Anisotropic Expansion of an M2L4 Coordination Capsule: Host Capability and Frame Rearrangement

Anisotropic expansion of a spherical M₂L₄ coordination capsule through the elongation of the ligand led to a new M₂L′₄ capsule. The expanded capsule provides an elliptical cavity encircled by polyaromatic frameworks with large openings and thereby can encapsulate elliptical fullerene C₇₀ and monofunctionalized fullerene C₆₀ in high yields. In addition, selective formation of a new M₂L₂L′₂ capsule occurs by mixing the original M₂L₄ and expanded M₂L′₄ capsules in a 1:1 ratio upon addition of C₆₀ or monofunctionalized C₆₀ as a template molecule.     

Electron transfer NO 2 + +NO→N02+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 NO ₂ ⁺ /NO. The encounter complex of electron transfer NO ₂ ⁺ +NO→N0₂+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 selfexchange reactlon systems NO ₂ ⁺ /NO₂ and NO⁺/NO were kinetically investigated. The calculated activation energies for the electron transfer reactions of systems NO ₂ ⁺ /NO, NO ₂ ⁺ /NO₂, and NO⁺/NO are 81.4, 128.8, and 39.8 kJ.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 activity of NO ₂ ⁺ as an oxidizing reagent in the aromatic nitration will be greatly decreased due to a high activation barrier contributed mainly from the change of bond angle ONO.     

Relationship between the energy of donor–acceptor bond and the reorganization energy in molecular complexes

Donor–acceptor complexes of silicon halides with ammonia, pyridine, and 2,2′bipyridine SiX₄ · nD (X = F, Cl, Br) have been studied at the B3LYP/pVDZ level of theory. Energies of the donor–acceptor bond have been estimated taking into account the reorganization energy of the donor and acceptor fragments and basis set superposition error correction. Despite of the very low (or even negative) dissociation energy of SiX₄ · nD into free fragments, the Si–N bonding in all complexes is rather strong (75–220 kJ mol^?1). It is the reorganization energy of the acceptor SiX₄ (75–280 kJ mol^?1) that governs the dissociation energy of the complex. Thus, in contrast to the complexes of group 13 halides, the reorganization effects are crucial for the complexes of group 14 halides, and their neglecting leads to erroneous conclusions about the strength of the donor–acceptor bond in these systems. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2002     

Inner Sphere Reorganization Energy for the Electron Transfer Reactions between M-C_6H_6 and M~ -C_6H_6 Complexes in Gaseous phase: An ab initio Computation

IntroductionTheelectrontransfer(ET)reactionisanfundamentalchemicalprocessandhasbecomethefocusoftheoreticalandexperimentalstudies1-3.AsuitableapproachtowardunderstandingtheETreactivitypatternsistoseparatethevariouscontributionsintoexponentialandpre-exponentialfactors.Theexponentialparts,i.e.,theFrank-Condonfactor,isacompositeofthestructuralreorganizationofthereactingsystemimmediate1yaftertheelectrontransfered.Basedonthecharacteristicsofthereactingsystem'sstructure,thereorganizationenergy(RE…     

On the origin of the dynamic Stokes shift of Laurdan molecules in lipid membranes

Frequency-resolved time correlated single photon counting experiments have been performed to investigate the time scales and molecular mechanisms for solvation dynamics of 6-dodecanoyl-2-dimethylaminonaphthalene (Laurdan) embedded in liquid-crystalline bilayers of unilamellar dimyristoyl-phosphatidylcholine (DMPC) vesicles. The reconstructed fluorescence spectra as a function of time exhibit a pronounced double-exponential Stokes shift, which is strongly correlated with the rotational diffusion dynamics of the chromophore as evidenced by experiments on transient fluorescence depolarization.     

The role of intermolecular vibrations and reorganization of a reaction system in tunneling reactions with H atom transfer. A Debye model for the medium

Mechanisms of temperature dependence of the rate constants for two types of solid-state tunneling chemical reactions, namely, transfer of an H atom between two molecules and intramolecular transfer, are analyzed. To this end, an analytical expression for the rate constant for tunneling atom transfer in solids is derived in the framework of a modified theory of nonradiative transitions. The mechanisms of the temperature dependence of the rate constant considered in this work include oscillations of the potential barrier to chemical reaction in intermolecular fluctuations and reorganization of the medium. The effect of pressure on the distance between reactants and on the frequency of intermolecular vibrations is taken into account. The theory developed is used to interpret experimental data on tunneling transfer of an H atom in two reactions: a) intramolecular hydrogen transfer in a matrix-isolated formic acid molecule entrapped in an argon crystal and b) H atom transfer from a fluorene molecule to an excited acridine molecule in a fluorene crystal. Dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the L. Ya. Karpov Institute of Physical Chemistry. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1073–1085, June, 2008.     

Spectrophotometric Studies on the Inclusion Formation of β-Cyclodextrin with 3,4-(Methylenedioxyphenyl) Benzylideneaniline

Complexation of -cyclodextrin with 3,4-(methylenedioxyphenyl) benzylideneaniline has been studied in aqueous solution by means of spectrophotometry. It was observed that the complexation attains equilibrium very slowly. The equilibrium constant of the 1:1 complexation between -CD and MDBA was determined, and its dependence on temperature examined. Findings are discussed in light of host–guest intermolecular interactions. Two possible mechanisms of complexation are proposed.