) processes between C60-C6H8SO and Tetrathiafulvalene(TTF) have been studied by nanosecond laser photolysis.Quantrm yiekds(φet) and rate constants of electron transfer(ket) from TTF to excited triplet state of[60] fullerene-containing cyclic sulphoxide in benzonitrile(BN) have been evaluated by observing the transient absorption bands in the NIR region.With the decay of excited triplet state of [60]fullerene-containing cyclic suplhoxide,the rise of radical anion of [60]fullerene-containing cyclic sulphoxinde is observed.     

吩噻嗪给体受体衍生物激发态的电荷转移

A series of N-bonded donor-acceptor derivatives of phenothiazine containing phenyl （PHPZ）, anisyl （ANPZ）, pyridyl （PYPZ）, naphthyl （NAPZ）, acetylphenyl （APPZ）, and cyanophenyl （CPPZ） as an electron acceptor have been synthesized. Their photophysical properties were investigated in solvents of different polarities by absorption and emission techniques. These studies clearly revealed the existence of an intramolecular charge transfer （ICT） excited state in the latter four compounds. The solvent dependent Stokes shift values were analyzed by the modified Lippert-Mataga equation to obtain the excited state dipole moment values. The large excited state dipole moment suggests that the full （or nearly full） electron transfer take place in the A-D systems. In the system of A-D phenothiazine derivatives, the transition dipole moments Mflu were determined mainly by direct interactions between the solvent-equilibrated fluorescence ^1CT state and ground state because of their lack of significant change with increase of the solvent polarity. The electron structure and molecular conformation of phenothiazine derivatives will be significantly changed with the increase of the electron affinity of the N-10 substituent.     

Metal Ion Enhanced Phosphorescence of 2,3—Naphtho—10—aza—15—crown—5：A Possible Molecular Photonic Operator

A novel crown ether,2,3-naphtho-10-aza-15-crown-5(NAC) was synthesized.This compound does not show strong fluorescence and phosphorescence due to photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer from the nitrogen lone pair of electrons to the singlet excited state of the naphthalene chromophore.Complexation with heavy-metal ions results in the quenching of the fluorescence and enhancement of the phosphorescence significantly.These observations were interpreted in terms of the binding interactions,between the nitrogen lone pair electrons and the metal cation,which prevent photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer,and the heavy-atom effects which induce quenching of the fluorescence and enhancement of the phosphorescence.These azacrown and heavy-metalbased systems could be useful as potential chemical sensors and molecular photonic devices.     

THE MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE SPHERULITES

The morphology and structure of three types of normal and abnormal spherulites of polyethylene terephthalate cast from solution in dimethylphthalate were studied by polarizing microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and electron diffraction techniques. In the normal negative spherulites the [0]~* direction is parallel to the radius direction. In the normal positive spherulites the radius direction is parallel to the [6]~*. In the abnormal PET spherulites the Maltese cross extinction pattern in the polarizing microscope under crossed polars is oriented at 45°to the polars and there are concentric extinction rings around the center of the spherulite. Electron diffraction pattern indicates that [2]~* is parallel to the radius of the spherulite and this explains the observed extinction pattern, in the abnormal spherulite.     

Synthesis of Fulleropyrrolidines under Microwave Irradiation

In recent years, considerable efforts have been devoted to the development of systems in which C60 is covalently linked to an electron donor.[1] Studies[2] on intermolecular photoinduced electron transfer between C60 and triphenyl amine show that triphenyl amine is a good donor. It is envisaged that the use of donor segments consisting of either pyrrole/aniline may extend the lifetime of charge-separated state.[3] Since Gedye[4] demonstrated that many organic reactions can be conducted rapidly under microwave irradiation, here we have successfully synthesized five new fulleropyrrolidines containing triphenyl amine or thiophene dyads under microwave irradiation, which are different from traditional heating. The determination of structures of these fulleropyrrolidines is in progress. On the other hand, we have studied the geometry, electronic structures and frontier orbitals of these N-methyl-pyrrolo[3,4]C60 derivatives by using AM1semiempirical quantum calculation method. The results indicate that there exists strong intramolecular electron transfer in them.     

Quantum chemical study on excited states and charge transfer of oxazolo[4,5-b]-pyridine derivatives

The excitedstate intramolecular charge transfer of four oxazolo[4,5-b]pyridine derivatives with different electron donating and electron withdrawing groups was investigated using the time-dependent density functional theory. The vertical excitation energies and the electronic structures were explored. Their distinct properties of absorption and fluorescence spectra in solvent phase were explained according to the electronic coupling matrix elements calculated by the Mulliken-Hush theory. The sub-stituent on the oxazolo[4,5-b]pyridines will remarkably change their spectra properties and increase the first excited-state dipole moments. The effect of protonation on the absorption and fluorescence spectra was also investigated systematically. Our study suggests that the present method is feasible to explain charge transfer excitation and predict the properties of absorption and emission spectra in the studied systems.     

