二氢吡喃光敏氧化反应的研究

本文研究了二氢吡喃的氰基蒽(9,10-二氰基蒽、9-氰基蒽)敏化光氧化反应。在几种不同溶剂(乙腈、二氯甲烷、苯、四氯化碳)中,其敏化光氧化反应所生成的产物、产物分布及溶剂同位素效应与典型单线态氧的氧化反应相同。荧光淬灭、激基复合物的生成和自由能的变化支持了电子转移反应机理。我们认为,反应首先经过敏化剂的激发单线态与反应底物之间的电子转移反应,尔后在反应过程中生成了活性中间体单线态氧1O2。     

1,4-二苯基-1,3-丁二烯的氰基蒽敏化光氧化反应

某些不能与单线态氧(~1O_2)起反应的烯烃、炔烃、硫醚和环氧化合物,在以氰基蒽为敏化剂的条件下,可发生经由光敏电子转移机理的氧化反应.近年来,Santamaria 等,Foote 等和我们都在研究这类反应.本文报道以9,10-二氰基蒽(DCA)为敏化剂、反,反-1,4-二苯基-1,3-丁二烯为反应物的电子转移光敏氧化反应,并讨论了反应机理.     

共轭二烯在硅胶表面上的光氧化反应

本文选用了trans, trans-1,4-二苯基-1,3-丁二烯(DPB)分别与单重量态氧(^1O2)敏化剂亚甲基蓝(MB)或贫电子敏化剂9,10-二氰基蒽(DCA)共同吸附在硅胶表面上, 通过其光敏氧化反应来比较DPB吸附在硅胶表面与DPB在溶液中反应的异同.     

以9,10-二氰基蒽为敏化剂对几种硫醚光氧化初级反应机理的研究

本文研究了多种硫醚化合物对9,10-二氰基蒽(DCA)的荧光猝灭过程,并观察到DCA与硫醚间形成的激基复合物的荧光发射峰。这些证据表明,受光激发后DCA与硫醚之间发生了电子转移。以DCA作敏化剂可氧化异丁基硫醚、羟乙基硫醚以及难以被单线态氧氧化的苯基硫醚。其反应机理可能经历了电子转移,生成氧负离子(superoxide),然后再氧化硫醚生成亚砜这样的过程。     

9,10-二氰基蒽光敏夺氢反应的研究

本文研究了缺电子敏化剂9,10-二氰基蒽(DCA)对苄醇类化合物(二苯甲醇、苯甲醇)及甲苯类化合物(甲苯、对-二甲苯)的光敏化夺氢反应,证明上述两类反应是经由两种不同机制进行的。     

9,10-二氰基蒽光敏分解水制氢反应的研究

本文以9、10-二氰基蒽(DCA)为敏化剂,测定了用胺类,单烯类及取代苯类化合物为电子给体时光敏还原甲基紫精(MV²⁺)的量子产率。用三乙醇胺(TEOA)为电子给体,探索了胶体铂存在下DCA光敏分解水制氩的反应条件并研究了用甲苯、对二甲苯为电子给体时DCA光解水制氢的反应。结果表明以DCA为敏化剂时许多化合物(E^ox<2V)均可作为电子给体,在制氢的同时还有可能合成有用化合物等优点。     

第五、六族元素的有机化合物在有机合成中应用的研究 XXXIII: 氰基亚甲基三苯基膦、胂与2-全氟炔酸甲酯的反应以及3-全氟烷基-4-氰基-3-丁烯酸甲酯的立体选择性合成

氰基亚甲基三苯基胂(1)与2-全氟炔酸甲酯(2)反应,生成加合产物2-三苯胂基-3-全氟烷基-4-氰基丁烯-3-酸甲酯(3)通过3的水解,立体选择性地合成了3-全氟烷基-4-氰基-3-丁烯酸甲酸甲酯[5(Z),6(E)],Z:E约为95:5.氰基亚甲基三苯基膦(7)与2亦可反应,生成加合产物2-三苯基膦叉-3-全氟烷基-4-氰基丁烯-3-酸甲酯的顺式和反式异构体(8)和(9).总产率在90%左右.8与9的比例受反应介质极性的影响,若溶剂极性增大,则有利于8的生成.     

