Synthesis,spectroscopic characterization and EPR studies on electron transfer reactions of bis[N-(2,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)salicylaldiminato]copper complexes with PPh3

New bidentate N-(2,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)salicylaldimines bearing X = H, HO, CH3O, Br, NO2, 3,5-di-Br, 3-NO2-5-Br and 5,6-benzo substituents on the salicylaldehyde moiety, LxH, and their mononuclear bis[N-(2,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)salicylaldiminato]copper(II) complexes, Cu(Lx)2, have been prepared and investigated by IR, UV-Visible, 1H NMR, ESR spectroscopy, magnetic measurements, as well as reactions of Cu(LX)2 with PPh3 were studied. It has been found that some complexes with X = HO and CH3O unlike their electron-withdrawing and unsubstituted analogues are readily reduced by PPh3 via intramolecular electron transfer from ligand to copper(II) to give Cu-stabilized radical intermediates. The spectra of the primary radicals interpreted in terms of couplings of unpaired electron with (63,65)Cu, 31P, 14N nuclei and aromatic protons.     

Radical ion states of platinum acetylide oligomers

The ion radicals of two series of platinum acetylide oligomers have been subjected to study by electrochemical and pulse radiolysis/transient absorption methods. One series of oligomers, Ptn, has the general structure Ph-C[triple bond]C-[Pt(PBu3)2-C[triple bond]C-(1,4-Ph)-C[triple bond]C-]n-Pt(PBu3)2-C[triple bond]C-Ph (where x=0-4, Ph=phenyl and 1,4-Ph=1,4-phenylene). The second series of oligomers, Pt4Tn, contain a thiophene oligomer core, -C[triple bond]C-(2,5-Th)n-C[triple bond]C- (where n=1-3 and 2,5-Th=2,5-thienylene), capped on both ends with -Pt(PBu3)2-C[triple bond]C-(1,4-Ph)-C[triple bond]C-Pt(PBu3)2-C[triple bond]C-Ph segments. Electrochemical studies reveal that all of the oligomers feature reversible or quasi-reversible one-electron oxidation at potentials less than 1 V versus SCE. These oxidations are assigned to the formation of radical cations on the platinum acetylide chains. For the longer oligomers multiple, reversible one-electron waves are observed at potentials less than 1 V, indicating that multiple positive polarons can be produced on the oligomers. Pulse-radiolysis/transient absorption spectroscopy has been used to study the spectra and dynamics of the cation and anion radical states of the oligomers in dichloroethane and tetrahydrofuran solutions, respectively. All of the ion radicals exhibit two allowed absorption bands: one in the visible region and the second in the near-infrared region. The ion radical spectra shift with oligomer length, suggesting that the polarons are delocalized to some extent on the platinum acetylide chains. Analysis of the electrochemical and pulse radiolysis data combined with the density functional theory calculations on model ion radicals provides insight into the electronic structure of the positive and negative ion radical states of the oligomers. A key conclusion of the work is that the polaron states are concentrated on relatively short oligomer segments.     

Paradoxical solvent effects on the absorption and emission spectra of amino-substituted perylene monoimides.

In N-(2,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)-9-pyrrolidinoperylene-3,4-dicarboximide (5PI) the absorption and emission spectra display large solvatochromic shifts, but, remarkably, the Stokes shift is practically independent of solvent polarity. This unique behavior is caused by the extraordinarily large ground-state dipole moment of 5PI, which further increases upon increasing the solvent polarity, whereas the excited-state dipole moment is less solvent dependent. In the corresponding piperidine compound, 6PI, this effect is much less important owing to the weaker coupling between the amino group and the aromatic imide moiety, and in the corresponding naphthalimide, 5NI, it is absent. The latter shows the conventional solvatochromic behavior of a push-pull substituted conjugated system, that is, minor shifts in absorption and a larger change in the emission energy with solvent polarity.     

