Mo-calculations of the energy transfer activities of organic π-structures in the photo-fries rearrangement—II : Selection of sensitizers and inhibitors of the photo-fries reaction based on theoretical absorption and fluorescence data

Based on quantumchemical PPP-calculations of the absorption and fluorescence maxima for different organic π-systems, carried out in Part I of this series,¹ an assignment of 27 organic molecules as inhibitors or sensitizers in the photo-Fries reaction has been made. The consideration involves also π-systems, which should be able to influence the reaction due to their higher excited singlet states. The results obtained are in fair agreement with the experimental facts and allow, moreover, to suggest some kinds of structures which should act as energy donors or acceptors in the photo-Fries reaction, without having been checked emperimentally so far.     

Synthesis,Structure and Photochemical Properties of 4, 4′, 7, 7′-Tetra-substituted 1,1′, 3,3′-Tetraethylbenzimidazolotriazatrimethine Cyanines

The synthesis of sterically hindered 1,1′, 3,3′-tetraethylbenzimidazolotriazatrimethine cyanine dyes, their electron absorption spectra and that of their photo-products (inverse photochromism) is described. Kinetic data of the thermally reversed reaction of the photo-bleached compounds are given. The differences of the electron absorption spectra in this series in this series of dyes are explained by the different degree of distortion of the π-systems which is confirmed by an X-ray investigation.     

有机及金属有机苯乙炔树状分子体系的非线性光学性质的理论研究

应用密度泛函理论研究了一系列有机及金属有机苯乙炔树状分子的激发态性质和非线性光学性质。计算的电子吸收光谱显示这些树状分子均在低能区域有一个最强的吸收;此外,金属有机体系的吸收光谱和有机体系相比发生了明显的红移。响应性质的计算结果表明共轭体系的扩展和金属有机基团的引入都使得苯乙炔树状分子的非线性光学极化率显著增加,尤其是含Ru体系,其β和γ值呈数量级增长。对于有机体系和含Pd体系,发生在共轭体系内部的π→π*电荷跃迁是产生分子一阶和二阶超极化率的主要原因。而含Ru体系相当大的非线性响应则主要起源于Ru的轨道到共轭体系的π*的跃迁,同时与Ru相邻的C≡C到共轭体系的π→π*跃迁起着辅助贡献。     

Synthesis and Characterization of Bridged Bimetallic Complexes. I. Copper(II) Complexes with Conjugated Diimine Ligands

A series of binucleating Uganda with fully conjugated π-systems have been synthesized. Homobinuclear copper(II) complexes of the form [(Cu(dien)ClO₄)₂L]-(ClO₄)₂, where dien is diethylenetriamine and L is binucleating ligand, were prepared. Mononuclear complexes, with structure similar to that of the preceeding compounds, [Cu(dien)L′(ClO₄)](ClO₄) were synthesized as reference compounds. The infrared spectra, elctronic spectra and magnetic properties were studied. The inductive effect, steric effect and the effect of the length of the conjugated π-system on the magnetic exchange interaction between the two copper ions are discussed. The electrochemical properties of these complexes were investigated by cyclic voltammetry. The copper ions showed the cooperative phenomena and a quasi-reversible sequential transfer of two electrons at the same potential.     

Aryl Triflates in On-Surface Chemistry

The reactivity of aryl triflates in on-surface C−C coupling is reported. It is shown that the triflate group in aryl triflates enables regioselective homo coupling with preceding or concomitant hydrodetriflation on Cu(111). Three different symmetrical π-systems with two and three triflate functionalities were used as monomers leading to oligomeric conjugated π-systems. The cascade, comprising different intermediates at different reaction temperatures as observed for one of the molecules, proceeds via initial removal of the trifluoromethyl sulfonyl group to give an aryloxy radical which in turn is deoxygenated to the corresponding aryl radical. Thermodynamically driven regioselective 1,2-hydrogen atom transfer leads to a translocated aryl radical which in turn undergoes coupling. For a sterically more hindered bistriflate, where one ortho position was blocked, dehydrogenative coupling occurred at remote position with good regioselectivity. Starting materials, intermediates as well as products were analyzed by scanning tunneling microscopy. Structures and suggested mechanism were further supported by DFT calculations.     