9,10-二氰基蒽光敏化香豆素加成反应的研究

光化学中的电子转移反应近年来引起了人们广泛的重视。9,10-二氰基蒽(DCA)作为贫电子敏化剂敏化的各类烯烃的光氧化反应,光重排反应,光加成反应等均有报道。我们在研究DCA光敏化香豆素反应时发现,香豆素与DCA能够发生电子转移的给体—受体加成反应,联苯(BP)可以充当二次电子转移体加速反应。     

光氧化反应的研究 Ⅴ.氰基蒽敏化苊烯的电子转移光氧化反应

由缺电子光敏剂所引起的电子转移(ET)光氧化反应目前已受到广泛注意.然而,对于容易发生单线态氧(~1O_2)反应的稠环烯烃能否在氰基蒽敏化下发生ET光氧化仍研究甚少.最近作者报道了氰基蒽敏化的9-苯甲叉芴的ET光氧化过程.本文首次探讨了非交替稠环烃,苊烯(AN),在9,10-二氰蒽(DCA)或9-氰基蒽(CNA)敏化下的光氧化反应及其机理. Takeshita等不久前报道,AN受玫瑰红(RB)敏化生成的~1O_2反应产物为顺或反式     

α-蒎烯,β-蒎烯的电子转移敏化光氧化反应的研究

本文从荧光淬灭、激基复合物、E_(1/2)的测定和k_a,△G的计算证明了典型的单线态氧的“探针”化合物a-蒎烯和β-蒎烯在极性溶剂中,用9,10-二氰基蒽(DCA)作敏化剂时,发生的是电子转移敏化光氧化反应。通过反应产物的分离和鉴定、溶剂效应的研究以及单线态氧和自由基淬灭剂对反应的淬灭试验,进一步讨论了该反应的机理。     

MODELS FOR THE CHROMOPHORE STRUCTURE OF THE PHOTOTRANSFORMATION INTERMEDIATES OF PEA PHYTOCHROME IN VITRO

Abstract— The changes in the chromophore structure of pea phytochrome during phototransformation in vitro from the red-light-absorbing form (P_r) to the far-red-light-absorbing form (P_fr), and from P_fr to P_r, were analysed in terms of wavelength and oscillator strength of absorption, using the zero-differential overlap approximation of the molecular orbital theory for electrons. The effect of a point-charge and a point-dipole on the optical absorption of phytochromobilin intermediates were examined using the stationary perturbation theory for degenerate states. The results indicate that the cis-trans photoisomerization of the pyrrole ring D, if any, occurred within 10 μs after a laser-flash excitation of the phytochrome, and that the conformations of phytochromobilin and the protein moiety of phytochrome were not significantly changed during the period of examination of phototransformation in either direction.     

MO Study of the photochemical behavior of the imine bond

The photoisomerization of imine compounds is studied in terms of an ab initio MO CI calculation. The potential curves of the syn-anti isomerization via the rotation and the inversion are examined for benzaldimine. It is suggested that the photoisomerization is initiated through the rotation around the C? N bond in both singlet and triplet states. The ease of the photoisomerization is found to be determined by both the conformation of phenyl ring in the ground state and the energy difference of vertically excited states between two isomers.     

