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Su R, Huang Z. A brand-new type of excited-state proton transfer (ESIPT) molecule based on sulfoxide/sulfenic acid tautomerism. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:27566-27573. [PMID: 37807837 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp02624h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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The excited-state proton transfer (ESIPT) behavior of organic fluorophores has attracted much attention due to their unique photophysical properties. So far, ESIPT studies have mainly focused on the transfer of hydrogen atoms between N-N, N-O, or O-O. In this work, a brand-new type of ESIPT molecule based on sulfoxide/sulfenic acid tautomerism has been thoroughly investigated. The sulfoxide/sulfenic acid tautomerization process requires one step and two steps in the ground and first excited singlet states, respectively. A range of density functional theory and time-dependent density functional theory methods have been employed to investigate these structures, and the changes in aromaticity may be responsible for obtaining the ESIPT process. This work presents a novel ESIPT process, showcasing molecules that exhibit distinctive properties compared to conventional ESIPT compounds. These findings are expected to expand the horizons of experimental research in ESIPT.
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- Rongchuan Su
- Department of Pharmacology, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637100, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610064, China
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Devadiga D, Ahipa TN, Bhat SV, Kumar S. New Luminescent Pyridine-based Disc type Molecules: Synthesis, Photophysical, Electrochemical, and DFT studies. J Fluoresc 2023; 33:445-452. [PMID: 36435904 DOI: 10.1007/s10895-022-03090-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The design and synthesis of new conjugated luminescent molecules have attracted the attention of researchers because of their various applications, especially in the field of optoelectronic devices. Most of the applications were mainly based on the intramolecular charge transfer (ICT). For this purpose, we designed and synthesized a series of new donor-acceptor based disc type molecules i.e. 2,4,6-tris(4-(alkyloxy)phenyl)pyridines carrying variable alkoxy chains [i.e. n = 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16]. Further, the structures of all the synthesized compounds were confirmed by using ATR-IR, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, and ESI-MS analysis. Moreover, the photophysical property study indicated that all the molecules are blue light emitting materials, however the change of alkoxy chain length in phenyl arms does not affect their absorption, emission, and energy levels. Besides, the thermal study revealed that core is stable up to 350 °C. Also, the DFT study showed that the photo induced electron transfer caused by HOMO-LUMO excitation in the studied molecules. Therefore, all the molecules have potential applications in optoelectronic applications.
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- Deepak Devadiga
- Centre for Nano and Material Sciences, Jain University, Jain Global Campus, Bangalore, 562112, India
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- Centre for Nano and Material Sciences, Jain University, Jain Global Campus, Bangalore, 562112, India.
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- Raman Research Institute, Soft Condensed Matter Group, C. V. Raman Avenue, Bangalore, 560080, India
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- Raman Research Institute, Soft Condensed Matter Group, C. V. Raman Avenue, Bangalore, 560080, India.,Department of Chemistry, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Yelahanka, Bangalore, 560064, India
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Effects and Influence of External Electric Fields on the Equilibrium Properties of Tautomeric Molecules. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 28:molecules28020695. [PMID: 36677753 PMCID: PMC9865840 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28020695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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In this review, we have attempted to briefly summarize the influence of an external electric field on an assembly of tautomeric molecules and to what experimentally observable effects this interaction can lead to. We have focused more extensively on the influence of an oriented external electric field (OEEF) on excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) from the studies available to date. The possibilities provided by OEEF for regulating several processes and studying physicochemical processes in tautomers have turned this direction into an attractive area of research due to its numerous applications.