Ladder oligo(m-aniline)s: derivatives of azaacenes with cross-conjugated π-systems

We describe the synthesis and electronic properties of ladder oligomers of poly(m-aniline) that may be considered as derivatives of azaacenes with cross-conjugated π-systems. Syntheses of ladder oligo(m-aniline)s with 9 and 13 collinearly fused six-membered rings employed Pd-catalyzed aminations and Friedel-Crafts-based ring closures. Structures were confirmed by either X-ray crystallography or correlations between DFT-computed and experimental spectroscopic data such as (1)H, (13)C, and (15)N NMR chemical shifts and electronic absorption spectra. All compounds have planar "azaacene" moieties. The experimental band gaps E(g) ≈ 3.5-3.65 eV, determined by the UV-vis absorption onsets, were in agreement with the TD-DFT-computed vertical excitation energies to the S(1) state. Fluorescence quantum yields of up to 20% were found. Electrochemically estimated HOMO energies of -4.8 eV suggested propensity for a facile one-electron oxidation and just sufficient environmental stability toward oxygen (O(2)). For two oligomers with "tetraazanonacene" moieties, potentials of E(4+/3+) ≈ 1.6-1.7 V vs SCE were determined for four-electron oxidation to the corresponding tetraradical tetracations.     

C-13 NMR chemical shifts and visible absorption spectra of unsymmetrical fluoran dye by MO calculations

An unsymmetrical fluoran dye, 3-diethylamino-6-methyl-7-chlorofluoran (DEAMCF) is one of the leuco dyes which shows the coloring-to-decoloring reversible reaction with acidity. We calculated the ¹³C chemical shieldings of the DEAMCF with the frame model compounds using ab initio gauge invariant atomic orbital methods, and compared it with the experimental shifts. The calculated values of the frame compounds are in good agreement with the experimental ones in the error range of −4.9–16.7 ppm. The calculated ones for the decolored-form of the DEAMCF reflected the observed ones, although the errors range from −13.4 to 23.1 ppm.Furthermore, we analyzed the UV–Visible absorption spectra of the decolored and colored forms of DEAMCF by a semiempirical ZINDO MO method. For the colored form, the observed absorption peaks at 550 and 510 nm correspond to the excitation from π-bonding HOMO (π-electrons which conjugated in xanthene ring) and π-bonding nearest HOMO (π-electrons concentrated in benzene-ring with methyl and Cl groups of xanthene) to π¹-antibonding LUMO (π¹-electrons of xanthene), respectively.     

Dihalo-substituted dibenzopentalenes: their practical synthesis and transformation to dibenzopentalene derivatives

Diiodo- and bromo, iodo-substituted dibenzopentalenes were obtained by treatment of 5,6,11,12-tetradehydrodibenzo[a,e]cyclooctene with I(2) and IBr, respectively. These dihalo-substituted pentalenes reacted with terminal ethynes in Sonogashira coupling and with arylboronic acid in Suzuki-Miyaura coupling to give a series of phenylethynyl- and/or aryl-substituted pentalenes. Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of the halopentalenes with in situ prepared pentaleneboronic esters provided bis-, tri-, and tetra(dibenzopentalene)s. It was found that these dibenzopentalene oligomers underwent facile electrochemical reduction and exhibited a bathochromic shift in UV-vis absorption spectra because of their expanded π-systems.     

Mo-calculations of the energy transfer activities of organic π-structures in the photo-fries rearrangement—I : Estimation of the energy lowering in the first excited singlet state due to a geometrical relaxation of the π-skeleton

Based on the consideration that the energy transfer between two molecules is in close connection to the position of their absorption and fluorescence bands, the energy lowering of the first excited singlet state due to a geometrical relaxation has been estimated for 40 π-systems. A modified SCF-variable β^*-technique given elsewhere¹ has been used. The selection of the compounds treated has been carried out in view of their potential activity in the photo-Fries reaction to be donors or acceptors of energy. The results obtained are in good agreement with the absorption and fluorescence spectra even for compounds, which undergo a tautomerism in their excited states.     