Control of the orbital delocalization and implications for molecular rectification in the radical anions of porphyrins with coplanar 90 degrees and 180 degrees beta,beta'-fused extensions

Through-porphyrin electronic communication is investigated using "linear-type" and "corner-type" bis(quinoxalino)porphyrins in free-base form and their ZnII, CuII, NiII, and PdII derivatives. These compounds are porphyrins with quinoxalines fused on opposite or adjacent beta,beta'-pyrrolic positions; they were synthesized from 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)-porphyrin-2,3,12,13- and -2,3,7,8-tetraone, respectively, by reaction with 1,2-phenylenediamine. The degree of electron spin delocalization into the fused rings in the pi-radical anions of the free-base and metal(II) bisquinoxalinoporphyrins was elucidated by electrochemistry, UV-vis absorption, and electron spin resonance (ESR) spectra of the singly reduced species and density functional theory calculations. Hyperfine splitting patterns in the ESR spectra of the pi-radical anions show that symmetric molecules have delocalized electron spin, indicating that significant inter-quinoxaline interactions are mediated through the central porphyrin unit, these interactions being sufficient to guarantee through-molecule conduction. However, when molecular symmetry is broken by tautomeric exchange of the inner nitrogen hydrogens in the free-base porphyrin with a corner-type quinoxaline substitution pattern, the pi-radical anion becomes confined so that one quinoxaline group is omitted from spin delocalization. This indicates the appearance of a unidirectional barrier to through-molecule conduction, suggesting a new motif for chemically controlled rectification.     

A new approach to the spectral study of unstable radicals and ions in solution by the use of an inert gas glovebox system: observation and analysis of the infrared spectra of the radical anion and dianion of p-terphenyl

By using a Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer contained in an inert gas glovebox system (oxygen and water concentrations: <0.1 ppm), high-quality infrared absorption spectra have been observed for the radical anion and dianion of p-terphenyl in tetrahydrofuran solutions. Density functional theory with the B3LYP nonlocal exchange-correlation functional and the 6-311+G** basis set has been used for the calculations of the structures and infrared spectra of the neutral species, radical anion, and dianion of p-terphenyl. The observed infrared spectra of the radical anion and dianion are in good agreement with those calculated by density functional theory. The origin of the strong infrared absorption intensities characteristic of the radical anion and dianion are discussed in terms of changes in electronic structures induced by specific normal vibrations (electron-molecular vibration interaction).     

四苯硼阴离子电子结构的理论研究

分别应用半经验发子轨道理论的AM1方法和在HF／3－21G水平上的从头算分子轨道法,对四苯硼阴离子的电子结构进行了研究。采用解析梯度技术对四苯硼阴离子的平衡态几何构型进行了全优化,得到了分子轨道、电荷布居、静电势以及红外光谱和紫外光谱等参数,计算结果表明：四苯硼阴离子的静电势分布均匀,其前线轨道能级间隔为12．1398eV,利用组态相互作用法得到的紫外光谱跃迁吸收峰主要位于远紫外区,说明四苯硼离子比较稳定,从头算法得到的红外光谱吸收峰分布与实验结果一致,AM1法得到的红外吸收频率与实验值更接近。     

2-(2,5-二羟基苯基)-5-甲基-2,5-二氢吡咯并[3,4]富勒烯的合成和电子光谱的理论研究

利用丙氨酸和2,5-二羟基苯甲醛所形成的亚胺叶立德与C₆₀发生1,3-偶极环加成反应, 合成并分离、纯化制备了一种新的C₆₀吡咯烷衍生物: 2-(2-5-二羟基苯基)-5-甲基-2,5-二氢吡咯并[3,4]富勒烯. 通过¹H NMR, FT-IR, UV-vis和元素分析确定了其结构, 研究了体系的电化学和荧光性质. 采用密度泛函的方法, 在B3LYP/6-31G水平上对分子的几何构型进行了优化, 得到稳定的几何构型; 运用INDO/S方法计算了化合物的电子光谱, 计算结果434.2 nm与实验值432.0 nm基本一致.     

Theoretical study of the electronic excited states of tetracyanoethylene and its radical anion.

