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Joung JF, Jeong M, Park S. Reliable experimental method for determination of photoacidity revealed by quantum chemical calculations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:21714-21721. [PMID: 36074805 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp03308a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Photoacids are aromatic acids that exhibit significantly different acidities when they are electronically excited. Three experimental methods have been extensively used to determine the photoacidity, : fluorescence titration, the Förster cycle, and time-resolved experiments. However, the photoacidities determined by these experimental methods are not consistent. In this work, we used a theoretical method to evaluate the reliability of experimentally determined values. In particular, density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT calculations were used to obtain the changes in Gibbs free energy for acid dissociation reactions which are directly related to values. The Förster cycle, which is frequently used to experimentally determine the photoacidity due to its simplicity, yielded inconsistent results depending on how the transition energy was defined. We evaluated six empirical parameters extracted from the absorption and emission spectra of acidic and basic species of photoacids to adequately define the transition energy in the Förster cycle. And we found that the values obtained using the optical bandgap as the transition energy in the Förster cycle were in the best agreement with the results of quantum chemical calculations.
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- Joonyoung F Joung
- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute for Natural Science, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute for Natural Science, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute for Natural Science, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea.
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Suzuki N, Kubota T, Ando N, Yamaguchi S. Photobase-Driven Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer (ESIPT) in a Strapped π-Electron System. Chemistry 2021; 28:e202103584. [PMID: 34841575 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103584] [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: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We report a new design strategy for an excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) fluorophore that can be used in acidic media. A photobasic pyridine-centered donor-acceptor-donor-type fluorophore is combined with a basic trialkylamine "strap". In the presence of an acid, protonation occurs predominantly at the amine moiety in the ground state. A single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed the formation of a pre-organized intramolecular hydrogen-bonded structure between the resulting ammonium moiety and the pyridine ring. Upon excitation, the intramolecular charge-transfer transition increases the basicity of the pyridine moiety in the excited state, resulting in proton transfer from the amine to the pyridine moiety. Consequently, the fluorophore takes on a polymethine-dye character in the ESIPT state, which gives rise to significantly red-shifted emission with an increased fluorescence quantum yield.
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- Naoya Suzuki
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, and Integrated Research Consortium on Chemical Sciences (IRCCS), Nagoya University, Furo, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, and Integrated Research Consortium on Chemical Sciences (IRCCS), Nagoya University, Furo, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, and Integrated Research Consortium on Chemical Sciences (IRCCS), Nagoya University, Furo, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, and Integrated Research Consortium on Chemical Sciences (IRCCS), Nagoya University, Furo, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan.,Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Furo, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
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Das AK, Druzhinin SI, Ihmels H, Müller M, Schönherr H. Colorimetric and Fluorimetric DNA Detection with a Hydroxystyryl-Quinolizinium Photoacid and Its Application for Cell Imaging. Chemistry 2019; 25:12703-12707. [PMID: 31418956 PMCID: PMC6790585 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201903017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Revised: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The combination of styryl dye properties with the acidity and strong photoacidity of the 2,2'-[(1''-hydroxy-4''-methyl-(E)-2'',6''-phenylene)]-bisquinolizinium enables the detection of DNA by distinct absorption and emission color changes and the fluorimetric detection of DNA in cells with epifluorescence and confocal fluorescence microscopy.
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- Avijit Kumar Das
- Department of Chemistry and Biology, and Center of Micro- and Nanochemistry and Engineering (Cμ)University of SiegenAdolf-Reichwein-Str. 257068SiegenGermany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, and Center of Micro- and Nanochemistry and Engineering (Cμ)University of SiegenAdolf-Reichwein-Str. 257068SiegenGermany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, and Center of Micro- and Nanochemistry and Engineering (Cμ)University of SiegenAdolf-Reichwein-Str. 257068SiegenGermany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, and Center of Micro- and Nanochemistry and Engineering (Cμ)University of SiegenAdolf-Reichwein-Str. 257068SiegenGermany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, and Center of Micro- and Nanochemistry and Engineering (Cμ)University of SiegenAdolf-Reichwein-Str. 257068SiegenGermany
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da Silva L, Green O, Gajst O, Simkovitch R, Shabat D, Esteves da Silva JCG, Huppert D. Excited-State Proton Transfer of Phenol Cyanine Picolinium Photoacid. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:2058-2073. [PMID: 31458515 PMCID: PMC6641337 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2017] [Accepted: 02/06/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence techniques as well as quantum-mechanical calculations were used to study the photophysics and photochemistry of a newly synthesized photoacid-the phenol cyanine picolinium salt. We found that the nonradiative rate constant k nr of the excited protonated form of the photoacid is larger than that of the excited-state proton transfer (ESPT) to the solvent, k ESPT. We estimate that the quantum efficiency of the ESPT process is about 0.16. The nonradiative process is explained by a partial trans-cis isomerization reaction, which leads to the formation of a "dark" excited state that can cross to the ground state by nonadiabatic coupling. Moreover, the ESPT process is coupled to the photo-isomerization reaction, as this latter reaction enhances the photoacidity of the studied compound, as a result of photoinduced charge transfer. To prevent trans-cis isomerization of the cyanine bridge, we conducted experiments of PCyP adsorbed on cellulose in the presence of water. We found that the steady-state fluorescence intensity increased by about a factor of 50 and the lifetime of the ROH band increased by the same factor. The fluorescence intensity of the RO- band with respect to that of the ROH band was the same as in aqueous solution. This explains why inhibiting the photo-isomerization reaction by adsorbing the PCyP on cellulose does not lead to a higher ESPT rate.
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- Luís Pinto
da Silva
- Chemistry
Research Unit (CIQUP), Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, R. Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
- LACOMEPHI,
Department of Geosciences, Environment and Territorial Planning, Faculty of Sciences of University of Porto, R. Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- Raymond
and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Raymond
and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Raymond
and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Raymond
and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Chemistry
Research Unit (CIQUP), Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, R. Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
- LACOMEPHI,
Department of Geosciences, Environment and Territorial Planning, Faculty of Sciences of University of Porto, R. Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- Raymond
and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Gajst O, Green O, Simkovitch R, Shabat D, Huppert D. The photoacidity of phenol chloro benzoate cyanine picolinium salt photoacid in alkanols. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Green O, Gajst O, Simkovitch R, Shabat D, Huppert D. Chloro benzoate cyanine picolinium photoacid excited-state proton transfer to water. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.08.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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