Photoinduced charge transfer in porphyrin-C_(60) oligomer

Photoinduced electron transfer (ET) between C60 and porphyrin (P) in a new polymer containing porphyrin, poly(p-phenyle nevinylene), and pendant fullerene units has been investigated by nanosecond transient absorption and phosphorescence spectroscopy. Compared to the physically doping material systems, binding porphyrin/C60 through chemical bonds in a polymer detains the formation of the triplet states of porphyrins and C60. The formation of intermediate charge transfer state (CSS) of P·+-C60·? was observed...     

过渡金属离子识别的1，8-萘二甲酰亚氨衍生物作为荧光传感器的研究

Two fluorosensor systems have been designed and synthesized with their photophysical properties and fluorescence responses toward the transition metal ions studied. The fluorosensor was composed of 1,8-naphthalimide and 4-chloro-1,8-naphthalimide as fluorophore respectively, an amino moiety as the receptor and a hydrocarbon chain as the spacer to link the fluorophore and receptor. Fluorescence intensity of these systems is very weak due to the process of the efficient intramolecular photoinduced electron transfer （PET） in the absence of metal ions. Titration of the transition metal ions can switch on the fluorescence immediately. The intensity of released fluorescence is even higher than the expected from the consideration of the PET in these systems. It may be rationalized that the receptor bound to transition metal ions and the solvation of the fluorophore by the water molecules from the hydrated transition metal salts, may significantly cause fluorescence enhancement.     

Synthesis and Spectroscopic Investigation of Azoporphyrins

Recently the synthesis of the porphyrins and the investigation of their physico-chemical properties have been of increasing interest.In particular,well-designed porphyrin derivatives can act as switches and gates1,nonlinear optics2and other organic photoelectric materials3,4.In these fields the investigation of photoinduced electron transfer is essential in understanding the mechanism and processes of these molecular scale electronic components.Azobenzene and some azobenzene derivatives could …     

Synthesis and Characterization of Donor-Acceptor-Donor Triads Containing Tetrathiafulvalene and Naphthalene Diimide Units： Towards Regulation of the Intermolecular Charge-Transfer Interaction by Varying the Attached Side Groups

Introduction Extensive studies have been performed on electron donor-acceptor supramolecular systems, which have been used as models to investigate charge-transfer interactions,1 photoinduced electron and energy transfer reactions (for understanding the natural photosynthesis mechanisms).2 In recent years, molecular devices such as molecular shuttles and molecular switches based on electron donor-acceptor supramolecules have been proposed and studied.3 Since the synthesis of tetrathiafulvalene…     

Transient Absorption Spectral characterization of Electron Transfer between Fullerenes（C60／C70）and N,N,N’，N’—Tetra（p—methylphenyl）—4,4’—diamino—1,1’—diphenyl Sulphide（TPDAS）

In search of new systems with a photoexcited redox pair which exhibits a strong and stable photoinduced absorption band to understand the photophyscial and photochemical properties of electron transfer between fullernes (C60/C70) and organic donor[N,N,N’，N’-tetra(p-methylphenyl)-4,4’-diamino-1,1’-diphenyl sulphide(TPDAS)],we studied characteristic absorption spectra in the near-IR region obtained from 532nm nanosecond laser flash photolysis of a mixture of the fullerenes (C60/C70) and TPDAS in polar solvents.When fullerenes (C60/C70)were photoexcithed,the rise of the radical anion of fullerenes (C60/C70)with the rapid decay of their excited triplet states were observed in benzonitrile.It can be deduced that the electron transfer reaction does take place from TPDAS to excithed triplet state of rullerens(C60/C70).The rate consants(ket)and quantum yiekls(φet) of this process have been also evaluated.     

Computational studies of σ-type weak interactions between NCO/NCS radicals and XY(X = H,Cl;Y = F,Cl,and Br)

The triatomic radicals NCO and NCS are of interest in atmospheric chemistry,and both the ends of these radicals can potentially serve as electron donors during the formation of σ-type hydrogen/halogen bonds with electron acceptors XY(X = H,Cl;Y = F,Cl,and Br).The geometries of the weakly bonded systems NCO/NCS···XY were determined at the MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ level of calculation.The results obtained indicate that the geometries in which the hydrogen/halogen atom is bonded at the N atom are more stable than those where it is bonded at the O/S atom,and that it is the molecular electrostatic potential(MEP)-not the electronegativity-that determines the stability of the hydrogen/halogen bond.For the same electron donor(N or O/S) in the triatomic radical and the same X atom in XY,the bond strength decreases in the order Y = F > Cl > Br.In the hydrogen/halogen bond formation process for all of the complexes studied in this work,transfer of spin electron density from the electron donor to the electron acceptor is negligible,but spin density rearranges within the triatomic radicals,being transferred to the terminal atom not interacting with XY.     

Electron Transfer Reaction between M-C_6H_6 and M~ -C_6H_6 Complexes in the Gas Phase: Density Functional Theory Study

Significant progress has been made in understanding the nature of the transition state andthe paths for electron transfer, especially the influences of environmental factors and themolecular properties on the electron transfer rate. These classical and semi-classical, aswell as quantum-mechanical theory, have been very successful in rationalizing severalstructure-reactivity relationships and in predicting novel features of reactivity. Thesemodels established some links between the electron tra…