The low-lying electronic states of tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) and its radical anion were studied using multiconfigurational second-order perturbation theory (CASPT2) and extended atomic natural orbital (ANO) basis sets. The results obtained yield a full interpretation of the electronic absorption spectra, explain the spectral changes undergone upon reduction, give support to the occurrence of a bound excited state for the anionic species, and provide valuable information for the rationalization of the experimental data obtained with electron transmission spectroscopy.     

Evidence for a lack of reactivity of carotenoid addition radicals towards oxygen: a laser flash photolysis study of the reactions of carotenoids with acylperoxyl radicals in polar and non-polar solvents

In this paper, we report the results of a laser flash photolysis study of the reactions of a range of carotenoids with acylperoxyl radicals in polar and nonpolar solvents. The results show, for the first time, that carotenoid addition radicals do not react with oxygen to form carotenoid peroxyl radicals; an observation which is of significance in relation to antioxidant/pro-oxidant properties of carotenoids. Acylperoxyl radicals, generated by photolysis of ketone precursors in oxygenated solvents, display high reactivity toward carotenoids in both polar and nonpolar solvents, but the nature of the carotenoid radicals formed is dependent on solvent polarity. In hexane, acylperoxyl radicals react with carotenoids with rate constants in the region of 10(9) M(-1) s(-1) and give rise to transient absorption changes in the visible region that are attributed to the formation of addition radicals. All of the carotenoids show bleaching in the region of ground-state absorption and, with the exception of 7,7'-dihydro-beta-carotene (77DH), no distinct absorption features due to addition radicals are observed beyond the ground state absorption region. For 77DH, the addition radical displays an absorption band that is spectrally resolved from the parent carotenoid absorption. The rate of decay of the 77DH addition radical is unaffected by oxygen in the concentration range 10(-4)-10(-2) M, suggesting that these resonance-stabilized carbon-centered radicals are not scavenged by oxygen. At low incident laser intensities, the 77DH addition radical decay kinetics are 1st order with k(1) approximately 4 x 10(3) s(-1) at room temperature. The 1st order decay is attributed to an intramolecular cyclization process, which is supported by the substantial negative entropies of activation obtained from measurements of the decay rate constants for different 77DH addition radicals as a function of temperature. No transient absorption features are observed in the red or near-infrared regions in hexane for any of the carotenoids studied. In polar solvents such as methanol, acylperoxyl radicals also react with carotenoids with rate constants in the region of 10(9) M(-1) s(-1), but give rise to transient absorption changes in both the visible and the red/near-infrared regions, where it is evident that there are two distinct species. For 77DH, the addition radical absorption around 450 nm is still evident, although its kinetic behavior differs from its behavior in hexane. For 77DH and zeta-carotene (zeta-CAR) the spectral and kinetic resolution of the various absorption bands simplifies kinetic analysis. The kinetic evidence suggests that addition radical formation precedes formation of the two near-infrared absorbing species, and that the kinetics of the addition radical decay match the kinetics of formation of the first of these species (NIR1, absorbing at shorter wavelengths). The decay of NIR1 leads to NIR2, which is attributed to the carotenoid radical cation. The solvent dielectric constant dependence of the relative amounts of NIR1 and NIR2 formed leads us to speculate that NIR1 is an ion-pair. However, an alternative assignment for NIR1 is an isomer of the radical cation. The results, in terms of the pattern of reactivity the carotenoids display and of the properties of the carotenoid radicals formed, are discussed in relation to the antioxidant/pro-oxidant properties of carotenoids.     

