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Roy R, Chawla S, Sharma V, Pal AK, Silori Y, Datta A, De AK, Koner AL. Ultrafast symmetry-breaking charge separation in Perylenemonoimide-embedded multichromophores: impact of regioisomerism. Chem Sci 2024; 15:6363-6377. [PMID: 38699268 PMCID: PMC11062123 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc05325c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024] Open
Abstract
Symmetry-breaking charge separation (SB-CS) has recently evolved as an emerging concept offering its potential to the latest generation of organic photovoltaics. However there are several concerns that need to be addressed to reach the state-of-the-art in SB-CS chemistry, for instance, the desirable molecular geometry, interchromophoric distance and extent of electronic coupling. To shed light on those features, it is reported herein, that ortho-functionalized perylene monoimide (PMI) constituted regioisomeric dimer and trimer derivatives with varied molecular twisting and electronic conjugation have been synthesized. In steady-state photophysical studies, all the dimers and trimer derivatives exhibit a larger bathochromic shift in the emission spectra and a significant reduction of fluorescence quantum yield in polar DMF. Among the series of multichromophores, ortho- and self-coupled dimers display the strikingly different optical feature of SB-CS with a very fast charge separation rate (τCS = 80.2 ps) upon photoexcitation in DMF, which is unveiled by femtosecond transient absorption (fs-TA) studies. The SB-CS for two dimers is well-supported by the formation of PMI˙+ and PMI˙- bands in the fs-TA spectra. Further analysis of fs-TA data revealed that, among the other multichromophores the trimer also exhibits a clear charge separation, whereas SB-CS signatures are less prominent, but can not be completely disregarded, for the meta- and para-dimers. Additionally, the charge separation dynamics of those above-mentioned PMI derivatives are devoid of a kinetically favorable excimer or triplet formation. The evidence of a profound charge transfer phenomenon in the ortho-dimer is characterized by density functional theory (DFT) calculations on excited state electronic structures. The excitonic communications in the excited state electronic arrangements unravel the key role of dihedral twisting in SB-CS. The thermodynamic feasibility of CS (ΔGCS) and activation barrier (ΔG≠) of the derivatives in DMF are established from the Rehm-Weller equation and Marcus's theory, respectively. This work is an in-depth study of the effect of mutual orientation of PMIs and regioisomerism in determining sustainable guidelines for using SB-CS.
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- Rupam Roy
- Bionanotechnology Lab, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri Bhopal Madhya Pradesh 462066 India
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- Condensed Phase Dynamics Group, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS Nagar Punjab 140 306 India
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- Bionanotechnology Lab, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri Bhopal Madhya Pradesh 462066 India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science 2A and 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur Kolkata West Bengal 700032 India
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- Condensed Phase Dynamics Group, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS Nagar Punjab 140 306 India
- Department of Physics, University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan 48109 USA
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science 2A and 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur Kolkata West Bengal 700032 India
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- Condensed Phase Dynamics Group, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS Nagar Punjab 140 306 India
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- Bionanotechnology Lab, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri Bhopal Madhya Pradesh 462066 India
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Teimouri MB, Deperasińska I, Rammo M, Banasiewicz M, Stark CW, Dobrzycki Ł, Cyrański MK, Rebane A, Gryko DT. Strongly Polarized π-Extended 1,4-Dihydropyrrolo[3,2- b]pyrroles Fused with Tetrazolo[1,5- a]quinolines. J Org Chem 2024; 89:4657-4672. [PMID: 38530877 PMCID: PMC11002929 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c02916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Revised: 02/28/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
Abstract
A straightforward route to 1,4-dihydropyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles comprised of two electron-withdrawing quinoline or tetrazolo[1,5-a]quinoline scaffolds has been developed. The versatile multicomponent reaction affording 1,4-dihydropyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles combined with intramolecular direct arylation enables assembly of these products in just three steps from anilines with overall yields exceeding 30%. The planarized, ladder-type heteroacenes possess up to 14 conjugated rings. These nominally quadrupolar materials exhibit efficient fluorescence with wavelengths spanning most of the visible spectrum from green-yellow for the dyes possessing biaryl bridges and orange-red for the fully fused systems. In many cases, the fluorescence quantum yields are large, the solvatofluorochromic effects are strong, and the fluorescence is maintained even in crystalline state. Analysis of the electronic structure of these molecular architectures using quantum chemical methods suggests that the character and position of the flanking heterocycle determine the shape of HOMO and LUMO and their extension to N-aryl substituents, influencing the values of molar absorption coefficient. An experimental study of the two-photon absorption (2PA) properties has revealed that it occurs in the 700-800 nm range with apparent deviation from the Laporte parity selection rule, which may be attributed to Hertzberg-Teller contribution to vibronically allowed 2PA transition.
