1,3-Diketonatoboron difluoride sensitized cation radical reactions

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (8) ◽  
pp. 1331-1336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. L. Chow ◽  
Xianen Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Excited State ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Cation Radical ◽  
Radical Reactions ◽  
Singlet Excited State ◽  
Anti Isomer ◽  
Cation Radicals ◽  
Dibenzoylmethanatoboron Difluoride ◽  
Boron Complexes

Dibenzoylmethanatoboron difluoride (DBMBF2) and allied BF2 complexes interact from their singlet excited state with trans-anethole (t-A), quadricyclene (QC), and norbornadiene (NBD) by electron transfer to generate the corresponding cation radicals, which undergo the reported reactions. By sensitization, t-A undergoes dimerization to form the anti head-to-head and syn head-to-head dimers with retention of stereochemistry. The formation is reversible under sensitization conditions, leading to accumulation of the more stable anti isomer. However, irradiation of the absorption band of the DBMBF2 – t-A ground state complex did not lead to dimerization of t-A. By DBMBF2 sensitization, QC is cleanly converted to NBD while NBD is not affected. The calculation shows QC+• possesses higher energy than NBD+• by 7.5 kcal/mol, hence an irreversible rearrangement. Other sensitizers (e.g., cyanoaromatics and tetrachlorobenzoquinone) also promote these cation radical reactions but not as cleanly as DBMBF2. Key words: photosensitization by boron complexes, cation radical rearrangement, cation radical cycloaddition, electron transfer sensitization, photoreaction of ground state complexes.

Thionine–graphene oxide covalent hybrid and its interaction with light

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (22) ◽  
pp. 14412-14423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewelina Krzyszkowska ◽  
Justyna Walkowiak-Kulikowska ◽  
Sven Stienen ◽  
Aleksandra Wojcik
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Graphene Oxide ◽  
Excited State ◽  
Transfer Process ◽  
Singlet Excited State ◽  
Functionalized Graphene ◽  
Electron Transfer Process ◽  
Functionalized Graphene Oxide ◽  
Back Electron Transfer

Quenching of the thionine singlet excited state in covalently functionalized graphene oxide with an efficient back electron transfer process.

The photocycloaddition of dibenzoylmethanatoboron difluoride (DBMBF2) with conjugated enones and en-esters

1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (6) ◽  
pp. 846-854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan L. Chow ◽  
Shi-Sen Wang ◽  
Xian-En Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Ring Opening ◽  
Electron Donors ◽  
Head Orientation ◽  
Singlet Excited State ◽  
Methyl Substitution ◽  
Unsaturated Ketones ◽  
Dibenzoylmethanatoboron Difluoride

Dibenzoylmethanatoboron difluoride (DBMBF2), the BF2 complex of dibenzoylmethane, reacted from its singlet excited state with α,β-unsaturated ketones and esters to give 1,5-diketones by a [2+2] cycloaddition and ring-opening sequence in an analogous pathway to that observed in the photocycloaddition to olefins and dienes. The present photoreaction is unexpected since conjugated enones and en-esters are poor electron donors to comply with the previously proposed charge transfer requirement in DBMBF2 photoreactions. The photocycloaddition to these substrates was highly regioselective and stereoselective, giving the head-to-head orientation, which could be enhanced by α-methyl substitution; β-methyl substitution increased the alternate head-to-tail orientation. The photolysis of a mixture of DBMBF2 and a cyclic enone also caused the latter to dimerize to give head-to-head and head-to-tail dimers in significant yields. These photodimerizations were apparently caused by DBMBF2 sensitization. The mechanism of the sensitization is discussed.

scholarly journals Halogen-Bond Assisted Photoinduced Electron Transfer

Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (23) ◽  
pp. 4361
Author(s):  
Bogdan Dereka ◽  
Ina Fureraj ◽  
Arnulf Rosspeintner ◽  
Eric Vauthey
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Excited State ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Halogen Bond ◽  
Quenching Rate ◽  
Excited Complex ◽  
Diffusion Controlled ◽  
Donor Acceptor ◽  
Quenching Rate Constant ◽  
Excited State Population

The formation of a halogen-bond (XB) complex in the excited state was recently reported with a quadrupolar acceptor–donor–acceptor dye in two iodine-based liquids (J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2017, 8, 3927–3932). The ultrafast decay of this excited complex to the ground state was ascribed to an electron transfer quenching by the XB donors. We examined the mechanism of this process by investigating the quenching dynamics of the dye in the S1 state using the same two iodo-compounds diluted in inert solvents. The results were compared with those obtained with a non-halogenated electron acceptor, fumaronitrile. Whereas quenching by fumaronitrile was found to be diffusion controlled, that by the two XB compounds is slower, despite a larger driving force for electron transfer. A Smoluchowski–Collins–Kimball analysis of the excited-state population decays reveals that both the intrinsic quenching rate constant and the quenching radius are significantly smaller with the XB compounds. These results point to much stronger orientational constraint for quenching with the XB compounds, indicating that electron transfer occurs upon formation of the halogen bond.