Adiabatic versus nonadiabatic photoisomerization in photochromic ruthenium sulfoxide complexes: a mechanistic picture from density functional theory calculations

Polypyridine ruthenium sulfoxide complexes are intriguing compounds which can display both photochromic and electrochromic properties. These properties are based on the Ru-S → Ru-O linkage isomerization capability of the sulfoxide group. The photoisomerization mechanism is of particular importance in order to understand the photophysical properties of such molecules. Density functional theory calculations demonstrate that the main photoisomerization mechanism is nonadiabatic for the system under study in agreement with the experimental observations. Indeed, funnels for efficient radiationless decay back to the ground state are shown to be easily accessible compared to transition states on the adiabatic triplet potential energy surface. However, we highlight for the first time that triplet metal-centered states play a central role in the photoisomerization mechanism of these compounds.     

Counterion controlled photoisomerization of retinal chromophore models: a computational investigation

CASPT2//CASSCF photoisomerization path computations have been used to unveil the effects of an acetate counterion on the photochemistry of two retinal protonated Schiff base (PSB) models: the 2-cis-penta-2,4-dieniminium and the all-trans-epta-2,4,6-trieniminium cations. Different positions/orientations of the counterion have been investigated and related to (i) the spectral tuning and relative stability of the S0, S1, and S2 singlet states; (ii) the selection of the photochemically relevant excited state; (iii) the control of the radiationless decay and photoisomerization rates; and, finally, (iv) the control of the photoisomerization stereospecificity. A rationale for the results is given on the basis of a simple (electrostatic) qualitative model. We show that the model readily explains the computational results providing a qualitative explanation for different aspects of the experimentally observed "environment" dependent PSB photochemistry. Electrostatic effects likely involved in controlling retinal photoisomerization stereoselectivity in the protein are also discussed under the light of these results, and clues for a stereocontrolled electrostatically driven photochemical process are presented. These computations provide a rational basis for the formulation of a mechanistic model for photoisomerization electrostatic catalysis.     

Photoisomerization mechanism of 4-methylpyridine explored by electronic structure calculations and nonadiabatic dynamics simulations

In the present paper, different electronic structure methods have been used to determine stationary and intersection structures on the ground (S(0)) and (1)ππ? (S(2)) states of 4-methylpyridine, which is followed by adiabatic and nonadiabatic dynamics simulations to explore the mechanistic photoisomerization of 4-methylpyridine. Photoisomerization starts from the S(2)((1)ππ?) state and overcomes a small barrier, leading to formation of the prefulvene isomer in the S(0) state via a S(2)∕S(0) conical intersection. The ultrafast S(2) → S(0) nonradiative decay and low quantum yield for the photoisomerization reaction were well reproduced by the combined electronic structure calculation and dynamics simulation. The prefulvene isomer was assigned as a long-lived intermediate and suggested to isomerize to 4-methylpyridine directly in the previous study, which is not supported by the present calculation. The nonadiabatic dynamics simulation and electronic structure calculation reveal that the prefulvene isomer is a short-lived intermediate and isomerizes to benzvalene form very easily. The benzvalene form was predicted as the stable isomer in the present study and is probably the long-lived intermediate observed experimentally. A consecutive light and thermal isomerization cycle via Dewar isomer was determined and this cycle mechanism is different from that reported in the previous study. It should be pointed out that formation of Dewar isomer from the S(2)((1)ππ?) state is not in competition with the isomerization to the prefulvene form. The Dewar structure observed experimentally may originate from other excited states.     

Time-dependent density functional theory studies of the photoswitching of the two-photon absorption spectra in stilbene, metacyclophenadiene, and diarylethene chromophores

Photochromophores such as cis-stilbene (1a), metacyclophenadiene (2a), and the diarylethene 3a undergo photoinduced conrotatory opening and closing of a central bond and are currently being sought out as potential candidates for media within 3D optical information storage devices. Strong molecular two-photon absorption (inducing the reversible photoisomerization) is a necessary feature for this application due to the need for high 3D spatial resolution. Here, the one- and two-photon absorption (OPA and TPA) characteristics of the open- and closed-ring isomers of 1-3 have been investigated using time-dependent density functional theory. It was determined that the excited states populated by two-photon absorption were nearly 1 eV higher in energy than the lowest energy excited state populated by one-photon absorption. The electronic structures of the TPA and OPA accessed states were then compared utilizing natural transition orbital analysis. There, it was found that states excited by OPA had pipi* character about the C-C framework associated with the bond formation/scission of the central C-C bond. In contrast, the states populated by TPA have pipi* character along the C-C skeletal periphery, including phenyl excitations. It is postulated that these differences in excited state electronic structure may lead to reaction pathways alternative to photoisomerization about the central C-C bond, impacting the utility of these compounds as 3D information storage media.     

