A theoretical forecast of the hydrogen bond changes in the electronic excited state for BN and its derivatives

The relationship between electronic spectral shifts and hydrogen-bonding dynamics in electronically excited states of the hydrogen-bonded complex is put forward. Hydrogen bond strengthening will induce a redshift of the corresponding electronic spectra, while hydrogen bond weakening will cause a blueshift. Time-dependent density function theory (TDDFT) was used to study the excitation energies in both singlet and triplet electronically excited states of Benzonitrile (BN), 4-aminobenzonitrile (ABN), and 4-dimethylaminobenzonitrile (DMABN) in methanol solvents. Only the intermolecular hydrogen bond C≡N...H-O was involved in our system. A fairly accurate forecast of the hydrogen bond changes in lowlying electronically excited states were presented in light of a very thorough consideration of their related electronic spectra. The deduction we used to depict the trend of the hydrogen bond changes in excited states could help others understand hydrogen-bonding dynamics more effectively.     

Time‐dependent density functional theory study on the excited‐state hydrogen bonding strengthening of photoexcited 4‐amino‐1,8‐naphthalimide in hydrogen‐donating solvents

The time‐dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) method was performed to investigate the excited‐state hydrogen bonding dynamics of 4‐amino‐1,8‐naphthalimide (4ANI) as hydrogen bond acceptor in hydrogen donating methanol (MeOH) solvent. The ground‐state geometry optimizations, electronic transition energies and corresponding oscillation strengths of the low‐lying electronically excited states for the isolated 4ANi and hydrogen‐bonded 4ANi‐(MeOH)_1,4 complexes were calculated by the DFT and TDDFT methods, respectively. We demonstrated that the intermolecular hydrogen bond C═O···H–O and N–H···O–H in the hydrogen‐bonded 4ANi‐(MeOH)_1,4 is strengthened in the electronically excited state, because the electronic excitation energies of the hydrogen‐bonded complex are correspondingly decreased compared with that of the isolated 4ANi. The calculated results are consistent with the mechanism of the hydrogen bond strengthening in the electronically excited state, while contrast with mechanism of hydrogen bond cleavage. Furthermore, we believe that the transient hydrogen bond strengthening behavior in electronically excited state of fluorescent dye in hydrogen‐donating solvents exists in many other systems in solution. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Excited-state hydrogen bonding effect on dynamic fluorescence of coumarin 102 chromophore in solution: A time-resolved fluorescence and theoretical study

The steady-state absorption and emission as well as the time-resolved fluorescence spectra of coumarin 102 (C102) in both aprotic and alcoholic solvents have been used to study the effect of excited-state hydrogen bond on the dynamic fluorescence of C102 chromophore in various solutions. The dual fluorescence of C102 in alcohols, which is dependent on the hydrogen-bonded donation ability of the solvent, has been assigned to the distribution of free C102 and a hydrogen-bonded complex. Furthermore, a shift of the fluorescence spectra induced by excited-state hydrogen bond has been demonstrated to take place within hundreds of picoseconds by the performance of the time-resolved fluorescence spectra with the time-correlated single-photon-counting (TCSPC) technique. Moreover, the time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) has been used to calculate the hydrogen-bonded equilibrium constant pK_HB in different electronic states. It has been demonstrated for the first time that the hydrogen bond strengthening in electronic excited states could decrease the free energy of the hydrogen-bonded complex due to its stronger binding energy. Therefore, the hydrogen-bonded equilibrium will become markedly in favor of the hydrogen-bonded forms in electronic excited states by comparison with the case in the ground state.     

Time-dependent density functional theory study on electronic excited states of the hydrogen-bonded solute-solvent phenol-(H2O)n (n=3-5) clusters

The solute-solvent interactions of hydrogen-bonded phenol-(H₂O)_n (n=3-5) clusters in electronic excited states were investigated by means of the time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) method. The geometric structures and IR spectra in ground state, S₁ state, and T₁ state of the clusters, were calculated using the density functional theory (DFT) and TDDFT methods. Only the ring form isomer, the most stable one of the cluster, was considered in this study. Four, five and six intermolecular hydrogen bonds were formed in phenol-(H₂O)₃, phenol-(H₂O)₄, and phenol-(H₂O)₅ clusters, respectively. Based on the analysis of IR spectra, it is revealed that the “window region” between unshifted and shifted absorption bands in both S₁ and T₁ state becomes broader compared with that in ground state for the corresponding clusters. Furthermore, two interesting phenomenon were observed: (1) with the anticlockwise order of the ring formed by the intermolecular hydrogen bonds in the H-bonded phenol-(H₂O)_n (n=3-5) clusters, the strengths of the intermolecular hydrogen bonds decrease in all the S₀, S₁ and T₁ states; (2) upon electronic excitation, the smaller the distance between phenol and water is, the larger the change of intermolecular hydrogen bonds strength is. Moreover, the intermolecular hydrogen bond (phenolic OH is the H donor) is strengthened in excited state compared with that in ground state. But the intermolecular hydrogen bond (phenolic OH is the H acceptor) is weakened in excited state.     

