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Wang J, Oruganti B, Durbeej B. Computational Comparison of Chemical and Isotopic Approaches to Control the Photoisomerization Dynamics of Light-Driven Molecular Motors. J Org Chem 2021; 86:5552-5559. [PMID: 33784457 PMCID: PMC8154570 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c00063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
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Synthetic molecular
motors driven by E/Z photoisomerization
reactions are able to produce unidirectional
rotary motion because of a structural asymmetry that makes one direction
of rotation more probable than the other. In most such motors, this
asymmetry is realized through the incorporation of a chemically asymmetric
carbon atom. Here, we present molecular dynamics simulations based
on multiconfigurational quantum chemistry to investigate whether the
merits of this approach can be equaled by an alternative approach
that instead exploits isotopic chirality. By first considering an N-methylpyrrolidine–cyclopentadiene motor design,
it is shown that isotopically chiral variants of this design undergo
faster photoisomerizations than a chemically chiral counterpart, while
maintaining rotary photoisomerization quantum yields of similarly
high magnitude. However, by subsequently considering a pyrrolinium–cyclopentene
design, it is also found that the introduction of isotopic chirality
does not provide any control of the directionality of the photoinduced
rotations within this framework. Taken together, the results highlight
both the potential usefulness of isotopic rather than chemical chirality
for the design of light-driven molecular motors, and the need for
further studies to establish the exact structural circumstances under
which this asymmetry is best exploited.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jun Wang
- Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi, Facultat de Ciències, Universitat de Girona, ES-17003 Girona, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Linnaeus University, SE-45041 Kalmar, Sweden
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- Division of Theoretical Chemistry, IFM, Linköping University, SE-58183 Linköping, Sweden
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Xu Q, Liu Y, Zhao X, Chen S, Li Q, Wang M, Yang C. Vibrationally resolved electronic circular dichroism and circularly polarized luminescence spectra of a boron-fused double helicene: A theoretical study. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 231:118132. [PMID: 32058915 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2020.118132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Revised: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
In this work, we present the theoretical study of the vibrationally resolved absorption (ABS), electronic circular dichroism (ECD), emission (EMI), and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) spectra of a boron-fused double helicene, with a detailed and complete discussion of the alternative possible approximate methods. Given the fact that few examples of CPL calculations exist, the potential energy surfaces (PESs) have been constructed and compared with Adiabatic (AH) and Vertical Hessian (VH) models. All the vibronic calculations have accounted for Duschinsky mixings, Franck-Condon (FC) effect and Herzberg-Teller (HT) contribution. Moreover, different HT expansions have been checked and compared, by computing the derivatives of the electric and magnetic dipole transition moments around the equilibrium geometries of the initial and final states. Our results show that both AH and VH models have well reproduced the experimental vibronic structures and VH model shows a better performance in the simulation of spectral lineshapes. They also show that HT effects dominate the shapes of EMI and CPL, tuning the relative heights of the different vibronic peaks, improving the agreement with the experiment for EMI. Moreover, HT effects are the main reason for the mirror-symmetry breaking between ECD and CPL spectra. Furthermore, interesting interference effects between FC and HT contributions have also been addressed.
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- Qiushuang Xu
- School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Ludong University, 264025 Yantai, Shandong, PR China; School of Physics Engineering, Qufu Normal University, 2673100 Qufu, Shandong, PR China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Ludong University, 264025 Yantai, Shandong, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, 250100 Jinan, Shandong, PR China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Ludong University, 264025 Yantai, Shandong, PR China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Ludong University, 264025 Yantai, Shandong, PR China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Ludong University, 264025 Yantai, Shandong, PR China.