Ultrafast spectroscopy of a photoswitchable 30-amino acid de novo synthesized peptide

The ultrafast photoresponse of small, often cyclic peptides with azobenzene units has widely been investigated during the last years. Both the photoisomerization of the optical switch as well as the different conformational states of the peptide moiety can be characterized by optical spectroscopy. Here, we investigate the fast photoisomerization dynamics of an α-helical 30mer azobenzene peptide. The peptide is based on a construct used for the assembly of di-heme-binding maquettes. The femtosecond to picosecond photodynamics for the trans to cis isomerization of the optical switch was found to occur slower upon its insertion in the peptide construct. Both isomers are sufficiently photostable to allow spectroscopic analysis of conformational states, since the thermal cis–trans relaxation occurs over a period of several hours. This approach thus offers the possibility for the de novo design of photoresponsive chromopeptides which could be instrumental in unravelling fundamental dynamic features of assembly/disassembly triggered by fast photoswitches.     

On the photochromism of spiro

The recently synthesized spiro[cyclohexadiene-dihydroacridines] consisting of perpendicularly arranged aroylcyclohexadiene and N -methyl-dihydroacridine moieties were found to have photochromic properties. The reversible photoisomerization from the spiro compound toward a colored merocyanine caused by C–C bond cleavage in the cyclohexadiene was studied by stationary and time-resolved measurements of their optical spectra. The course of the absorption under UV and visible irradiation, respectively, and HPLC analysis of the photoproducts result in the determination of excitation energy-dependent quantum yields for the merocyanine formation and, in reverse, the ring closure, as well as degradation. Whereas the thermal back reaction completely recovers the spiro compound ( k ∼ 6.8 × 10⁻⁴ s⁻¹, T = 22°C), degradation of the merocyanine under irradiation at 480 nm has a probability of about 6%. Picosecond-resolved measurements of the fluorescence and the transient absorption show that photoisomerization occurs via the first excited singlet state within 100 ps depending on the activation barrier.     

An Absorption–Fluorescence Method for Estimation of the Efficiency of Nonradiative Relaxation of Cyanine Dyes

Within the framework of stationary optical spectroscopy, a method for estimation of nonradiative relaxation efficiency for the electronically excited state of a fluorophore is suggested using 3,3-diethylthiacarbocyanine iodide solutions in binary mixtures of toluene and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as an example. In particular, the quantum yield of dye photoisomerization was found to noticeably decrease upon reducing DMSO content in the mixture.     

Stoichiometric photoisomerization of mononuclear ruthenium(II) monoaquo complexes controlling redox properties and water oxidation catalysis

Although various reactions involved in photoexcited states of polypyridyl ruthenium(II) complexes have been extensively studied, photoisomerization of the complexes is very rare. We report the first illustration of stoichiometric photoisomerization of trans-[Ru(tpy)(pynp)OH(2)](2+) (1a) [tpy = 2,2':6',2'-terpyridine; pynp = 2-(2-pyridyl)-1,8-naphthyridine] to cis-[Ru(tpy)(pynp)OH(2)](2+) (1a') and the isolation of 1a and 1a' for X-ray crystallographic analysis. Polypyridyl ruthenium(II) aquo complexes are attracting much attention related to proton-coupled electron transfer and water oxidation catalysis. We demonstrate that the photoisomerization significantly controls the redox reactions and water oxidation catalyses involving the ruthenium(II) aquo complexes 1a and 1a'.