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Devadiga D, T N A, S VB, Kumar S. New luminescent ordered liquid crystalline molecules with a 3-cyano-2-pyridone core unit. SOFT MATTER 2022; 18:8320-8330. [PMID: 36300377 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm01068b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The self-organized states of liquid crystals (LCs) have recently received a lot of attention because of their various applications, especially in the fields of electron transport materials and optoelectronic devices. In most of these applications, molecules containing a donor-acceptor skeleton have been widely employed and generally these molecular frameworks have been designed mainly on the basis of the donor-acceptor concept. Inspired from this concept, we synthesized a series of new donor-acceptor based luminescent molecules, i.e. 4,6-bis(4-alkyloxyphenyl)-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridine-3-carbonitrile (Pn-series), carrying variable alkoxy chains [i.e. n = 8, 10, 12, 14, 16]. The structures of the synthesized molecules were confirmed by various spectral analyses. Further, their absorption and emission studies indicated that these molecules show blue light emitting properties. Moreover, the experimentally obtained optical band gap was analogous to the theoretical band gap calculated from the DFT study. The first two members of the Pn-series (n = 8 and 10) are non-mesogens. As the alkyl chain length increased to n = 12 and n = 14, the smectic C phase appeared along with an additional low temperature ordered lamellar phase. When n = 16, the smectic C phase disappeared and the compound exhibited only an ordered lamellar phase. This ordered lamellar phase is mainly due to the face to face alignment which makes these molecules potential candidates for electron transport materials and optoelectronic devices.
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- Deepak Devadiga
- Centre for Nano and Material Sciences, Jain University, Jain Global Campus, Bangalore, 562112, India.
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- Centre for Nano and Material Sciences, Jain University, Jain Global Campus, Bangalore, 562112, India.
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- Raman Research Institute, Soft Condensed Matter group, C. V. Raman Avenue, Bangalore 560080, India
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- Raman Research Institute, Soft Condensed Matter group, C. V. Raman Avenue, Bangalore 560080, India
- Department of Chemistry, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology (NMIT), Yelahanka, Bangalore, 560064, India
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Zhang H, Li Z, Liu J, Wang Y. Effect of intermolecular hydrogen bonds on the proton transfer and fluorescence characteristics of 1′-hydroxy-2′-acetonaphthone. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Zucolotto Cocca LH, Pelosi A, Sciuti LF, M. G. Abegão L, Kamada K, Piguel S, Renato Mendonça C, De Boni L. Two-photon brightness of highly fluorescent imidazopyridine derivatives: Two-photon and ultrafast transient absorption studies. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.118379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Shekhovtsov NA, Nikolaenkova EB, Berezin AS, Plyusnin VF, Vinogradova KA, Naumov DY, Pervukhina NV, Tikhonov AY, Bushuev MB. A 1-Hydroxy-1H-imidazole ESIPT Emitter Demonstrating anti-Kasha Fluorescence and Direct Excitation of a Tautomeric Form. Chempluschem 2021; 86:1436-1441. [PMID: 34648233 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202100370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2021] [Revised: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The ability of 1-hydroxy-1H-imidazoles to exist in the form of two prototropic tautomers, the N-hydroxy and the N-oxide forms, can be utilized in the design of new types of ESIPT-fluorophores (ESIPT=excited state intramolecular proton transfer). Here we report the first example of 1-hydroxy-1H-imidazole-based ESIPT-fluorophores, 1-hydroxy-5-methyl-2,4-di(pyridin-2-yl)-1H-imidazole (HL), featuring a short intramolecular hydrogen bond O-H⋅⋅⋅N (O⋅⋅⋅N 2.56 Å) as a pre-requisite for ESIPT. The emission of HL originates from the anti-Kasha S2 →S0 fluorescence in the N-oxide form as a result of a large S2 -S1 energy gap slowing down the S2 →S1 internal conversion. Due to an energy barrier between the N-hydroxy and N-oxide forms in the ground state, the HL molecules can be trapped and photoexcited in the N-oxide form leading to the Stokes shift of ca. 60 nm which is the smallest among known ESIPT-fluorophores.
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- Nikita A Shekhovtsov
- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 3, Akad. Lavrentiev Ave., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 9, Akad. Lavrentiev Ave., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 3, Akad. Lavrentiev Ave., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 3, Institutskaya str., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 3, Akad. Lavrentiev Ave., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 3, Akad. Lavrentiev Ave., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 3, Akad. Lavrentiev Ave., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 9, Akad. Lavrentiev Ave., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 3, Akad. Lavrentiev Ave., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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