Combined Quantum Trajectory Mean‐Field and Molecular Mechanical (QTMF/MM) Nonadiabatic Dynamics Simulations on the Photoinduced Ring‐Opening Reaction of 2(5H)‐Thiophenone

ChemPhotoChem ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 897-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin‐Bin Xie ◽  
Wei‐Hai Fang
Keyword(s):  
Ring Opening ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Quantum Trajectory ◽  
Nonadiabatic Dynamics ◽  
Ring Opening Reaction ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

Nonadiabatic Dynamics Simulation of Photoinduced Ring-Opening Reaction of 2(5H)-Thiophenone with Internal Conversion and Intersystem Crossing

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin-Bin Xie ◽  
Bo Long Liu ◽  
Xiu-Fang Tang ◽  
Diandong Tang ◽  
Lin Shen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ring Opening ◽  
Internal Conversion ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Quantum Trajectory ◽  
Intersystem Crossing ◽  
Nonadiabatic Dynamics ◽  
Field Approach ◽  
Ring Opening Reaction

In the present work, the quantum trajectory mean-field approach, which is able to overcome the overcoherence problem, was generalized to simulate internal conversion and intersystem crossing processes simultaneously. The photoinduced...

scholarly journals Branching Corrected Mean Field Method for Nonadiabatic Dynamics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiabo Xu ◽  
Linjun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Potential Energy Surfaces ◽  
Quantum Dynamics ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Field Method ◽  
Model Systems ◽  
Nonadiabatic Dynamics ◽  
Model Base ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Energy Surfaces

When describing nonadiabatic dynamics based on trajectories, severe trajectory branching occurs when the nuclear wave packets on some potential energy surfaces are reflected while those on the remaining surfaces are not. As a result, the traditional Ehrenfest mean field (EMF) approximation breaks down. In this study, two versions of the branching corrected mean field (BCMF) method are proposed. Namely, when trajectory branching is identified, BCMF stochastically selects either the reflected or the non-reflected group to build the new mean field trajectory or splits the mean field trajectory into two new trajectories with the corresponding weights. As benchmarked in six standard model systems and an extensive model base with two hundred diverse scattering models, BCMF significantly improves the accuracy while retaining the high efficiency of the traditional EMF. In fact, BCMF closely reproduces the exact quantum dynamics in all investigated systems, thus highlighting the essential role of branching correction in nonadiabatic dynamics simulations of general systems.

Quantum Trajectory Mean-Field Method for Nonadiabatic Dynamics in Photochemistry

2019 ◽  
Vol 123 (34) ◽  
pp. 7337-7350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Shen ◽  
Diandong Tang ◽  
Binbin Xie ◽  
Wei-Hai Fang
Keyword(s):  
Mean Field ◽  
Field Method ◽  
Quantum Trajectory ◽  
Nonadiabatic Dynamics

scholarly journals Branching Corrected Mean Field Method for Nonadiabatic Dynamics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiabo Xu ◽  
Linjun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Potential Energy Surfaces ◽  
Quantum Dynamics ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Field Method ◽  
Model Systems ◽  
Nonadiabatic Dynamics ◽  
Model Base ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Energy Surfaces

When describing nonadiabatic dynamics based on trajectories, severe trajectory branching occurs when the nuclear wave packets on some potential energy surfaces are reflected while those on the remaining surfaces are not. As a result, the traditional Ehrenfest mean field (EMF) approximation breaks down. In this study, two versions of the branching corrected mean field (BCMF) method are proposed. Namely, when trajectory branching is identified, BCMF stochastically selects either the reflected or the non-reflected group to build the new mean field trajectory or splits the mean field trajectory into two new trajectories with the corresponding weights. As benchmarked in six standard model systems and an extensive model base with two hundred diverse scattering models, BCMF significantly improves the accuracy while retaining the high efficiency of the traditional EMF. In fact, BCMF closely reproduces the exact quantum dynamics in all investigated systems, thus highlighting the essential role of branching correction in nonadiabatic dynamics simulations of general systems.

Ion Pairing and Dielectric Decrement in Glycosaminoglycan Brushes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Sterling ◽  
Wenjuan Jiang ◽  
Wesley M. Botello-Smith ◽  
Yun L. Luo
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Ion Pairs ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Salt Bridge ◽  
Ion Pairing ◽  
Donnan Potential ◽  
Mean Field Models ◽  
Ion Exclusion ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Contact Ion Pairs

Molecular dynamics simulations of hyaluronic acid and heparin brushes are presented that show important effects of ion-pairing, water dielectric decrease, and co-ion exclusion. Results show equilibria with electroneutrality attained through screening and pairing of brush anionic charges by cations. Most surprising is the reversal of the Donnan potential that would be expected based on electrostatic Boltzmann partitioning alone. Water dielectric decrement within the brush domain is also associated with Born hydration-driven cation exclusion from the brush. We observe that the primary partition energy attracting cations to attain brush electroneutrality is the ion-pairing or salt-bridge energy associated with cation-sulfate and cation-carboxylate solvent-separated and contact ion pairs. Potassium and sodium pairing to glycosaminoglycan carboxylates and sulfates consistently show similar abundance of contact-pairing and solvent-separated pairing. In these crowded macromolecular brushes, ion-pairing, Born-hydration, and electrostatic potential energies all contribute to attain electroneutrality and should therefore contribute in mean-field models to accurately represent brush electrostatics.

