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Understanding C C bond formation in polar reactions. An ELF analysis of the Friedel Crafts reaction between indoles and nitroolefins

2013

[EN] The Friedel-Crafts (FC) reaction of N-methyl indole 1 with nitroethylene 2 has been studied using DFT methods at the B3LYP/6-31+G** level in order to characterize the bonding changes along the C-C bond-formation process in polar reactions. For this FC reaction a two-step mechanism has been found. The first step is associated with the C-C bond formation between the most electrophilic centre of nitroethylene and the most nucleophilic centre of N-methyl indole, to yield a zwitterionic intermediate IN. The second step corresponds to an intramolecular proton transfer process at IN, regenerating the aromatic system present at the indole. Despite the high electrophilic character shown by nitr…

Mechanism of triplet photosensitized Diels-Alder Reaction between indoles and cyclohexadienes: theoretical support for an adiabatic pathway.

2006

Diels-Alder reactions between indoles (InHs) and 1,3-cyclohexadienes (CHDs) were achieved by using aromatic ketones as photosensitizers. For instance, irradiation of deaerated dichloromethane solutions containing benzoylthiophene (BT, 1 mM), indole (20 mM), and phellandrene (40 mM), in the presence of an acylating agent, led to the N-acetylated Diels-Alder cycloadduct in 46% yield (endo:exo ratio of 1.8:1). Energy transfer from the BT triplet to the CHD gave rise to diene dimers as byproducts. Several combinations of CHDs, InHs, and aromatic ketones were tested; the Diels-Alder reaction was found to be a general process, except when the indole nucleus was substituted at position 2 or 7 and …

Essential on the Photophysics and Photochemistry of the Indole Chromophore by Using a Totally Unconstrained Theoretical Approach

2015

Indole is a chromophore present in many different molecules of biological interest, such as the essential amino acid tryptophan and the neurotransmitter serotonin. On the basis of CASPT2//CASSCF quantum chemical calculations, the photophysical properties of the system after UV irradiation have been studied through the exploration of the potential energy hypersurfaces of the singlet and triplet low-lying valence excited states. In contrast to previous studies, the present work has been carried out without imposing any restriction to the geometry of the molecule (C1 symmetry) and by performing minimum energy path calculations, which is the only instrument able to provide the lowest-energy evo…

A Three-Component Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative CC Coupling Reaction: A Domino Process in Two Dimensions

2013

Double stimuli-responsive polysaccharide block copolymers as green macrosurfactants for near-infrared photodynamic therapy

2019

The NIR absorbing photosensitizer phthalocyanine zinc (PC(Zn)) was stabilized in aqueous media as water-dispersible nanoparticles with a reduction- and pH-responsive full polysaccharide block copolymer. A cellular uptake and also photo switchable intracellular activity of the cargo upon irradiation at wavelengths in the near infrared region were shown. The block copolymer was synthesized by applying a copper-free click strategy based on a thiol exchange reaction, creating an amphiphilic double-stimuli-responsive mixed disulfide. The dual-sensitive polysaccharide micelles represent a non-toxic and biodegradable green macrosurfactant for the delivery of phthalocyanine zinc. By encapsulation i…

Transient Midinfrared Study of Light Induced Dissociation Reaction of Ru(dcbpy)(CO)2I2 in Solution

2004

Illumination of Ru(dcbpy)I2(CO)2 (dcbpy = 4,4‘-dicarboxy-2,2‘-bipyridine) with (near) ultraviolet light induces dissociation of one of the CO groups of the complex. In solution the opened coordination site of the metal is occupied by a solvent molecule. In the present study the kinetics of the ligand exchange reaction has been studied in solution with femtosecond time resolution by probing the CO stretching vibrations of the reactant and the product molecules Ru(dcbpy)I2(CO)(EtOH) in the infrared and probing electronic transitions in the visible spectral regions. The kinetic results indicate that photoelimination of the CO group occurs on a subpicosecond time scale. The overall quantum yiel…

Spectroscopic and theoretical study of push-pull chromophores containing thiophene-based quinonoid structures as electron spacers

2003

Donor−acceptor chromophores containing three different types of thiophene-based electron spacers and the same donor (1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene) and acceptor (dicyanomethylene) end groups have been investigated by infrared and vis-near-IR absorption spectroscopies with the aim of elucidating the ability of the heteroquinonoid spacers as electron transmitters. Density functional theory calculations have been carried out, both within the standard and the time-dependent formalisms, to assign the most relevant electronic and infrared features of these chromophores and to assess useful information about their molecular structures. Both theoretical calculations and vibrational spectra demonstrate the …

Intriguing Photochemistry of the Additives in the Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

2016

Over the years numerous mixes of chemical compounds have been tried in the electrolytes of dye-sensitized solar cells in efforts to improve their efficiency. How these chemicals interact with each other and the photoelectrode has received surprisingly little attention. Here we report results from a systematic study of two I–/I3– electrolytes and their additives using infrared and Raman spectroscopy together with quantum chemical calculations. In the LiI electrolyte competing interactions between lithium cation and the solvent MPN and the additives TBP, NMBI, and GuSCN were identified. These interactions could inhibit the interaction of lithium ions with the TiO2 surface. It was found that u…

SYNTHESIS, LASER-RAMAN, INFRARED AND PROTON MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTRA OF (CH3)3PtX2- 3 IONS (X = Cl−, Br−) AND (CH3)3Ptiv ISOCYANIDE COMPLEXES

1976

Abstract The novel ionic complexes [(C6H5)4As]2 [(CH3)3PtX3](X = Cl− and Br−) and [(CH3)3Pt(bipy)L]+[B(C6H5)4]− (bipy = 2,2′-bipyridine, L = aliphatic and aromatic isocyanide) have been prepared. The structure of the complex ions has been inferred from Laser-Raman and infrared spectra in the solid state and 1H NMR in solution. These data are consistent with a facial configuration of the organometallic moiety. Trends in vibrational frequencies ν(Pt-C) and ν(Pt-X) indicate a “trans” influence sequence for the ligands, which in the case of (CH3)3PtX2- 3 is related with that found for (CH3)2AuX− 2 ions.

Fluoreszenz‐Untersuchungen an styrylsubstituierten Benzolen

1986

Die Fluoreszenz-Abklingzeiten der stilbenartigen Verbindungen 1 – 4 zeigen, das die mittleren Lebensdauern dieser Molekule im elektronisch angeregten Singulettzustand um rund zwei Zehnerpotenzen hoher sind als bei trans-Stilben selbst. Anhand von UV-Absorptions-und Anregungsspektren wird das auf einen neu gefundenen S1-Zustand zuruckgefuhrt, der einem verbotenen Ubergang S0 S1 auf der langwelligen Seite der intensiven Absorption entspricht. Investigations on the Fluorescence of Styryl-substituted Benzenes Fluorescence decay measurements of the stilbene-like compounds 1 – 4 demonstrate that the average lifetimes of these molecules in the electronically excited singlet state are about 102 tim…