水杨酸激发态质子转移反应及其溶剂效应的理论研究

用AMI和INDO/CI方法对水杨酸的激发态质子转移反应进行了理论研究,求得反应的位能曲线、势垒和过渡态,对有关化合物的吸收和荧光光谱进行了理论指认,计算与实验结果符合较好。对光化学反应机理和应用前景进行了讨论,最后以乙醚作为氢键溶剂的例子研究了影响水杨酸激发态质子转移反应的溶剂效应。     

苯甲酰苯胺激发态质子转移反应的理论研究 II: N-苯基苯甲酰胺和N-苯基苯甲亚胺酸的互变异构

用INDO系列方法对苯甲酰苯胺激发态质子转移反应进行了理论研究, 求得了基态和激发态反应的位能面、势垒过渡态和荧光位移。对整个反应的机理和应用前景进行了探讨, 有关化合物的光谱与实验结果较好地符合。     

苯甲酰苯胺激发态质子转移反应的理论研究 II: N-苯基苯甲酰胺和N-苯基苯甲亚胺酸的互变异构

用INDO系列方法对苯甲酰苯胺激发态质子转移反应进行了理论研究, 求得了基态和激发态反应的位能面、势垒过渡态和荧光位移。对整个反应的机理和应用前景进行了探讨, 有关化合物的光谱与实验结果较好地符合。     

苯甲酰苯胺激发态质子转移反应的理论研究 Ⅱ. N-苯基苯甲酰胺和N-苯基苯甲亚胺酸的互变异构

用INDO系列方法对苯甲酰苯胺激发态质子转移反应进行了理论研究,求得了基态和激发态反应的位能面、势垒过渡态和荧光位移.对整个反应的机理和应用前景进行了探讨,有关化合物的光谱与实验结果较好地符合.     

3—羟基吡啶酰胺激发态质子转移反应的理论研究

用AMl+INDO/SDCI方法对3-羟基吡啶酰胺的激发态质子转移反应进行了理论研究,求得基态和激发态反应位能面、势垒和过渡态.对有关化合物的吸收和荧光光谱进行了理论指认,所有理论计算结果均与实验结果吻合较好.在此基础上对光化学反应机理和应用前景进行了讨论.     

9—羟基苯并萘酮的结构和激发态质子转移过程

用INDO系列方法对9-羟基苯并萘酮的结构和激发态质子转移过程进行了理论研究,求得基态和激发态反应的位能面、势垒和过渡态,对反应机理进行了探讨。     

2-(2′-羟基苯基)苯并咪唑的质子转移反应和光谱性质的理论研究

用AM1和INDO/S-CI方法对2-(2’-羟基苯基)苯并咪唑的基态和激发态分子内质子转移反应进行了理论研究,求得基态和激发态反应的势能曲线、势垒和过渡态,并研究了此分子的一些异构体、阴离子的相对稳定性,估算了氢键能.进行了实验光谱的理论指认,所得结果与实验值符合较好,在此基础上对光化学反应机理和光谱性质进行了探讨.     

2-(2''-羟基苯基)间氮杂硫茚激发态质子转移反应的理论研究

本文用MNDO+INDO/DI方法对2-(2'-羟基苯基)间氮杂硫茚(简称HBT)体系的分子内激发态质子转移反应进行了理论研究。理论计算的结果和紫外可见吸收光谱、瞬态吸收光谱和荧光光谱的实验结果基本一致。     

2-(2'-羟基-5'-甲基苯基)苯并三氮唑质子转移的光谱和反应机理

用AM1和INDO/CI方法研究了2-(2'-羟基-5'-甲基苯基)苯并三氮唑的激发态质子转移反应, 求得基态和激发态反应的位能面、势垒和过渡态; 研究了异构体的稳定性、氢键强度及光谱的指认, 计算结果均与实验结果符合。讨论了对光诱导质子转移的机理和应用前景。     

2—（2‘—羟基苯基）苯并咪唑的质子转移反应和光谱性质的…

用ＡＭ１和ＩＮＤＯ／Ｓ－ＣＩ方法对２－（２＇－羟基苯基）苯并咪唑的基态和激发态分子内质子转移反应进行了理论研究，求得基态和激发态反应的势能曲线、势垒和过渡态，并研究了此分子的一些异构体、阴离了的相对稳定性，估算了氢键能。进行了实验光谱的理论指认，所得结果与实验值符合较好。在此基础上对光化学反应机理和光谱性质进行了探讨。     

The invalidity of intermolecular proton transfer triggered twisted intramolecular charge transfer in excited state for 2-(4′-diethylamino-2′-hydroxyphenyl)-1H-imidazo-[4,5-b]pyridine

