Recoordination of a metal ion in the cavity of a crown compound: a theoretical study |
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Authors: | A Ya Freidzon A A Bagatur’yants S P Gromov M V Alfimov |
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Institution: | 1. Center of Photochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 7a ul. Novatorov, 117421, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Abstract: | The absorption spectra of styrylbenzothiazolium dye derivatives were calculated by the time-dependent density functional (TD DFT) method. The dyes of interest were (p-dimethylamino)styrylbenzothiazolium dye and its protonated form as well as aza-15(18)-crown-5(6)-containing dyes and their complexes with alkali (K+ and Na+) and alkaline-earth (Ca2+, Sr2+, and Ba2+) cations. Several low-lying conformers of the azacrown-containing dyes were considered. The electronic and geometric structures of the excited states responsible for the appearance of the long-wave (π-π*) absorption bands are studied. Complexation causes a hypsochromic shift of the long-wave absorption band correlating with the pyramidality of the crown ether nitrogen in the complex. The interaction of the cation with 3–4 solvent molecules or a counterion (ClO4 ?) considerably reduces this shift, especially in the conformers without the metal-nitrogen bond. In some cases, the long-wave absorption band is close to the absorption band of the free dye. Similar results were obtained using the polarizable continuum model of solvation. Excited-state structures of the free model dye and the free azacrown-containing dyes exhibit a tendency to bond alternation. Conversely, the cationic complexes of the crown-containing dyes and the protonated model dye exhibit a tendency to bond equalization in the excited state. The changes in the excited-state geometries of the free dyes and their complexes account for the complexation-induced fluorescence enhancement observed in the experiments. |
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