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Ludong University, 264025 Yantai, Shandong, PR China
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Liu Y, Cerezo J, Mazzeo G, Lin N, Zhao X, Longhi G, Abbate S, Santoro F. Vibronic Coupling Explains the Different Shape of Electronic Circular Dichroism and of Circularly Polarized Luminescence Spectra of Hexahelicenes. J Chem Theory Comput 2016; 12:2799-819. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.6b00109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Yanli Liu
- State
Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, 250100 Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China
- CNR − Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organo
Metallici (ICCOM-CNR), UOS di Pisa,
Area della Ricerca, via G. Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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- CNR − Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organo
Metallici (ICCOM-CNR), UOS di Pisa,
Area della Ricerca, via G. Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Universitá di Brescia, Viale Europa 11, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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- State
Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, 250100 Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, 250100 Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China
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- Dipartimento
di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Universitá di Brescia, Viale Europa 11, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Universitá di Brescia, Viale Europa 11, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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- CNR − Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organo
Metallici (ICCOM-CNR), UOS di Pisa,
Area della Ricerca, via G. Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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Santoro F, Jacquemin D. Going beyond the vertical approximation with time-dependent density functional theory. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Fabrizio Santoro
- CNR-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Istituto di Chimica dei Composti OrganoMetallici (ICCOM-CNR); Pisa Italy
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- CEISAM, UMR CNRS 6230; Université de Nantes; Nantes France
- Institut Universitaire de France; Paris France
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Liu Y, Lin N, Fan W, Zhao X. First principles studies on one-, two-, and three-photon absorption properties of a symmetric carbazole derivative both in gas phase and solution. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2013.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Scafato P, Caprioli F, Pisani L, Padula D, Santoro F, Mazzeo G, Abbate S, Lebon F, Longhi G. Combined use of three forms of chiroptical spectroscopies in the study of the absolute configuration and conformational properties of 3-phenylcyclopentanone, 3-phenylcyclohexanone, and 3-phenylcycloheptanone. Tetrahedron 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2013.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Avila Ferrer FJ, Barone V, Cappelli C, Santoro F. Duschinsky, Herzberg–Teller, and Multiple Electronic Resonance Interferential Effects in Resonance Raman Spectra and Excitation Profiles. The Case of Pyrene. J Chem Theory Comput 2013; 9:3597-611. [DOI: 10.1021/ct400197y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Francisco J. Avila Ferrer
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
− CNR, Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organo Metallici (ICCOM-CNR), UOS di Pisa, Area della Ricerca, Via G. Moruzzi 1,
I-56124 Pisa, Italy
- Physical Chemistry, Faculty
of Science, University of Málaga, Málaga 29071, Spain
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- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126 Pisa,
Italy
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- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126 Pisa,
Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica
e Chimica
Industriale dell’Università di Pisa, Via Risorgimento 35, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
− CNR, Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organo Metallici (ICCOM-CNR), UOS di Pisa, Area della Ricerca, Via G. Moruzzi 1,
I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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Borrelli R, Capobianco A, Peluso A. Franck–Condon factors—Computational approaches and recent developments. CAN J CHEM 2013. [DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2012-0518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Algorithms and methodologies for the calculation of Franck–Condon integrals are reviewed. Starting from the standard approach based on the Cartesian representation of the normal modes and the use of Duschinsky's transformation and recursion formulas, methods for treating large displacements of the equilibrium positions and anharmonic and non-Condon effects are considered. Finally, focusing attention on problems arising from the use of recurrence relations, some of the proposed solutions are critically reviewed along with new alternative approaches.
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- Raffaele Borrelli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, Università di Torino, I-10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia, Università di Salerno, I-84084, Fisciano (SA), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia, Università di Salerno, I-84084, Fisciano (SA), Italy
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Lin N, Solheim H, Zhao X, Santoro F, Ruud K. First Principles Studies of the Vibrationally Resolved Magnetic Circular Dichroism Spectra of Biphenylene. J Chem Theory Comput 2013; 9:1557-67. [DOI: 10.1021/ct301101h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Na Lin
- State Key Laboratory of Crystal
Materials, Shandong University, 250100 Jinan, Shandong, People’s
Republic of China
- Centre
for Theoretical and Computational
Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Tromsø, N-9037
Tromsø, Norway
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- Centre
for Theoretical and Computational
Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Tromsø, N-9037
Tromsø, Norway
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal
Materials, Shandong University, 250100 Jinan, Shandong, People’s
Republic of China
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- Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche—CNR,
Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organo Metallici (ICCOM-CNR), UOS
di Pisa, Area della Ricerca, Via G. Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Centre
for Theoretical and Computational
Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Tromsø, N-9037
Tromsø, Norway
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Avila Ferrer FJ, Santoro F. Comparison of vertical and adiabatic harmonic approaches for the calculation of the vibrational structure of electronic spectra. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2013; 14:13549-63. [PMID: 22847219 DOI: 10.1039/c2cp41169e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
The calculation of the vibrational structure associated to electronic spectra in large molecules requires a Taylor expansion of the initial and final state potential energy surface (PES) around some reference nuclear structure. Vertical (V) and adiabatic (A) approaches expand the final state PES around the initial-state (V) or final-state (A) equilibrium structure. Simplest models only take into account displacements of initial- and final-state minima, intermediate ones also allow for difference in frequencies and more accurate models introduce the Dushinsky effect through the computation of the Hessians of both the initial and final state. In this contribution we summarize and compare the mathematical expressions of the complete hierarchy of V and A harmonic models and we implement them in a numerical code, presenting a detailed comparison of their performance on a number of prototypical systems. We also address non-Condon effects through linear expansions of the transition dipole as a function of nuclear coordinates (Herzberg-Teller effect) and compare the results of expansions around initial and final state equilibrium geometries. By a throughout analysis of our results we highlight a number of general trends in the relative performance of the models that can provide hints for their proper choice. Moreover we show that A and V models including final state PES Hessian outperform the simpler ones and that discrepancies in their predictions are diagnostic for failure of harmonic approximation and/or of Born-Oppenheimer approximation (existence of remarkable geometry-dependent mixing of electronic states).
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- Francisco José Avila Ferrer
- CNR-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organo Metallici (ICCOM-CNR), UOS di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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