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.

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.

Effect of substitution on the redox behaviour and EPR spectra of zinc(II) substituted tetraphenylporphyrin cation radicals

2000 ◽  
Vol 04 (02) ◽  
pp. 192-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
PARESH C. DAVE ◽  
D. SRINIVAS
Keyword(s):  
Ground State ◽  
Cation Radical ◽  
Molecular Geometry ◽  
Chemical Oxidation ◽  
Electronic Ground State ◽  
Epr Spectra ◽  
Redox Behaviour ◽  
Cation Radicals ◽  
First Time ◽  
Electronic Ground

Substituted tetraphenylporphyrinatozinc(II) complexes have been synthesized and characterized by various physicochemical techniques. The effects of substitution and counterions on the redox behaviour and EPR spectra have been examined. The EPR spectra revealed that chemical oxidation with bromine yields ZnT ( X - P ) P + Br - (species I) and a brominated tetraphenylporphyrin cation radical (species II). The former exhibits a labile electronic ground state (with 2 A 2 u ground state transforming into 2 A 1 u at 175 K), while the latter is characterized by a 2 A 1 u state. The lability in the electronic ground state for species I is discussed in terms of the change in molecular geometry as the temperature is lowered. The EPR spectra also revealed for the first time the formation of dimeric agglomerates of TPP cation radicals in low concentration below the electronic transition (i.e. near 170 K) wherein the paramagnetic sites are antiferromagnetically coupled.

Fluorescence of 5-fluorouracil upon the transition from the second singlet excited state S 2 to the ground state

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. S. Ostakhov ◽  
Sh. Kh. Gantsev ◽  
V. P. Kazakov ◽  
M. V. Sultanbaev ◽  
G. V. Khamitova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Excited State ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Singlet Excited State

The importance of conformation in the reactivity of radical cations. Changing configuration at saturated carbon centres

1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 272-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allyson L. Perrott ◽  
Donald R. Arnold
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Excited State ◽  
Molecular Mechanics ◽  
Radical Cation ◽  
Trans Isomer ◽  
Radical Cations ◽  
Singlet Excited State ◽  
Photostationary State ◽  
Configurational Isomerization ◽  
Cis Isomer

Irradiation of an acetonitrile solution of cis 1-methyl-2-phenylcyclopentane (1bcis); 1,4-dicyanobenzene (2), an electron-accepting photosensitizer; and 2,4,6-collidine (3), a nonnucleophilic base, leads to configurational isomerization of the cyclopentane; the photostationary state lies > 99% in favour of the trans isomer. The mechanism proposed for this reaction involves formation of the radical cation of 1bcis by photoinduced electron transfer to the singlet excited state of 2, deprotonation of the radical cation assisted by the base 3, reduction of the resulting benzylic radical by the radical anion [Formula: see text], and reprotonation of the benzylic anion to give both the cis and the trans isomers of 1b. The photostationary state is controlled by the relative rates of deprotonation of the radical cations of 1bcis and trans; these rates are dependent upon the extent of overlap of the SOMO of the radical cation, which is largely associated with the phenyl ring, and the benzylic carbon–hydrogen bond. Molecular mechanics calculations (MM3 and MMP2) are used to calculate the preferred conformations of the isomers. The required orbital overlap is 31% effective with the global minimum conformation of the cis isomer and essentially ineffective for the low-lying conformations of the trans isomer. This proposed mechanism is supported by Stem–Volmer quenching studies, which indicate that both isomers quench the singlet excited state of 2 at the diffusion-controlled rate, and by deuterium incorporation studies. When irradiation of the cis isomer is carried out in acetonitrile–methanol-O-d as solvent, isomerization is accompanied by deuterium exchange at the benzylic position; the trans isomer is stable under these conditions. Keywords: photosensitized electron transfer, radical cation, deprotonation, configurational isomerization, conformation, molecular mechanics (MM3).

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