A tetracopper(II)-tetraradical cuboidal core and its reactivity as a functional model of phenoxazinone synthase

The coordination chemistry of the tridentate ligand N-(2-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)-2-aminobenzylalcohol H3L has been studied with the copper(II) ion. The ligand is noninnocent in the sense that it is readily oxidized in the presence of air to its o-iminobenzosemiquinonato [L*]2- radical form. The crystal structure of the synthesized tetracopper(II)-tetraradical complex [CuII4(L*)4] (1), has been determined by X-ray crystallography at 100 K. Variable-temperature (2-290 K) magnetic susceptibility measurements of complex 1 containing eight paramagnetic centers establish the spin ground state to be diamagnetic (St=0) arising from the antiferromagnetic interactions. Electrochemical measurements (cyclic voltammograms and square wave voltammograms) indicate four one-electron reductions of the ligand prior to the reduction of the metal center. Complex 1 is found to catalyze the aerial oxidation of 2-aminophenol to 2-amino-phenoxazine-3-one, thus modeling the catalytic function of the copper-containing enzyme phenoxazinone synthase. Kinetic measurements together with electron paramagnetic resonance and electronic spectral studies have been used to decipher the complex six-electron oxidative coupling of 2-aminophenol. An "on-off" mechanism of the radicals together with redox participation of the metal center is proposed for the catalytic oxidation processes.     

Prediction of the existence of the N2H- molecular anion

We predict the existence of the N(2)H(-) anion from first principle calculations. We present the three-dimensional potential energy surface and the bound states of the N(2)H(-)/D(-) van der Waals anion. The electronic calculations were performed using state-of-the-art ab initio methods and the nuclear motions were solved using a quantum close-coupling scattering theory. A T-shaped equilibrium structure was found, with a well depth of 349.1 cm(-1), where 18 bound states have been located for N(2)H(-) and 25 for N(2)D(-) for total angular momentum J = 0. We also present the absorption spectra of the N(2)H(-) complex. This anion could be formed after low energy collisions between N(2) and H(-) through radiative association. The importance of this prediction in astrophysics and the possible use of N(2)H(-) as a tracer of N(2) and H(-) in the interstellar medium is discussed.     

Ultrafast photoinduced electron transfer in directly linked porphyrin-ferrocene dyads

The ultrafast electron transfer occurring upon Soret excitation of three new porphyrin-ferrocene (XP-Fc) dyads has been studied by femtosecond up-conversion and pump-probe techniques. In the XP-Fc dyads (XP-Fcs) designed in this study, the ferrocene moiety is covalently bonded to the meso positions of 3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl zinc porphyrin (BPZnP-Fc), pentafluorophenyl zinc porphyrin (FPZnP-Fc), and 3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl free-base porphyrin (BPH2P-Fc). Charge separation and recombination in the XP-Fcs were confirmed by transient absorption spectra, and the lifetimes of the charge-separated states were estimated from the decay rate of the porphyrin radical anion band to be approximately 20 ps. The charge-separation rates of the XP-Fcs were found to be >10(13) s-1 from the S2 state and 6.3x10(12) s-1 from the S1 state. Charge separation from the S2 state was particularly efficient for BPZnP-Fc, whereas the main reaction pathway was from the S1 state for BPH2P-Fc. Charge separation from the S2 and S1 states occurred at virtually the same rate in benzene and tetrahydrofuran and was much faster than their solvation times. Analysis of these results using semiquantum Marcus theory indicates that the magnitude of the electronic-tunneling matrix element is rather large and far outside the range of nonadiabatic approximation. The pump-probe data show the presence of vibrational coherence during the reactions, suggesting that wavepacket dynamics on the adiabatic potential energy surface might regulate the ultrafast reactions.     

Structural, electronic, and optical properties of phosphole-containing pi-conjugated oligomers for light-emitting diodes

