Substituent effects in the photohydration of styrenes and phenylacetylenes. An attempt to establish a ?h? scale for excited-state reactions

1991 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 193-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Mcewen ◽  
Keith Yates
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Substituent Effects

Substituent effects on homolytic versus heterolytic photocleavage of (1-naphthylmethyl)trimethylammonium chlorides

1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (7) ◽  
pp. 1599-1607 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Foster ◽  
B. Gaillard ◽  
N. Mathur ◽  
A. L. Pincock ◽  
J. A. Pincock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Excited State ◽  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Charge Distribution ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Bond Cleavage ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Hydrogen Atom Transfer ◽  
Singlet Excited State ◽  
State Rate

Singlet excited state rate constants have been measured for both the heterolytic and homolytic photocleavage of 3- and 4-methoxy and 3- and 4-cyano (1-naphthylmethyl)trimethylammonium chlorides, 6–10. The results are interpreted in terms of the meta effect or changes in charge distribution upon excitation and the competition between bond cleavage, electron transfer, and hydrogen atom transfer in the contact pairs resulting from the two types of cleavage.

The photochemistry of indenyl alcohols and esters: Substituent effects on the competition between ion- and radical-derived products

2003 ◽  
Vol 81 (10) ◽  
pp. 1083-1095 ◽  
Author(s):  
J A Pincock ◽  
I S Young
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Fluorescence Emission ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Sharp Contrast ◽  
Carboxylate Anion ◽  
Excited Singlet ◽  
Heterolytic Cleavage ◽  
Singlet States ◽  
Excited Singlet States

The photochemistry of the indenyl acetates 1 and pivalates 2, substituted with X = H, 5-CH3O, and 6-CH3O, have been examined in both methanol and cyclohexane. The precursor alcohols 3 were also found to be photoreactive. Although only radical-derived products were obtained in cyclohexane, both ion- and radical-derived products were formed in methanol. The absence of significant fluorescence emission from any of the substrates 1, 2, and 3 indicates that the excited singlet states are highly reactive. A mechanism is proposed for the ion-derived products that proceeds through direct heterolytic cleavage to give an indenyl cation – carboxylate anion pair. The indenyl cations generated are anti-aromatic in the ground state and their efficient generation by this photochemical solvolysis is in sharp contrast to the very low reactivity of related ground-state substrates. For the pivalate esters 2, an excited-state migratory decarboxylation is proposed for the formation of tert-butyl derived products.Key words: ester photochemistry, indenyl cations, indenyl radicals.

scholarly journals Structure-Photochemical Function Relationships in Nitrogen-Containing Heterocyclic Aromatic Photobases Derived from Quinoline

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophya Alamudun ◽  
Kyle Tanovitz ◽  
April Fajardo ◽  
Kaitlind Johnson ◽  
Andy Pham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Excitation Energy ◽  
Systematic Study ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Vertical Excitation ◽  
Vertical Excitation Energy ◽  
Heterocyclic Aromatics ◽  
A Charge

<p>Photobases are compounds which become strong bases after electronic excitaton into a charge-transfer excited state. Recent experimental studies have highlighted the photobasicity of the 5-R quinoline compounds, demonstrating a strong substituent dependence to the pK<sub>a</sub><sup>*</sup>. Here we describe our systematic study of how the photobasicity of four families of nitrogen-containing heterocyclic aromatics are tuned through substituents. We show that substituent position and identity both significantly impact the pK<sub>a</sub><sup>*</sup>. We demonstrate that the substituent effects are additive and identify many disubstituted compounds with substantially greater photobasicity than the most photobasic 5-R quinoline compound identified previously. We show that the addition of a second fused benzene ring to quinoline, along with two electron-donating substituents, lowers the vertical excitation energy into the visible while still maintaining a pK<sub>a</sub><sup>*</sup> > 14. Overall, the structure-function relationships developed in this study provide new insights to guide the development of new photocatalysts that employ photobasicity. </p>

Substituent effects upon efficiency of excited-state acetophenones produced on thermolysis of 3,4-diaryl-3,4-dimethyl-1,2-dioxetanes

1987 ◽  
Vol 52 (14) ◽  
pp. 3143-3150 ◽  
Author(s):  
William H. Richardson ◽  
Diana L. Stiggal-Estberg ◽  
Zhangping Chen ◽  
John C. Baker ◽  
David M. Burns ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Substituent Effects

ortho-Effects in Mass Spectra. Alteration of the Molecular-Ion Energy Distribution in Disubstituted Acetanilides

1972 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 670-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Benezra ◽  
Maurice Bursey
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Mass Spectra ◽  
Transition Probability ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Quasi Equilibrium ◽  
Ion Energy ◽  
Ion Energy Distribution ◽  
Molecular Ion ◽  
Equilibrium Calculations ◽  
Excitation Probability

Abstract Simplified quasi-equilibrium calculations performed on the mass spectra of dihalosubstituted phenyl acetates and acetanilides again uncover the same substituent effects on the rise of K with E for the loss of ketene from phenyl acetates as was determined for the monosubstituted phenyl acetates. However, a new effect is found for the disubstituted acetanilides, removal of excitation probability for low-lying energy states of the molecular ion. This effect parallels the removal of transition probability for the lowest excited state of the neutral molecule.

ChemInform Abstract: Substituent Effects Upon Efficiency of Excited-State Acetophenones Produced on Thermolysis of 3,4-Diaryl-3,4-dimethyl-1,2-dioxetanes.