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- Mohammad B. Teimouri
- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of
Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, Warsaw 01-224, Poland
- Faculty
of Chemistry, Kharazmi University, Mofateh Ave, Tehran 15719-14911, Iran
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- Institute
of Physics of Polish Academy of Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, Warsaw 02-668, Poland
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- National
Institute for Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Akadeemia tee 23, Tallinn 12618, Estonia
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- Institute
of Physics of Polish Academy of Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, Warsaw 02-668, Poland
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- National
Institute for Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Akadeemia tee 23, Tallinn 12618, Estonia
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, Warsaw 02-093, Poland
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, Warsaw 02-093, Poland
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- National
Institute for Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Akadeemia tee 23, Tallinn 12618, Estonia
- Department
of Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, United States
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of
Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, Warsaw 01-224, Poland
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Tasior M, Vakuliuk O, Wrzosek A, Vullev VI, Szewczyk A, Jacquemin D, Gryko DT. Quadrupolar, Highly Polarized Dyes: Emission Dependence on Viscosity and Selective Mitochondria Staining. ACS ORGANIC & INORGANIC AU 2024; 4:248-257. [PMID: 38585507 PMCID: PMC10995932 DOI: 10.1021/acsorginorgau.3c00035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2023] [Revised: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/01/2023] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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Quadrupolar A-D-A-type 1,4-dihydropyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles (DHPPs) bearing pyridinium and quinolinium substituents emit in the 500-600 nm region. The enhancement of electronic communication between the electron-rich heterocyclic core and electron-deficient peripheral substituents turned out to be crucial for achieving emission enhancement in viscous media. DHPP bearing two 4-pyridinium substituents has optical brightness 34,000 in glycerol and only 700 in MeOH, as evidenced by measurements of the emission intensity and fluorescence lifetimes in a series of polar solvents. Such behavior makes it an excellent candidate for viscosity probes in fluorescence microscopy, as demonstrated by the fluorescence imaging of H9C2 cardiomyocytes.
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- Mariusz Tasior
- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of
Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of
Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- Nencki
Institute of Experimental Biology of Polish Academy of Sciences, Pasteura 3, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department
of Bioengineering, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave., Riverside, California 92521, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, California 92521, United States
- Department
of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave., Riverside, California 92521, United States
- Materials
Science and Engineering Program, University
of California, Riverside,
900 University Ave., Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Nencki
Institute of Experimental Biology of Polish Academy of Sciences, Pasteura 3, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Nantes
Université, CNRS, CEISAM, UMR-6230, F-44000 Nantes, France
- Institut
Universitaire de France (IUF), F-75005 Paris, France
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of
Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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Balanikas E, Reymond-Joubin M, Vauthey E. Excited-State Symmetry Breaking in Solvent Mixtures. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:2447-2452. [PMID: 38407054 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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A large number of multipolar dyes undergo excited-state symmetry breaking (ESSB) in polar media. During this process, electronic excitation, initially distributed evenly over the molecule, localizes, at least partially, on one donor-acceptor branch. To resolve its initial stage, ESSB is investigated with a donor-acceptor-donor dye in binary mixtures of nonpolar and polar solvents using time-resolved infrared absorption spectroscopy. The presence of a few polar molecules around the dye is sufficient to initiate ESSB. Although the extent of asymmetry in a mixture is close to that in a pure solvent of similar polarity, the dynamics are slower and involve translational diffusion. However, preferential solvation in the mixtures leads to a larger local polarity. Furthermore, inhomogeneous broadening of the S1 ← S0 absorption band of the dye is observed in the mixtures, allowing for a photoselection of solutes with different local environments and ESSB dynamics.