The excited-state dynamics of the excited-state proton transfer and intramolecular twisted charge transfer (TICT) reactions of a molecular photoswitch 2-(4′-diethylamino-2′-hydroxyphenyl)-1H-imidazo-[4,5-b]pyridine (DHP) in aprotic and alcoholic solvents have been theoretically investigated by using time-dependent density functional theory. The excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) reaction of DHP proceeding upon excitation in all the solvents has been confirmed, and the dual emission has been assigned to the enol and keto forms of DHP. However, for methanol and ethanol solvents within strong hydrogen-bonded capacity, the intermolecular hydrogen bonds between DHP and methanol/ethanol would promote an excited-state double proton transfer (ESDPT) along the hydrogen-bonded bridge. Importantly, the previous proposed ESDPT-triggered TICT mechanism of DHP in methanol and ethanol was not supported by our calculations. The twist motion would increase the total energy of the system for both the products of ESIPT and ESDPT. According to the calculations of the transition states, the ESDPT reaction occurs much easier in keto form generated by ESIPT. Therefore, a sequential ESIPT and ESDPT mechanism of DHP in methanol and ethanol has been reasonably proposed.     

2-(2′-羟基苯基)间氮杂硫茚激发态质子转移反应的理论研究

人们早就认识到质子转移互变异构反应的存在。近年来,发现的激发态分子内质子转移反应更引入注目,因为它有重大的应用前景,如     

Proton translocation and electronic relaxation along a hydrogen-bonded molecular wire in a 6-hydroxyquinoline/acetic acid complex

A hydrogen-bonded network formed between 6-hydroxyquinoline (6-HQ) and acetic acid (AcOH) has been characterized using a time-resolved fluorescence technique. In the bridged hydrogen-bonded complex of cis-6-HQ and AcOH, an excited-state reaction proceeds via proton transfer along the hydrogen bond, resulting in a keto-tautomer (within approximately 200 ps) that exhibits large Stokes-shifted fluorescence. The unbridged complex also undergoes excited-state proton transfer, but the Stokes shift is rather smaller.     

Absorption and emission study of 2',7'-difluorofluorescein and its excited-state buffer-mediated proton exchange reactions

2',7'-Difluorofluorescein (Oregon Green 488) is a new fluorescein-based dye, which has found many applications, above all in biochemistry and neurosciences, and its use has become very popular in the last years. In recent years, we have been investigating the excited-state proton exchange reactions of fluorescein and the effect of suitable proton acceptors and donors which promote these reactions. The excited-state proton transfer reactions may appreciably influence the fluorescence results when using these dyes. We present steady-state emission evidence that acetate buffer species promote an excited-state proton transfer between neutral, monoanionic, and dianionic forms of 2',7'-difluorofluorescein. The time course of the excited species in this reaction was characterized through time-resolved fluorescence measurements, and the kinetics of the reaction was solved by using the global compartmental analysis. A previous identifiability study on the compartmental system set the conditions to design the fluorescence decay surface. This is the first experimental system, studied within this kinetic model, solved under identifiability conditions through global compartmental analysis. The recovered rate constant values for deactivation were 2.94 x 10(8) s(-1) for the monoanion and 2.47 x 10(8) s(-1) for the dianion, whereas the rate constant values of the buffer-mediated excited-state reaction were 9.70 x 10(8) and 1.79 x 10(8) M(-1) s(-1) for the deprotonation and protonation, respectively. With these values, a pK(a) = 4.02 was obtained. In this work, we additionally provide an absorption study, including acid-base equilibria, determination of ground-state pK(a) values (1.02, 3.61, and 4.69), and recovery of molar absorption coefficients of every prototropic species, including absorption and NMR evidence for the existence of three tautomers in neutral species. Steady-state emission spectra of 2',7'-difluorofluorescein in aqueous solution are also described, where the strong photoacid behavior of the cation is noteworthy.     