Hydrogen bonding and excited state properties of the photoexcited hydrogen‐bonded (E)‐S‐(2‐aminopropyl) 3‐(4‐hydroxyphenyl)prop‐2‐enethioate complexes

The time‐dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) method has been performed to investigate the excited state and hydrogen bonding dynamics of a series of photoinduced hydrogen‐bonded complexes formed by (E)‐S‐(2‐aminopropyl) 3‐(4‐hydroxyphenyl)prop‐2‐enethioate with water molecules in vacuum. The ground state geometric optimizations and electronic transition energies as well as corresponding oscillator strengths of the low‐lying electronic excited states of the (E)‐S‐(2‐aminopropyl) 3‐(4‐hydroxyphenyl)prop‐2‐enethioate monomer and its hydrogen‐bonded complexes O₁‐H₂O, O₂‐H₂O, and O₁O₂‐(H₂O)₂ were calculated by the density functional theory and TDDFT methods, respectively. It is found that in the excited states S₁ and S₂, the intermolecular hydrogen bond formed with carbonyl oxygen is strengthened and induces an excitation energy redshift, whereas the hydrogen bond formed with phenolate oxygen is weakened and results in an excitation energy blueshift. This can be confirmed based on the excited state geometric optimizations by the TDDFT method. Furthermore, the frontier molecular orbital analysis reveals that the states with the maximum oscillator strength are mainly contributed by the orbital transition from the highest occupied molecular orbital to the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital. These states are of locally excited character, and they correspond to single‐bond isomerization while the double bond remains unchanged in vacuum.     

氢键效应对2,3-二氢-3-酮基-1H-吡啶并[3,2,1-kl]吩噻嗪光物理性质的影响

利用含时密度泛函理论(TDDFT)方法和飞秒时间分辨的瞬态吸收光谱技术对2,3-二氢-3-酮基-1H-吡啶并[3,2,1-kl]吩噻嗪(PTZ4)和3-酮基-1H-吡啶并[3,2,1-kl]吩噻嗪(PTZ5)这两种荧光探针分子的光物理性质进行了研究. TDDFT结果表明PTZ4和PTZ5在甲醇溶液形成了氢键络合物导致它们吸收峰的红移. PTZ4分子在基态有四种稳定构型,其在四氢呋喃溶液中的双荧光峰正是来自于四种构型下的内部电荷转移态. PTZ4分子在四氢呋喃和甲醇溶液中的瞬态吸收光谱表明,从局域态到转移态的弛豫时间常数在四氢呋喃中为16.0 ps,在甲醇中为7.5 ps;PTZ4分子在甲醇中的激发态寿命为53.8 ps,而这种超短的寿命可能是由于PTZ4分子在激发态时形成的面外型氢键络合物导致的.     

Stability of the (H2O)2 dimer in the ground and lowest-lying excited electronic states

A theoretical study of the (H₂O)₂ dimer has been carried out in which the lowest S₁ and T₁ excited electronic states of the dimer complex, the influence of hydrogen bond formation on the shift in the maximum of the absorption band, and the stability of the dimer complex in the ground and excited states have been examined. It was found that there is only a single global maximum for the system — a nonplanar dimer complex formed by a linear hydrogen bond. Cyclic and bifurcated structures are transition states which do not form stable configurations when electronically excited. For the structure having a minimum in the ground electronic state, two nondissociating S₁ and T₁ states were found with bond energies of 2.0 and 4.4 kcal/mole, respectively. Formation of hydrogen bonds leads to a shift in the absorption maximum to the blue region with respect to the monomer. The hydrogen bond was found to weaken in the excited electronic states of the dimer.V. D. Kuznetsov Siberian Physicotechnical Scientific-Research Institute at the State University, Tomsk, Russia. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 3, pp. 11–15, March, 1993.     