The purpose of this work is to provide an in-depth interpretation of the optical and electronic properties of a series of phosphole derivatives, including 2,5-diphenylthiooxophosphole (2a), 2-phenyl-5-biphenylthiooxophosphole (3a), 2-phenyl-5-stilbenylthiooxophosphole (4a), 2,5-dithienylthiooxophosphole (2b), 2-thienyl-5-biphenylthiooxophosphole (3b), 2-thienyl-5-stilbenylthiooxophosphole (4b), and dibenzophosphole 1. These thiooxophospholes show great potential for application in OLEDs as efficient red emitters due to the tuning of the optical and electronic properties by the use of various substituents at the 2,5-positions of the phosphole ring. The geometric and electronic structures of the oligomers in the ground state were investigated using density functional theory (DFT) and the ab initio HF, whereas the lowest singlet excited states were optimized with ab initio CIS. To assign the absorption and emission peaks observed in the experiment, we computed the energies of the lowest singlet excited states with time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT). All DFT calculations were performed using the B3LYP functional and the 6-31G (d) basis set. The results show that the HOMOs, LUMOs, energy gaps, ionization potentials, and electron affinities for the phosphole derivatives are significantly affected by varying the phosphole ring substituents at the 2,5-positions, which favor the hole and electron injection into OLEDs. The absorption and emission spectra exhibit red shifts to some extent [the absorption spectra: 339.63 (1)<358.65 (2a)<373.77 (3a)<443.89 nm (4a) and 403.03 (3b)<449.11 (2b)<460.19 nm (4b); the emission spectra: 418.42 (1)<513.62 (2a)<556.51 (3a)<642.59 nm (4a) and 568.31 (2b)<631.11 (3b)<647.35 nm (4b)] and the Stokes shifts are unexpectedly large ranging from 78 to 228 nm resulting from a more planar conformation of the excited state for the phosphole derivatives.     

Development of N-benzamidothioureas as a new generation of thiourea-based receptors for anion recognition and sensing

A series of neutral N-(substituted-benzamido)-N'-phenylthioureas (substituent = p-OC(2)H(5), p-CH(3), m-CH(3), H, p-Cl, p-Br, m-Cl, and p-NO(2)) were designed as anion receptors, in which the thiourea binding site was attached to the benzamido moiety via an N-N bond. The absorption spectra of these N-benzamidothioureas in acetonitrile peaked at ca. 270 nm were found to show unprecedented red shifts by 7 373 to 14 325 cm(-1) in the presence of anions such as AcO(-), F(-), and H(2)PO(4)(-). Under the same conditions, the classic neutral thiourea receptors, N-(substituted-phenyl)-N'-phenylthioureas, showed absorption spectral shifts in most cases of less than 800 cm(-1) with one exception of 6501 cm(-1). Control experiments, effects of protic solvent, and (1)H NMR titration confirmed the formation of hydrogen-bonding complexes between the new N-benzamidothiourea receptors and anions. The binding constants with AcO(-), for example, are at 10(5)-10(7) mol(-1) L order of magnitude, which are 13 to 590 times those of the corresponding classic N-phenylthioureas in the same solvent. It was found that, whereas the absorption of the N-benzamidothiourea receptors showed essentially no dependence on the substituent, the substantially red-shifted new absorption band of the N-benzamidothiourea-anion binding complex was sensitively subject to the substituent. A linear relationship was found between the absorption energies of the N-benzamidothiourea-acetate binding complexes and the Hammett constants of the substituents with a negative slope of -0.34 eV. This led to the assignment that the substantially red-shifted absorption band was the ground-state intramolecular charge-transfer absorption with the substituent locating in the electron acceptor moiety. It was concluded that anion binding to the thiourea moiety of the N-benzamidothiourea receptors switched on their ground-state charge transfer. An anion-binding induced structural change was suggested to occur around the N-N bond in N-benzamidothioureas, which resulted in a substantially increased electron donating ability of the electron donor in the receptor molecules. As a consequence, the ground-state charge transfer takes place in the N-benzamidothiourea-anion binding complexes, leading to unprecedented red shifts in the absorption spectra and substantially enhanced anion binding affinities than those of the corresponding N-phenylthiourea receptors. N-Benzamido-N'-phenylthioureas represent a new generation of neutral thiourea-based anion receptors that show substantially improved anion binding performance important for anion sensing and recognition.     