On the Conrotatory Ring Opening of 3-Carbomethoxycyclobutene Vis-À-Vis 3-Carbomethoxy-1,2-Benzocyclobutene and the Predominant Inward Opening of 3-Dimethylaminocarbonyl-1,2-Benzocyclobutene

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veejendra Yadav ◽  
Dasari L V K Prasad ◽  
Arpita Yadav ◽  
Maddali L N Rao
Keyword(s):  
Transition State ◽  
Ring Opening ◽  
Electron Process ◽  
Ring Opening Reaction ◽  
Stable Species ◽  
Electron Event

<p>The torquoselectivity of conrotatory ring opening of 3-carbomethoxycyclobutene is controlled by p<sub>C1C2</sub>→s*<sub>C3C4</sub> and s<sub>C3C4</sub>→p*<sub>CO</sub> interactions in the transition state in a 4-electron process as opposed to only s<sub>C3C4</sub>→p*<sub>CO</sub> interaction in an apparently 8-electron event in 3-carbomethoxy-1,2-benzocyclobutene. The ring opening of 3-carbomethoxy-1,2-benzocyclobutene is sufficiently endothermic. We therefore argue that the reverse ring closing reaction is faster than the forward ring opening reaction and, thus, it establishes an equilibrium between the two and subsequently allows formation of the more stable species <i>via</i> outward ring opening reaction. Application of this argument to 3-dimethylaminocarbonyl-1,2-benzocyclobutene explains the predominantly observed inward opening.</p>

scholarly journals Expanding Monomers as Anti-Shrinkage Additives

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 806
Author(s):  
Philipp Marx ◽  
Frank Wiesbrock
Keyword(s):  
Ring Opening ◽  
Covalent Bond ◽  
Volumetric Shrinkage ◽  
Structure Property ◽  
Atomic Packing ◽  
Materials Properties ◽  
Volumetric Expansion ◽  
Structure Property Relationships ◽  
Ring Opening Reaction ◽  
Measuring Techniques

Commonly, volumetric shrinkage occurs during polymerizations due to the shortening of the equilibrium Van der Waals distance of two molecules to the length of a (significantly shorter) covalent bond. This volumetric shrinkage can have severe influence on the materials’ properties. One strategy to overcome this volumetric shrinkage is the use of expanding monomers that show volumetric expansion during polymerization reactions. Such monomers exhibit cyclic or even oligocyclic structural motifs with a correspondingly dense atomic packing. During the ring-opening reaction of such monomers, linear structures with atomic packing of lower density are formed, which results in volumetric expansion or at least reduced volumetric shrinkage. This review provides a concise overview of expanding monomers with a focus on the elucidation of structure-property relationships. Preceded by a brief introduction of measuring techniques for the quantification of volumetric changes, the most prominent classes of expanding monomers will be presented and discussed, namely cycloalkanes and cycloalkenes, oxacycles, benzoxazines, as well as thiocyclic compounds. Spiroorthoesters, spiroorthocarbonates, cyclic carbonates, and benzoxazines are particularly highlighted.

Design and synthesis of 1,8-Naphthalimide Functionalized Benzothiadiazoles

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajneesh Misra ◽  
Yogjivan Rout
Keyword(s):  
Ring Opening ◽  
Coupling Reaction ◽  
Cross Coupling ◽  
Design And Synthesis ◽  
Cross Coupling Reaction ◽  
Ring Opening Reaction

A series of multi acceptor based push-pull derivatives BTD2–BTD5 were designed and synthesized via Pd-catalyzed Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction followed by [2+2] cycloaddition–electrocyclic ring-opening reaction in which benzothiadiazole (BTD, A1), naphthalimide...

scholarly journals X-ray transient absorption reveals the 1Au (nπ*) state of pyrazine in electronic relaxation

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeriu Scutelnic ◽  
Shota Tsuru ◽  
Mátyás Pápai ◽  
Zheyue Yang ◽  
Michael Epshtein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Excitation ◽  
Transient Absorption ◽  
Transient Absorption Spectroscopy ◽  
Electronic Relaxation ◽  
Nonadiabatic Dynamics ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Organic Chromophores ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
X Ray Absorption ◽  
Structure Calculations

AbstractElectronic relaxation in organic chromophores often proceeds via states not directly accessible by photoexcitation. We report on the photoinduced dynamics of pyrazine that involves such states, excited by a 267 nm laser and probed with X-ray transient absorption spectroscopy in a table-top setup. In addition to the previously characterized 1B2u (ππ*) (S2) and 1B3u (nπ*) (S1) states, the participation of the optically dark 1Au (nπ*) state is assigned by a combination of experimental X-ray core-to-valence spectroscopy, electronic structure calculations, nonadiabatic dynamics simulations, and X-ray spectral computations. Despite 1Au (nπ*) and 1B3u (nπ*) states having similar energies at relaxed geometry, their X-ray absorption spectra differ largely in transition energy and oscillator strength. The 1Au (nπ*) state is populated in 200 ± 50 femtoseconds after electronic excitation and plays a key role in the relaxation of pyrazine to the ground state.

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