Excited‐state hydrogen bonding dynamics of pyruvic acid and geminal‐diol, 2,2‐dihydroxypropanoic acid in aqueous solution: a DFT/TDDFT study

In this work, we present the optimized ground state geometrical structures, electronic excitation energies and corresponding oscillation strengths of the low‐lying electronically excited states for the isolated Tce‐CH3COCOOH and Tce‐CH3C(OH)2COOH as well as their corresponding hydrogen‐bonded dimers Tce‐CH3COCOOH‐H2O and Tce‐CH3C(OH)2COOH‐H2O through time‐dependent density functional theory method. It is found that the intermolecular hydrogen bonds C=O···H‐O are strengthened in the electronically excited states of the hydrogen‐bonded dimers Tce‐CH3COCOOH‐H2O and Tce‐CH3C(OH)2COOH‐H2O, in that the excitation energies of the related excited states for the hydrogen‐bonded dimers are decreased compared with those of the corresponding monomers. The calculated results are consistent with the rules that are first demonstrated by Zhao on the excited‐state hydrogen bonding dynamics. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

TDDFT study on the excited‐state hydrogen bonding of N‐(2‐hydroxyethyl)‐1,8‐naphthalimide and N‐(3‐hydroxyethyl)‐1,8‐naphthalimide in methanol solution

The time‐dependent density functional theory method was performed to investigate the excited‐state hydrogen‐bonding dynamics of N‐(2‐hydroxyethyl)‐1,8‐naphthalimide (2a) and N‐(3‐hydroxyethyl)‐1,8‐naphthalimide (3a) in methanol (meoh) solution. The ground and excited‐state geometry optimizations, electronic excitation energies, and corresponding oscillation strengths of the low‐lying electronically excited states for the complexes 2a + 2meoh and 3a + 2meoh as well as their monomers 2a and 3a were calculated by density functional theory and time‐dependent density functional theory methods, respectively. We demonstrated that the three intermolecular hydrogen bonds of 2a + 2meoh and 3a + 2meoh are strengthened after excitation to the S₁ state, and thus induce electronic spectral redshift. Moreover, the electronic excitation energies of the hydrogen‐bonded complexes in S₁ state are correspondingly decreased compared with those of their corresponding monomer 2a and 3a. In addition, the intramolecular charge transfer of the S₁ state for complexes 2a + 2meoh and 3a + 2meoh were theoretically investigated by analysis of molecular orbital. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

电子激发和溶剂效应对芴酮-甲醇分子间氢键增强现象的理论研究 (cited: 1)

理论研究了电子激发和溶剂效应导致的芴酮-甲醇复合体系中分子间氢键增强现象．通过基态和激发态性质的计算,不仅展示了分子间氢键键长的变化以及变化在振动光谱中的影响,而且揭示了导致氢键变化的内在物理机制：溶质分子的电子激发及溶剂化效应引起的电子重新分布,增大了溶质和溶剂分子的偶极矩,导致了它们之间的相互作用的增大,并最终加强了分子间氢键的强度．还分别对处于液相及气相中的复合体的基态和激发态的几何结构、红外谱、复合体及构成分子的偶极矩进行了理论计算,结果阐明了电子激发与溶剂化效应对氢键变化的贡献,同时还发现只有进一步引入溶剂化效应,复合体的基态、激发态的性质才能与实验达到精确一致．所有激发态均采用所开发的基于含时密度泛函理论解析计算一阶、二阶激发态能量导数的方法．     

激发态下甘氨酸与水分子间氢键性质研究

在生物体中氨基酸通常以水作为溶剂,是形成细胞的重要成分.在该环境下,分子间氢键的产生会对氨基酸分子与水分子的结构和性质产生影响.为了研究其在基态和激发态下的性质,本文利用密度泛函理论(DFT)和含时密度泛函理论(TD-DFT)对甘氨酸分子和H₂O分子在基态和激发态下的分子间氢键的静电势、键长、自然键轨道(NBO)电荷、分子中的原子理论(AIM)分析、Wiberg键级b、红外(IR)光谱、空穴-电子轨道和基态与激发态之间的电子转移进行了理论研究.结果表明：分子间氢键的形成会导致分子结构的改变和红外光谱振动频率的移动.在激发态下,分子间氢键有不同程度的增强或减弱.该计算结果为氢键的形成和激发态下分子间氢键的研究提供理论依据.     