ChemInform ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 18 (51) ◽  
Author(s):  
W. H. RICHARDSON ◽  
D. L. STIGGAL-ESTBERG ◽  
Z. CHEN ◽  
J. C. BAKER ◽  
D. M. BURNS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Substituent Effects

scholarly journals Strategies for Design of Potential Singlet Fission Chromophores Utilizing a Combination of Ground State and Excited State Aromaticity Rules

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ouissam El Bakouri ◽  
Joshua R. Smith ◽  
Henrik Ottosson
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Geometric Model ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Singlet Fission ◽  
Singlet Exciton ◽  
Singlet Exciton Fission ◽  
Homo Lumo ◽  
Potential Use

Singlet exciton fission photovoltaics requires chromophores with their lowest excited states arranged so that 2<i>E</i>(T<sub>1</sub>) < <i>E</i>(S<sub>1</sub>) and <i>E</i>(S<sub>1</sub>) < <i>E</i>(T<sub>2</sub>). Herein, qualitative theory and quantum chemical calculations are used to develop explicit strategies on how to use Baird’s 4<i>n</i> rule on excited state aromaticity, combined with Hückel’s 4<i>n</i>+2 rule for ground state aromaticity, to tailor new potential chromophores for singlet fission. We first analyze the <i>E</i>(T<sub>1</sub>), <i>E</i>(S<sub>1</sub>) and <i>E</i>(T<sub>2</sub>) of benzene and cyclobutadiene (<b>CBD</b>) as, respectively, excited state antiaromatic and aromatic archetypes, and reveal that <b>CBD </b>fulfils the criteria on the state ordering for a singlet fission chromophore. We then look at fulvenes, a class of compounds that can be tuned by choice of substituents from Baird-antiaromatic to Baird-aromatic in T<sub>1</sub> and S<sub>1</sub>, and from Hückel-aromatic to Hückel-antiaromatic in S<sub>0</sub>. The T<sub>1</sub> and S<sub>1</sub> states of most substituted fulvenes (159 of 225) are described by singly excited HOMO→LUMO configurations, providing a rational for the simultaneous tuning of <i>E</i>(T<sub>1</sub>) and <i>E</i>(S<sub>1</sub>) along an approximate (anti)aromaticity coordinate. Key to the tunability is the exchange integral (K<sub>H,L</sub>), which ideally is constant throughout the compound class, providing a constant D<i>E</i>(S<sub>1</sub>-T<sub>1</sub>). This leads us to a geometric model for identification of singlet fission chromophores, and we explore what factors limit the model. Candidates with calculated <i>E</i>(T<sub>1</sub>) of ~1 eV or higher are identified among benzannelated 4<i>n</i>pi-electron compound classes and siloles. In brief, it is clarified how the joint utilization of Baird’s 4<i>n</i> and Hückel’s 4<i>n</i>+2 rules, together with substituent effects (electronic and steric) and benzannelation, can be used to tailor new chromophores with potential use in singlet fission photovoltaics.<br>

scholarly journals Strategies for Design of Potential Singlet Fission Chromophores Utilizing a Combination of Ground State and Excited State Aromaticity Rules

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ouissam El Bakouri ◽  
Joshua R. Smith ◽  
Henrik Ottosson
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Geometric Model ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Singlet Fission ◽  
Singlet Exciton ◽  
Singlet Exciton Fission ◽  
Homo Lumo ◽  
Potential Use

Singlet exciton fission photovoltaics requires chromophores with their lowest excited states arranged so that 2<i>E</i>(T<sub>1</sub>) < <i>E</i>(S<sub>1</sub>) and <i>E</i>(S<sub>1</sub>) < <i>E</i>(T<sub>2</sub>). Herein, qualitative theory and quantum chemical calculations are used to develop explicit strategies on how to use Baird’s 4<i>n</i> rule on excited state aromaticity, combined with Hückel’s 4<i>n</i>+2 rule for ground state aromaticity, to tailor new potential chromophores for singlet fission. We first analyze the <i>E</i>(T<sub>1</sub>), <i>E</i>(S<sub>1</sub>) and <i>E</i>(T<sub>2</sub>) of benzene and cyclobutadiene (<b>CBD</b>) as, respectively, excited state antiaromatic and aromatic archetypes, and reveal that <b>CBD </b>fulfils the criteria on the state ordering for a singlet fission chromophore. We then look at fulvenes, a class of compounds that can be tuned by choice of substituents from Baird-antiaromatic to Baird-aromatic in T<sub>1</sub> and S<sub>1</sub>, and from Hückel-aromatic to Hückel-antiaromatic in S<sub>0</sub>. The T<sub>1</sub> and S<sub>1</sub> states of most substituted fulvenes (159 of 225) are described by singly excited HOMO→LUMO configurations, providing a rational for the simultaneous tuning of <i>E</i>(T<sub>1</sub>) and <i>E</i>(S<sub>1</sub>) along an approximate (anti)aromaticity coordinate. Key to the tunability is the exchange integral (K<sub>H,L</sub>), which ideally is constant throughout the compound class, providing a constant D<i>E</i>(S<sub>1</sub>-T<sub>1</sub>). This leads us to a geometric model for identification of singlet fission chromophores, and we explore what factors limit the model. Candidates with calculated <i>E</i>(T<sub>1</sub>) of ~1 eV or higher are identified among benzannelated 4<i>n</i>pi-electron compound classes and siloles. In brief, it is clarified how the joint utilization of Baird’s 4<i>n</i> and Hückel’s 4<i>n</i>+2 rules, together with substituent effects (electronic and steric) and benzannelation, can be used to tailor new chromophores with potential use in singlet fission photovoltaics.<br>

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