The effect of hydrogen bonding on the excited-state proton transfer in 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)benzothiazole: a TDDFT molecular dynamics study

The dynamics of the excited-state proton transfer (ESPT) in a cluster of 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)benzothiazole (HBT) and hydrogen-bonded water molecules was investigated by means of quantum chemical simulations. Two different enol ground-state structures of HBT interacting with the water cluster were chosen as initial structures for the excited-state dynamics: (i) an intramolecular hydrogen-bonded structure of HBT and (ii) a cluster where the intramolecular hydrogen bond in HBT is broken by intermolecular interactions with water molecules. On-the-fly dynamics simulations using time-dependent density functional theory show that after photoexcitation to the S(1) state the ESPT pathway leading to the keto form strongly depends on the initial ground state structure of the HBT-water cluster. In the intramolecular hydrogen-bonded structures direct excited-state proton transfer is observed within 18 fs, which is a factor two faster than proton transfer in HBT computed for the gas phase. Intermolecular bonded HBT complexes show a complex pattern of excited-state proton transfer involving several distinct mechanisms. In the main process the tautomerization proceeds via a triple proton transfer through the water network with an average proton transfer time of approximately 120 fs. Due to the lack of the stabilizing hydrogen bond, intermolecular hydrogen-bonded structures have a significant degree of interring twisting already in the ground state. During the excited state dynamics, the twist tends to quickly increase indicating that internal conversion to the electronic ground state should take place at the sub-picosecond scale.     

Excited-state double proton transfer dynamics of model DNA base pairs: 7-hydroxyquinoline dimers

The excited-state double proton transfer of model DNA base pairs, 7-hydroxyquinoline dimers, in benzene has been investigated using picosecond time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. Upon excitation, whereas singly hydrogen-bonded noncyclic dimers do not go through tautomerization within the relaxation time of 1400 ps, doubly hydrogen-bonded cyclic dimers undergo excited-state double proton transfer on the time scale of 25 ps to form tautomeric dimers, which subsequently undergo a conformational change in 180 ps to produce singly hydrogen-bonded tautomers. The rate constant of the double proton transfer reaction is temperature-independent, showing a large kinetic isotope effect of 5.2, suggesting that the rate is governed mostly by tunneling.     

Ultrafast proton transfer dynamics of hydroxystilbene photoacids

The effects of 4-cyano and 3-cyano substituents on the spectroscopic properties and photoacidity of 3- and 4-hydroxystilbene have been investigated. In nonpolar solvents, the 3-hydroxycyanostilbenes have much longer singlet lifetimes and larger fluorescence quantum yields than do the 4-hydroxycyanostilbenes. The longer lifetimes of 3-hydroxystilbene and its cyano derivatives are attributed to a "meta effect" on the stilbene torsional barrier, similar to that previously observed for the aminostilbenes. The cyano substituent causes a marked increase in both ground state and excited-state acidity of the hydroxystilbenes in aqueous solution. The dynamics of excited-state proton transfer in methanol-water solution have been investigated by means of femtosecond time-resolved transient absorption spectroscopy. Assignment of the transient absorption spectra is facilitated by comparison to the spectra of the corresponding potassium salts of the conjugate bases and the methyl ethers, which do not undergo excited-state proton transfer. The 4-cyanohydroxystilbenes undergo excited-state proton transfer with rate constants of 5 x 10(11) s(-1). These rate constants are comparable to the fastest that have been reported to date for a hydroxyaromatic photoacid and approach the theoretical limit for water-mediated proton transfer. The isotope effect for proton transfer in deuterated methanol-water is 1.3 +/- 0.2, similar to the isotope effect for the dielectric response of water. The barrier for excited state double bond torsion of the conjugate bases is small for 4-cyano-4-hydroxystilbene but large for 4-cyano-3-hydroxystilbene. Thus the "meta effect" is observed for the singlet states of both the neutral and conjugate base.     

Theoretical insights into excited-state process for the novel 2,3-bis[(4-diethylamino-2-hydroxybenzylidene)amino]but-2-enedinitrile system

In this present work, we clarify the excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) mechanism for 2,3-bis[(4-diethylamino-2-hydroxybenzylidene)amino]but-2-enedinitrile (BDABE) system. We present the fact that excited-state single proton transfer can occur along with one hydrogen bond, even though BDABE form consists of two intramolecular hydrogen bonds. Based on the density functional theory and time-dependent density functional theory methods, we theoretically investigate and elaborate the excited-state intramolecular dual hydrogen-bonding interactions. By simulating the electrostatic potential surface, we verify the formation of dual intramolecular hydrogen bonds for BDABE molecule in the S₀ state. Furthermore, comparing the primary bond lengths and bond angles as well as the infrared vibrational spectra, we find that the double hydrogen bonds should be strengthened in the S₁ state. When it comes to photoexcitation process, we discover the charge redistribution around hydrogen bonding moieties. The increased electronic density around proton acceptor plays the important roles in strengthening hydrogen bonds and in facilitating ESIPT reaction. In view of the possible ESIPT reaction paths (i.e., stepwise and synchronization double proton transfer) for BDABE molecule, we explored the S₀-state and S₁-state potential energy curves. This work explains experimental results and further clarifies the excited-state behaviors for BDABE system.