聚噻吩/多壁碳纳米管复合材料的导电性能

通过共混多壁碳纳米管(MWNTs)和聚噻吩(PTh), 制备了PTh/MWNTs复合材料, 复合材料表现出良好的导电性能(电导率达16.1 S/m). 通过Raman, TG, XPS, UV-Vis等对复合材料进行了分析, 结果表明, MWNTs和 PTh之间存在强的相互作用, MWNTs上的离域电子与噻吩共轭主链上的π电子之间形成π-π共轭, 电子从MWNTs转移到聚噻吩, 增加了噻吩主链的有效共轭长度, 提高了复合材料的导电性能. FESEM分析表明, MWNTs和它周围被掺杂的聚噻吩通过π-π共轭作用结合在一起, 形成相对独立的导电单元, 在复合材料的导电体系中起到主要作用.     

Synthesis,Redox Properties,and Electronic Spectra of Sterically Crowded Triarylphosphines Conjugated with Electron Acceptors

Abstract

Synthesis, redox properties, and electronic spectra of the sterically crowded triarylphosphines conjugated with π-electron systems, especially electron acceptors such as carbonyl group, are briefly reviewed. The sterically crowded triarylphosphines conjugated with various π-electron systems were synthesized from the common synthetic intermediate, (bromoaryl)phosphine, by conventional manner. The sterically crowded triarylphosphines conjugated with the electron acceptors exhibit visible absorption and fluorescence with large Stokes shift. Large solvent effect, redshift in polar solvent, and good correlation with the difference of the oxidation potential of the phosphine moiety and the reduction potential of the acceptor moiety suggest polar excited state resulting from HOMO-LUMO transition.     

Ionization Energies of Methyl-substituted[2.2]Paracyclophanes

The photoelectron (PE.) spectra of thirteen methyl-substituted [2.2]paracyclophanes have been recorded and analyzed, to assess the influence of methyl-substitution on their ionization energies. It is shown that this influence is qualitatively and quantitatively the same as for benzenes and other π-systems. Comparison with the previous results obtained for the [2_r]cyclophanes (r=2 to 6) strongly suggests that the hyperconjugative model for alkyl-group/π-system interactions is more appropriate than the inductive one.     

Photoelectron spectra of polyunsaturated [4,4,2]propellanes

The photoelectron spectra of the six propellanes 1 to 6 have been recorded. Those bands which correspond to ejection of an electron from a π-orbital have been assigned, using the concept of through bond and through space interaction. Homoconjugative interaction between the π-systems of the two butadiene moieties of 6 is of the same order as that of the π-orbitals in norbornadiene.     

Observation of Exceptionally Low-Lying π-π* Excited States in Oxidized Forms of Quadruple-Decker Phthalocyanine Complexes

Spectroscopic investigations have been performed for the oxidized forms of two quadruple-decker phthalocyanine complexes in order to clarify the electronic structures of multiply stacked π-systems. Up to three-electron-oxidized species were isolated by using phenoxathiin hexachloroantimonate as the oxidant. As the oxidations proceed, the Q-bands in the visible region shift bathochromically along with the clear isosbestic points. The one- and three-electron-oxidized species exhibited typical π-radical signals in the ESR spectra, while the neutral and two-electron oxidized species gave no indication of the presence of π-radicals. The electronic transitions observed for the oxidized species reach even into the so-called fingerprint region in IR spectroscopy (～1000 cm(-1)). With the aid of theoretical calculations, these bands can be assigned to the π-π* transitions. Our results provide new insights into π-electronic systems having exceptionally small MO energy gaps.     

Hückel theory applied to large linear and cyclic conjugated π-systems

By use of rotational symmetry (C_n-symmetry) a lower limit to the frontier orbital (HOMO-LUMO) gap in large molecules with linear and cyclic conjugated π-systems containing simple repetitive units has been calculated within the Hückel approxmation. The frontier orbitals are shown to be the same in series of cyclic oligomers and liner polymers containing the same repetitive units. The orbital gap is calculated from the repetitive units closed on themselves to give a ring of Hückel or, alternatively, Möbius topology depending on the number of conjugated π-electrons in a liner array between the ends of the repetitive unit. For 4n (4n+2) systems the small ring of Hückel (Möbius) topology will give the frontier orbitals.     

