Role of structural flexibility in the fluorescence and photochromism of salicylideneaniline: the general scheme of the phototransformations

The mechanism of light-induced transformation in the salicylideneaniline molecule was studied by semiempirical PM3 calculations. The structures and energies of the minima and saddle points (transition states) on the S₀, S₁ and T₁ potential energy hypersurfaces (PESs) were obtained, together with the gradient lines on the PESs. The structure-energy scheme was compared with the experimental findings. According to the results obtained, the following principle processes are observed: fast S₁ excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT), followed by typical ESIPT fluorescence; the formation of two S₁ twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT) structures which quench the ESIPT fluorescence; the diabatic formation of two ground state metastable coloured “post-TICT” structures responsible for photochromism.     

Structure and Stability of Quaternary Ammonium Interhalides: Experimental and Quantum-Chemical Study

The electronic structure of a series of ammonium interhalides [R¹R²R³R⁴N]XI₂, where R¹ = CH₃, C₂H₅, C₃H₇, F, H; R² = R³ = R⁴ = CH₃, H; X = Cl, Br, I, was studied by ab initio calculations (RHF/3-21G, RHF/HW, MP2/HW). The thermodynamic stability of these compounds correlates with the strength of the hydrogen bond N-H···X and three-center interhalide bond X-I-I. Calculations confirmed that, in polar solvents, these compounds preferably decompose to [R¹R²R³R⁴N]⁺ and XI₂ ^- (with subsequent decomposition of the anion), and in nonpolar solvents, to the neutral species [R¹R²R³R⁴N]X and I2. The calculation results were compared to the experimental data obtained by single crystal X-ray diffraction, ¹H NMR spectroscopy, and spectrophotometry.     

Intramolecular π-complexes based on nitroaryl derivatives of furotroponimine: structure and stereodynamics

Neutral aromatic electrophiles, such as trinitrobenzene and dinitrobenzofuroxane, covalently bound to the furotroponimine moiety form intramolecular through-space charge-transfer π-complexes both in solution and in the crystalline state. The kinetic and activation parameters of stereodynamic processes were determined by dynamic NMR spectroscopy. These parameters provide quantitative estimates of the kinetic stability of the p-complexes. The electronic and geometric characteristics of the π-complexes were calculated by the B3LYP/6-31G** method.     

A study of spiro[indoline-pyridobenzopyrans] by differential pulse voltammetry on a dropping mercury electrode and quantum chemistry

Spiropyrans of the indoline series were studied by differential pulse voltammetry in DMSO solutions. The experimental data obtained were supported by quantum-chemical calculations performed to examine the structural features and thermodynamic stability of a series of spiro-pyrans. The calculations revealed a correlation between the peak potential (E _p) of spiropyrans and the energy of the lowest unoccupied π orbital. Procedures were developed for identification and quantitative determination of all the spiropyrans in DMSO on a mercury dropping electrode in the concentration range from 1 × 10^?7 to 1 × 10^?6 M.     

Structure and Reactivity of Uracil Derivatives. 2. Ambident Nucleophilic Reactivity of 5-Diazouracil

On the basis of 3-21G type ab initio calculations we have studied all the possible complexes of 5-diazouracil with boron trifluoride. The most stable of these are the systems with the BF₃ coordinated at the 3, 9, and 10 positions of the heterocyclic molecule.     

1-(Nitrosoamino)benzimidazoles Containing Electron-acceptor Substituents at the Amine Nitrogen. Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Conformational Mobility

The previously unknown 1-(N-nitrosoallylamino)- and 1-(N-nitrosopropargylamino)benzimidazoles have been synthesized and they exist in solution as a mixture of the E- and Z-conformers due to hindered rotation around the N-N(O) bond. The activation energies for the EZ transition in these compounds and for the model N-benzyl analog have been determined by a dynamic ¹H NMR method. With a view to studying the effect of a substituent at the amino nitrogen on the EZ isomerization we have carried out 3-21G and 6-31G** type ab initio calculations of the stable conformers of a series of N-nitrosohydrazines.     

Intermolecular Complexes of Active Oxygen Forms with Amino Acids. A Theoretical Study

Ab initio quantum-chemical calculations were used to examine the thermodynamic aspects of binding of molecular oxygen and the radical anion O₂ ^·- with certain amino acids. It was shown that amino acids form no stable systems with molecular oxygen but form thermodynamically stable complexes with the superoxide radical anion.     

Quantum chemical studies of the oxidative alkylamination of diazinones

The B3LYP/6-31G** quantum chemical method was used to study the mechanism of the oxidative alkylamination of diazinones taking 1,3,6-trimethylpyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidine-2,4,7(1H,3H,6H)-trione (lumazinone) as an example. The first limiting step of this reaction included a nucleophilic addition of alkylamine with the formation of the σ^H-adduct, which was oxidized by potassium permanganate in the second step. The alkylamination step proceeded in the associates formed by the lumazinone dimer and several alkylamine molecules involved in both the nucleophilic attack and the bifunctional catalysis of the process. The correlation of the Parr indices with the experimental data was studied for a number of diazinones.