State-selective photochemistry from the higher excited states of methylbenzaldehydes: intermolecular vs. intramolecular hydrogen abstraction

1984 ◽  
Vol 106 (4) ◽  
pp. 923-925 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irwin C. Winkler ◽  
David M. Hanson
Keyword(s):  
Excited States ◽  
Hydrogen Abstraction ◽  
Intramolecular Hydrogen ◽  
Higher Excited States

The photochemical reactivity of some benzoylthiophenes. IV. The effect of an adjacent methyl group on the excited state reactivity of 3-benzoylthiophene

1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (15) ◽  
pp. 1970-1984 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Arnold ◽  
C. P. Hadjiantoniou
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Abstraction ◽  
Thiophene Ring ◽  
Emission Spectra ◽  
Photochemical Reactions ◽  
Triplet States ◽  
Photochemical Reactivity ◽  
Methyl Group ◽  
State Diagrams ◽  
Phosphorescence Emission ◽  
Intramolecular Hydrogen

The electronic absorption and phosphorescence emission spectra and the photochemical reactivity of several methyl-3-benzoylthiophenes (2- and 4-methyl-3-benzoylthiophene (1, 2), 2,5-dimethyl-3-benzoylthiophene (3), and 3-(2-methylbenzoyl)thiophene (4)) have been studied. Partial state diagrams have been constructed. The lowest energy absorption in hexane solution in every case is the carbonyl n → π* transition. The two lowest triplet states of these ketones are close in energy and, in fact, the nature of the emitting triplet (n,π* or π,π*) depends upon the position of methyl substitution and upon the solvent. The photochemical reactions studied include intramolecular hydrogen abstraction (revealed by deuterium exchange in the adjacent methyl group upon irradiation in perdeuteriomethanol solution), photocycloaddition of dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate to the thiophene ring, and photocycloaddition of isobutylene to the carbonyl group. Generalizations, potentially useful for predicting photochemical reactivity of these and other aromatic ketones are summarized.

scholarly journals Flavones’ and Flavonols’ Antiradical Structure–Activity Relationship—A Quantum Chemical Study

Antioxidants ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maciej Spiegel ◽  
Tadeusz Andruniów ◽  
Zbigniew Sroka
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Hydrogen Abstraction ◽  
Quantum Chemical Study ◽  
Hydrogen Atom Transfer ◽  
Hydroxyl Group ◽  
Water Solvent ◽  
Intramolecular Hydrogen ◽  
Catechol Moiety

Flavonoids are known for their antiradical capacity, and this ability is strongly structure-dependent. In this research, the activity of flavones and flavonols in a water solvent was studied with the density functional theory methods. These included examination of flavonoids’ molecular and radical structures with natural bonding orbitals analysis, spin density analysis and frontier molecular orbitals theory. Calculations of determinants were performed: specific, for the three possible mechanisms of action—hydrogen atom transfer (HAT), electron transfer–proton transfer (ETPT) and sequential proton loss electron transfer (SPLET); and the unspecific—reorganization enthalpy (RE) and hydrogen abstraction enthalpy (HAE). Intramolecular hydrogen bonding, catechol moiety activity and the probability of electron density swap between rings were all established. Hydrogen bonding seems to be much more important than the conjugation effect, because some structures tends to form more intramolecular hydrogen bonds instead of being completely planar. The very first hydrogen abstraction mechanism in a water solvent is SPLET, and the most privileged abstraction site, indicated by HAE, can be associated with the C3 hydroxyl group of flavonols and C4’ hydroxyl group of flavones. For the catechol moiety, an intramolecular reorganization to an o-benzoquinone-like structure occurs, and the ETPT is favored as the second abstraction mechanism.

DFT and TD-DFT study of the enol and thiol tautomers of 3-thioxopropanal in the ground and first singlet excited states

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (04) ◽  
pp. 1750034 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kolsoom Shayan ◽  
Alireza Nowroozi
Keyword(s):  
Excited States ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Global Minimum ◽  
Substitution Effects ◽  
Structure Stability ◽  
Stable Form ◽  
Orbital Parameters ◽  
Td Dft ◽  
Intramolecular Hydrogen ◽  
Linear Correlations

In the first part of this paper, a comprehensive theoretical study of molecular structure, stability, intramolecular hydrogen bond (IMHB) and [Formula: see text]-electron delocalization ([Formula: see text]-ED) of the enol and thiol tautomers of 3-thioxopropanal (TPA) in the ground state is performed. In this regard, all of the plausible conformations of TPA at M06-2X/6-311[Formula: see text]G(d,p) are optimized and a variety of theoretical levels are employed to identify the global minimum. Our calculations show that E1 is the most stable form that is in contrast to the results of Gonzalez et al. [J Phys Chem 101: 9710, 1997]. In order to elucidate this duality, the IMHB and [Formula: see text]-ED of chelated forms (E1 and T1) have been extensively investigated. So, it is found that both of the IMHB analysis and [Formula: see text]-ED concepts emphasize on the E1, as the global minimum. In the second part of this study, a set of simple electron-withdrawing and electron-donating substituents such as CN, F, Cl, CH3 and NH2 have been considered to evaluate their effects on the IMHB of the first singlet excited state of E1 and T1 at TD-DFT/6–311[Formula: see text]G(d,p) level of theory. According to our analysis, it was found that the IMHB strength of the excited states are much weaker than the ground states. Surprisingly, the IMHB of thiol derivatives is stronger than the enol ones in contrast to the ground state. Furthermore, the substitution effects in the ground and excited states are significantly different. Finally, various linear correlations between the IMHB energies with geometrical, topological and molecular orbital parameters are obtained.

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