Hydrogen bond lifetimes in supercritical methanol–water mixtures via MD simulation

Dynamical features of hydrogen bonds in methanol–water mixtures have been analysed in terms of lifetime in the wide range of conditions, including supercritical states, using a molecular dynamics simulation with flexible potential models. Hydrogen bond characteristics in methanol–water mixtures were investigated by considering the combination of molecular species and donor–acceptor of hydrogen-bonded molecules. The hydrogen bond lifetimes mainly depend on temperature, and those in supercritical condition were about 1/10th of that at ambient condition. Focusing on the composition dependence of the hydrogen bond lifetime, the unique behaviour of that resulting from hydration structure was observed. Moreover, the molecular combination, which showed the largest hydrogen bond lifetime, was different for ambient and high temperature and high pressure conditions. The relationship between hydrogen bond lifetime and molar volume was also calculated to discuss the hydrogen bond lifetime in terms of the collision frequency of molecules and the intermolecular distance.     

Elaborating the excited state behavior of 2‐(4′‐N,N‐dimethylaminophenyl)‐imidazo[4,5‐c]pyridine coupling with methanol solvent

We present a theoretical investigation about the excited state dynamical mechanism of 2‐(4′‐N,N‐dimethylaminophenyl)‐imidazo[4,5‐c]pyridine (DMAPIP‐c). Within the framework of density functional theory and time‐dependent density functional theory methods, we reasonably repeat the experimental electronic spectra, which further confirm the theoretical level used in this work is feasible. Given the best complex model, 3 methanol (MeOH) solvent molecules should be connected with DMAPIP‐c forming DMAPIP‐c‐MeOH complex in both ground state and excited state. Exploring the changes about bond lengths and bond angles involved in hydrogen bond wires, we find the O7‐H8···N9 one should be largely strengthened in the S₁ state, which plays an important role in facilitating the excited state intermolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) process. In addition, the analyses about infrared vibrational spectra also confirm this conclusion. The redistribution about charges distinguished via frontier molecular orbitals based on the photoexcitation, we do find tendency of ESIPT reaction due to the most charges located around N9 atom in the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital. Based on constructing the potential energy curves of both S₀ and S₁ states, we not only confirm that the ESIPT process should firstly occur along with hydrogen bond wire O7‐H8···N9, but also find a low potential energy barrier 8.898 kcal/mol supports the ESIPT reaction in the S₁ state forming DMAPIP‐c‐MeOH‐PT configuration. Subsequently, DMAPIP‐c‐MeOH‐PT could twist its dimethylamino moiety with a lower barrier 3.475 kcal/mol forming DMAPIP‐c‐MeOH‐PT‐TICT structure. Our work not only successfully explains previous experimental work but also paves the way for the further applications about DMAPIP‐c sensor in future.     

Rapidly progressing photophysical and photochemical relaxation processes in complex organic molecules

Using methods of high-speed kinetic laser spectroscopy, we investigated the dynamics and mechanisms of rapidly progressing relaxation processes in multiatomic molecules. We separated intra- and intermolecular channels of relaxation of the vibrational energy of excitation by the rate of transformation of nonstationary absorption spectra in a picosecond range of times. The role of highly excited electronic states in the process of electronic-vibrational relaxation in molecules of the class of phenazines was ascertained. Applying femtosecond light pulses in a real time scale, we recorded the dynamics of the decay of optically induced anisotropy in rarefied vapors of organic compounds. Several mechanisms of transfer of a hydrogen atom in the process of formation of free radicals in photoreduction of ketones were established. The dynamics of formation of inter- and intramolecular exciplexes in binary gas-phase systems was investigated. We determined the mechanisms of intramolecular dissociation of a C–O chemical bond in spiropyrans and xanthene dyes. Photodissociation of S–S bonds in molecules of disulfides was studied. The possibility of the existence of states with intramolecular charge transport with a twisted configuration for organic free radicals is shown. To whom correspondence should be addressed. Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 70, F. Skorina Ave., Minsk, 220072, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 65, No. 5, pp. 635–661, September–October, 1998.     

2-F-环氧丁烷与几种生物小分子间的赝氢键结构

采用密度泛函B3LYP(Becke,three-parameter,Lee-Yang-PaH)/6-311++G**和HF(Hartree Fock)/6-311++G**方法,从理论上探讨了2-F-环氧丁烷分别与几种常见而重要的生物小分子咪唑(Iminazole)、噻唑(Thiazole)和恶唑(Oxazo1e)等分子间的弱相互作用,发现分子间同时存在N…H常规氢键和C-F…H-C赝氢键结构.弱相互作用能计算表明3个复合物的相对稳定性相当.计算结果表明,在C-F…H-C赝氢键结构中,与电子的直接供体F密切相关的共价键C-F键长增大,伸缩振动的频率红移,而作为电子受体的H-C基团,其C-H键伸缩振动光谱蓝移;另外,电子密度拓扑性质表明C-F…H-C赝氢键的共价性及离子性均与常规氢键相当.     