Absolute configuration and conformational stability of (+)-2,5-dimethylthiolane and (-)-2,5-dimethylsulfolane

Enantiopure (+)-2,5-dimethylthiolane and (-)-2,5-dimethylsulfolane were prepared using literature procedures and investigated using vibrational circular dichroism (VCD). Experimental absorption and VCD spectra of (+)-2,5-dimethylthiolane and (-)-2,5-dimethylsulfolane in CCl(4) solution in the 2000-900 cm(-)(1) region were compared with the ab initio predictions of absorption and VCD spectra obtained with density functional theory using the B3LYP/6-311G(2d, 2p) basis set for different conformers of (2R,5R)-2,5-dimethylthiolane and (2R,5R)-2,5-dimethylsulfolane. This comparison indicates that (+)-2,5-dimethylthiolane is of the (2R,5R)-configuration and has two predominant conformations in CCl(4) solution. In addition, (-)-2,5-dimethylsulfolane is of (2R,5R)-configuration and has only one predominant conformation. The stereochemical assignment is in agreement with literature.     

Geometry,Electronic Structure,and Related Properties of Dye Sensitizer： 3,4-bis[1- （carboxymethyl）-3-indolyl]- 1 H-pyrrole-2,5-dione

The geometry, electronic structure, polarizability and hyperpolarizability of dye sensitizer 3,4-bis[1-（carboxymethyl）-3-indolyl]-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione （BIMCOOH） were studied using density functional theory （DFT） with hybrid functional B3LYP, and the electronic absorption spectra were investigated using semi-empirical quantum chemical method ZINDO-1 and time-dependent DFT （TDDFT）. The results of natural bond orbital suggest that the natural charges of the dione, indole, and acetic groups are about 0.15e, -0.29e, and 0.44e, respectively. The calculated isotropic polarizability, polarizability anisotropy invariant and hyperpolarizability are 305.4, 188.3, and 1155.4 a.u., respectively. The electronic absorption spectral features in visible and near-UV region were assigned to the π→π^＊ transition due to the qualitative agreement between the experiment and the TDDFT calculations, and the transitions of the excited states 9-11 related to photoinduced intramolecular charge transfer processes. The analysis of electronic structure and UV-Vis absorption indicates that the indole groups primarily contributed sensitization of photo-to-currency conversion processes, and the interracial electron transfer between semiconductor TiO2 electrode and dye sensitizer BIMCOOH are electron injection processes from excited states of the dyes to the semiconductor conduction band.     

Examination of the silver colloid binding behavior of disulfide-tethered bipyridine ligands and their fac-tricarbonylrheniumI complexes

The syntheses of 2,2'-bipyridin-5-ylmethyl-5-(1,2-dithiolan-3-yl)pentanoate (L1) and N-(2,2'-bipyridin-5-ylmethyl)-5-(1,2-dithiolan-3-yl)pentanamide (L2) and their neutral fac carbonylrhenium(I) complexes [Re(L1)(CO)(3)Br] and [Re(L2)(CO)(3)Br] are reported. The electronic absorption and emission spectra of the complexes are similar to the spectrum of the reference compound [Re(bipy)(CO)(3)Br] and correlate well with the density functional theory calculations undertaken. The surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) spectra (excited at both 532 and 785 nm) of the ligands and complexes were examined and compared to the spectrum of ethyl 5-(1,2-dithiolan-3-yl)pentanoate (L3), revealing that there is very little contribution to the spectra of these species from the dithiolated alkyl chains. The spectra are dominated by the characteristic peaks of a metalated 2,2'-bipyridyl group, arising from the silver colloid/ion complexation, and the rhenium center. The rhenium complexes show weak SERS bands related to the CO stretches and a broad band at 510 cm(-1) assigned to Re-CO stretching. Concentration-dependent studies, measured by the relative intensity of several assigned peaks, indicate that, as the surface coverage increases, the bipyridine moiety lifts off the surface. In the case of L1 and L2, this gives rise to complexes with silver at low concentration, enhancing the signals observed, while for the tricarbonylbromorhenium complexes of these ligands, the presence of the disulfide tether allows an enhancement in the limits of detection of these surface-borne species of 20 times in the case of [ReL2(CO)(3)Br] over [Re(bipy)(CO)(3)Br].     