Spectral properties of alkenylboranes evidence for conjugative interactions of boron with carbon—carbon π-systems

Ultraviolet, proton magnetic resonance and infrared spectral studies of a number of alkenylboranes are reported. Appreciable conjugation of carbon—carbon π-systems with boron is indicated. Comparisons of the UV and PMR spectra of alkenylboranes with those of their corresponding methyllithium ate complexes are especially informative. A marked solvent effect upon the PMR spectra of lithium ate complexes of alkenylboranes has been observed.     

Spectral and intramolecular charge transfer properties in terminal donor/acceptor-substituted all-trans-α,ω-diphenylpolyenes and α,ω-diphenylpolyynes

The absorption spectra and intramolecular charge transfer (CT) properties of terminal donor/acceptor-substituted all-trans-α,ω-diphenylpolyenes (DPE) and α,ω-diphenylpolyynes (DPY) molecules with different conjugated bridge length and substitution modes were investigated by using quantum chemical calculations. We calculated the ground state structures and energy of two series of terminal donor/acceptor DPE and DPY by DFT method. The dependence of conjugation length and substitution modes of the electronic absorption spectra was obtained by TDDFT calculation. The hybrid-GGA XC-functional PBE0 employed in this work was selected from several functionals by comparing the calculated electronic spectral data with experimental value. The CIS-based generalized Mulliken-Hush (GMH) approach was further used to calculate coupling values H(AD) of the CT process. The calculation shows that both the HOMO-LUMO energy gaps and average bond length alternations between unsaturated multiple (C≡C and C=C) and saturated single bonds (C-C) decrease regularly with the extension of conjugation. The effective conjugated length (ECL) of DPE and DPY with the same order MM > MP/PM > PP is found together with the regular red shift of the electronic absorption spectra with the extension of conjugation, resulting from the different π-electron delocalization and conjugation efficiency. The GMH analysis further suggests that the CT process in both DPE and DPY is predominated by the through-bond mechanism. The remarkable difference of the conjugated length dependence of squared CT coupling between substituted DPE and DPY is the result of the energetic matching degree of the frontier molecular orbitals between donor/acceptor and the conjugated bridge.     

Nonlinear Optical Properties of D-π-A-π-D Type Oligomers with Different Conjugation Length

The conjugation length-dependent nonlinear optical properties of fluorenone-based linear conjugated oligomers have been investigated by experimental and theoretical methods. In-frared spectra and the steady-state absorption spectra show that the increase of conjugated unit could enhance the stretching vibration peaks of C=C and lead to a red-shift of the absorption peaks. Meanwhile, the two-photon fluorescence (TPF) intensity is gradually en-hanced with the increase of excitation energy, and the TPF effciency is obviously higher after the introduction of fluorene-ethylene units. The sum-over-states approach was used to model the two-photon absorption (TPA) cross-sections of oligomers, and the theoretical values agree well with the experimental data obtained from the femtosecond open-aperture z-scan technique. The results exhibit that the extension of conjugated system indeed plays a role in the improvement of TPA behavior of oligomers.     

The Electronic Structure of Phenylene and Naphthylene Bicyclobutanes. Photoelectron spectroscopy and model calculations

The photoelectron (PE.) spectra of 1,2,3-methenoindane ( 2 ), 1,2,3-metheno-2,3-dihydro-1H-cyclopenta [b]naphthalene ( 3 ) and 1,2,3-metheno-2,3-dihydro-1H-phenalene ( 4 ) are investigated. The PE. spectrum of 1,3-methano-2,3-dihydrophenalene ( 7 ) is reported and compared with that of 4 . The experimental results are analyzed in terms of empirical correlation diagrams and the results of semiempirical MINDO/3 and CNDO/S calculations. The analysis indicates that the strong impact of the bicyclobutylene group on the spectroscopic properties of the aromatic π-systems in 2 , 3 and 4 is due to hyperconjugative interactions involving bicyclobutane Walsh orbitals.     

π-Systems in three dimensions

Highly symmetric, three-connected carbon clusters are treated as three-dimensional π-systems, using spherical harmonics to classify the orbitals. Simple Hückel calculations predict stable closed shells for neutral C₆₀ and C₇₀, in agreement with recent experimental observations. A previously proposed C₁₂₀ structure is unstable with respect to two C₆₀ clusters. Neutral C₂₀ and C₈₀ are not closed-shell in icosahedral symmetry. Inclusion of interaction between the exo π-systems and skeletal edge bonding does not change the predicted electron count.