Electronically excited states of phenol and its water complexes and photoprocesses in them

Energies of electronically excited states of phenol and its water complexes have been calculated with the use of the method of intermediate neglect of differential overlap (INDO) and the theory of intermolecular photophysical processes. The fluorescence quantum yield has been investigated as a function of the excitation energy. It is shown that the experimental dependence of the fluorescence quantum yield on the excitation energy is determined by the photolysis of phenol. The photoreaction of the breaking of the OH bond has been considered. Its mechanism and electronically excited states in which it runs have been established. V.D. Kuznetsov Siberian Physical-Technical Institute at Tomsk State University. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 5, pp. 3–7, May, 1999.     

Molecular mechanism of gelation upon the addition of water to a solution of poly(acrylonitrile) in dimethylsulfoxide

The solidification of a solution of poly(acrylonitrile) (PAN) in dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) upon introduction of water into the solution is studied by Raman spectroscopy. In the absence of water, DMSO molecules are found to produce dipole-dipole bonds with PAN molecules. Upon the introduction of water, DMSO molecules produce hydrogen bonds with it and bands at 1005 and 1015 cm⁻¹ appear in the Raman spectrum, which are assigned to the valence vibrations of S=O bonds involved in the hydrogen bonds. Simultaneously, water molecules produce hydrogen bonds with PAN molecules: R-C≡N...H-O-H...N≡C-R, where R is the carbon skeleton of a PAN molecule. Accordingly, a band at 2250 cm⁻¹ arises in the Raman spectrum, which is assigned to the valence vibrations of C≡N bonds producing hydrogen bonds with a water molecule. When the water content is low and the DMSO concentration is high, the length of the hydrogen bonds varies in wide limits and the band at 2250 cm⁻¹ is wide. As the water content rises, DMSO molecules come out of PAN, the variation of the hydrogen bond length in it decreases (the band at 2250 cm⁻¹ narrows), and a high-viscosity system (gel) arises that consists of PAN molecules bonded to water molecules via “equally strong” hydrogen bonds.     

A combined theoretical and experimental study of the ultrafast photophysics of Rhodamine B

The ultrafast dynamics of zwitterionic and cationic Rhodamine B in ethanol have been investigated using TDDFT calculations and ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy. The calculations show that the zwitterionic form exhibits an electronically excited dark state which could potentially quench the initially photoexcited state, while in the case of cationic form the lowest excited lying dark state is outside the energy region of interest and cannot explain its quenching. Due to similarities in the relaxation dynamics of the two molecules, it is suggested that the electronically excited dark state may not play such an important role in the quenching process of this dye as previously proposed. Experimental evidence presented suggests that a quenching mechanism is active on the picosecond timescale for both forms of Rhodamine B.     

Specific effects of a polar solvent in optical absorption spectra of 5,12-tetracenequinone

We have measured the optical absorption spectra of 5,12-tetracenequinone (5,12-naphthacenequinone) in polar protic (methanol) and nonpolar (n-hexane) solvents. It has been shown that shifts of some bands in the polar solvent compared to the nonpolar one are caused by the formation of high hydrogen bonds between methanol molecules and the molecules under study. The occurrence of hydrogen bonds leads to changes in the energy gaps between occupied and unoccupied molecular orbitals of 5,12-tetracenequinone and, as a consequence, to corresponding changes in energies of electronic transitions. Based on analysis of the absorption spectra in different solvents in combination with the data of calculations of electronic spectra and taking into account changes in the orbital pattern under the action of the solvent, we have determined exact electronic configurations of electronically excited singlet states of 5,12-tetracenequinone.     

Ab initio investigation of excited state dual hydrogen bonding interactions and proton transfer mechanism for novel oxazoline compound

Owing to the importance of excited state dynamical relaxation, the excited state intramolecular proton transfer(ESIPT) mechanism for a novel compound containing dual hydrogen bond(abbreviated as "1-enol") is studied in this work.Using density functional theory(DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory(TDDFT) method, the experimental electronic spectra can be reproduced for 1-enol compound. We first verify the formation of dual intramolecular hydrogen bonds, and then confirm that the dual hydrogen bond should be strengthened in the first excited state. The photo-excitation process is analyzed by using frontier molecular orbital(HOMO and LUMO) for 1-enol compound. The obvious intramolecular charge transfer(ICT) provides the driving force to effectively facilitate the ESIPT process in the S1 state. Exploration of the constructed S0-state and S1-state potential energy surface(PES) reveals that only the excited state intramolecular single proton transfer occurs for 1-enol system, which makes up for the deficiencies in previous experiment.