On the homolytic cleavage of the N,O bond in N-(methoxy)pyridine-2(1H)-thione and N-(methoxy)thiazole-2(3H)-thione in thermally and photochemically induced reactions: a theoretical study

The accuracy of theoretical approaches to describe electronic absorption spectra of N-(hydroxy)- and N-(methoxy)- derivatives of pyridine-2(1H)-thione and thiazole-2(3H)-thione are examined with the aim to identify methods that are applicable for a rational design of new photochemically active oxyl radical precursors. In addition, the mechanism of the photochemically induced methoxyl radical formation from N-(methoxy)pyridine-2(1H)-thiones and of N-(methoxy)thiazole-2(3H)-thiones is investigated by means of theoretical methods. The results of the study are applied in order to explain differences in photoreactions of N-(alkoxy)pyridine-2(1H)-thiones and the corresponding thiazole-2(3H)-thiones.     

Surface characterization of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium Br-, I-, PF6-, BF4-, (CF3SO2)2N-, SCN-, CH3SO3-, CH3SO4-, and (CN)2N- ionic liquids by sum frequency generation

Sum frequency generation spectroscopy, SFG, was used for the surface characterization at the gas-liquid interface of the 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium cation combined with the following anions: Br-, I-, PF6-, BF4-, (CF3SO2)2N- (imide), SCN-, CH3SO3- (MeSO3), CH3SO4- (MS), and (CN)2N- (DCN). The SFG spectra obtained for the different ionic liquids were similar independent of the anion selected; therefore, a comprehensive analysis for the surface characterization of the ionic liquids' cation was focused only on the PF6- and Br- anion combinations. For an accurate identification of the vibrational modes observed, FT-IR and Raman spectroscopy in combination with isotopic labeling with deuterium and polarized Raman spectroscopy was used. The cation orientation was determined by analysis of polarization-dependent SFG spectra. For a compound dried in a vacuum to < or = 2 x 10(-5) Torr, the cation appears to be oriented with the ring laying flat along the surface plane and the butyl chain projecting into the gas phase independent of the anion identity.     

Structural changes upon reduction of dipyrido[2,3-a:3',2'-c]phenazine probed by vibrational spectroscopy, ab initio calculations, and deuteration studies

A series of bridging ligands, dipyrido[2,3-a:3',2'-c]phenazine (ppb), dipyrido[2,3-a:3',2'-c]-6,7-dichlorophenazine (ppbCl2), and dipyrido[2,3-a:3',2'-c]-6,7-dimethylphenazine (ppbMe2), and their binuclear copper(I) complexes have been synthesized, and their spectral properties were measured. The single-crystal structure of the complex, [(PPh3)2Cu(mu-ppbCl2)Cu(PPh3)2](BF4)2 in the monoclinic space group P21/c, 18.2590(1), 21.1833(3), 23.2960(3) A with Z = 4 is reported. The copper(I) complexes are deeply colored through MLCT transitions in the visible region. The vibrational spectra of the ligands have been modeled using ab initio hybrid density functional theory (DFT) methods (B3LYP/6-31G(d)) and compared to experimental FT-Raman and IR data. The DFT calculations are used to interpret the resonance Raman spectra, and thus the electronic spectra, of the complexes. The preferential enhancement of modes associated with the phenanthroline section of the ligands with blue excitation (lambda(exc) = 457.9 nm) over phenazine-based modes with redder excitation (lambda(exc) = 514.5 and 632.8 nm) suggests the 2 MLCT transitions terminated on different unoccupied MOs are present under the visible absorption envelope. The radical anion species of the ligands are prepared by the electrochemical reduction of the binuclear copper(I) complexes; no evidence of dechelation prevalent in other copper(I) complexes is observed. The resonance Raman spectra of the reduced complexes are dramatically different from those of the parent species. Across the series common bands are observed at about 1590 and 1570 cm(-1) which do not shift with reduction but are altered in intensity. The normal-mode analysis of the radical anion species suggests that these normal modes primarily involve bond length distortions that are unaffected by reduction.