Solvent effect on excited state conformational changes in trifluoronitrosomethane

1978 ◽  
Vol 100 (10) ◽  
pp. 2971-2974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Goodman ◽  
L. E. Brus
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Solvent Effect ◽  
Conformational Changes

scholarly journals Role of active site conformational changes in photocycle activation of the AppA BLUF photoreceptor

2017 ◽  
Vol 114 (7) ◽  
pp. 1480-1485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Puja Goyal ◽  
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Free Energy ◽  
Excited State ◽  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Conformational Changes ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Active Site ◽  
Locally Excited ◽  
Proton Relay ◽  
Locally Excited State

Blue light using flavin adenine dinucleotide (BLUF) proteins are essential for the light regulation of a variety of physiologically important processes and serve as a prototype for photoinduced proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET). Free-energy simulations elucidate the active site conformations in the AppA (activation of photopigment and puc expression) BLUF domain before and following photoexcitation. The free-energy profile for interconversion between conformations with either Trp104 or Met106 closer to the flavin, denoted Trpin/Metout and Trpout/Metin, reveals that both conformations are sampled on the ground state, with the former thermodynamically favorable by ∼3 kcal/mol. These results are consistent with the experimental observation of both conformations. To analyze the proton relay from Tyr21 to the flavin via Gln63, the free-energy profiles for Gln63 rotation were calculated on the ground state, the locally excited state of the flavin, and the charge-transfer state associated with electron transfer from Tyr21 to the flavin. For the Trpin/Metout conformation, the hydrogen-bonding pattern conducive to the proton relay is not thermodynamically favorable on the ground state but becomes more favorable, corresponding to approximately half of the configurations sampled, on the locally excited state. The calculated energy gaps between the locally excited and charge-transfer states suggest that electron transfer from Tyr21 to the flavin is more facile for configurations conducive to proton transfer. When the active site conformation is not conducive to PCET from Tyr21, Trp104 can directly compete with Tyr21 for electron transfer to the flavin through a nonproductive pathway, impeding the signaling efficiency.

Intramolecular Charge Transfer Assisted by Conformational Changes in the Excited State of Fluorene-dibenzothiophene-S,S-dioxide Co-oligomers

2006 ◽  
Vol 110 (39) ◽  
pp. 19329-19339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando B. Dias ◽  
Sam Pollock ◽  
Gordon Hedley ◽  
Lars-Olof Pålsson ◽  
Andy Monkman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Conformational Changes ◽  
Intramolecular Charge Transfer

Development of solid-state emissive o-carboranes and theoretical investigation of the mechanism of the aggregation-induced emission behaviors of organoboron “element-blocks”

2017 ◽  
Vol 196 ◽  
pp. 31-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuo Tanaka ◽  
Kenta Nishino ◽  
Shunichiro Ito ◽  
Honami Yamane ◽  
Kazumasa Suenaga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Conformational Changes ◽  
Functional Group ◽  
Theoretical Calculations ◽  
Luminescent Properties ◽  
Ring Structure ◽  
Aggregation Induced Emission ◽  
Intramolecular Mobility ◽  
Fused Ring ◽  
Potential Strategy

This paper presents the aggregation-induced emission (AIE) properties of o-carborane derivatives and proposes a potential strategy for constructing AIE-active organoboron complexes via the enhancement of freedom of intramolecular mobility. Initially, the optical properties of o-carborane derivatives with or without the fused ring structure at the C–C bond in o-carborane in which elongation should be induced by photo-excitation according to theoretical calculations were compared. Accordingly, it was shown that large mobility at the C–C bond in o-carborane should be responsible for the annihilation of emission in solution, leading to the AIE property. From this result, it was presumed that by enhancing the freedom of intramolecular mobility in conventional luminescent organoboron complexes, the deactivation of the excited state in solution and emission recovery in the aggregate can be induced. Based on this idea, we have performed several studies and introduce two representative results. Firstly, the decrease in luminescent properties of boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) in solution by introducing a movable functional group is explained. Next, the AIE behaviors of boron ketoiminates and the potential mechanism concerning conformational changes for the deactivation of the excited state in the solution state are illustrated. It is proposed that enhancement of the freedom of mobility in the excited state of luminescent organoboron complexes could be a potential strategy for realizing AIE behaviors.

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