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- Evangelos Balanikas
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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Mikhailova TV, Ivanov AI. Controlling the symmetry breaking charge transfer extent in excited quadrupolar molecules by tuning the locally excited state. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:054302. [PMID: 38310475 DOI: 10.1063/5.0193532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024] Open
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The effect of a locally excited state on charge transfer symmetry breaking (SBCT) in excited quadrupolar molecules in solutions has been studied. The interaction of a locally excited state and two zwitterionic states is found to either increase or decrease the degree of SBCT depending on the molecular parameters. A strategy on how to adjust the molecular parameters to control the extent of SBCT is presented. The influence of level degeneracy on SBCT is identified and discussed in detail. The level degeneracy is shown to lead to the existence of a hidden dipole moment in excited quadrupolar molecules. Its manifestations in SBCT are analyzed. The main conclusions are consistent with the available experimental data.
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- Volgograd State University, University Avenue 100, Volgograd 400062, Russia
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Verma P, Tasior M, Roy P, Meech SR, Gryko DT, Vauthey E. Excited-state symmetry breaking in quadrupolar pull-push-pull molecules: dicyanovinyl vs. cyanophenyl acceptors. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:22689-22699. [PMID: 37602791 PMCID: PMC10467566 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp02810k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
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A significant number of quadrupolar dyes behave as their dipolar analogues when photoexcited in polar environments. This is due to the occurrence of excited-state symmetry breaking (ES-SB), upon which the electronic excitation, initially distributed over the whole molecule, localises preferentially on one side. Here, we investigate the ES-SB properties of two A-D-A dyes, consisting of a pyrrolo-pyrrole donor (D) and either cyanophenyl or dicyanovinyl acceptors (A). For this, we use time-resolved vibrational spectroscopy, comparing IR absorption and femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopies. Although dicyanovinyl is a stronger electron-withdrawing group, ES-SB is not observed with the dicyanovinyl-based dye even in highly polar media, whereas it already takes place in weakly polar solvents with dyes containing cyanophenyl accepting groups. This difference is attributed to the large electronic coupling between the D-A branches in the former dye, whose loss upon symmetry breaking cannot be counterbalanced by a gain in solvation energy. Comparison with analogues of the cyanophenyl-based dye containing different spacers reveals that interbranch coupling does not so much depend on the distance between the D-A subunits than on the nature of the spacer. We show that transient Raman spectra probe different modes of these centrosymmetric molecules but are consistent with the transient IR data. However, lifetime broadening of the Raman bands, probably due to the resonance enhancement, may limit the application of this technique for monitoring ES-SB.
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- Pragya Verma
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, CH-1211, Geneva 4, Switzerland.
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Zhang N, Feng W, Wen H, Feng N, Sheng H, Huang Z, Wang J. Physical Mechanism of Nonlinear Spectra in Triangene. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28093744. [PMID: 37175153 PMCID: PMC10180230 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28093744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2023] [Revised: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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In this work, we theoretically investigate the linear and nonlinear optical absorption properties of open triangulene spin chains and cyclic triangulene spin chains in relation to their lengths and shapes. The physical mechanism of local excitation within the triangular alkene unit and the weak charge transfer between the units are discussed. The uniformly distributed electrostatic potential allows the system to have a small permanent dipole moment that blocks the electronic transition in the light excitation such that the electronic transition can only be carried out between adjacent carbon atoms. The one-photon absorption (OPA) spectra and two-photon absorption (TPA) spectra are red-shifted with the addition of triangulene units compared to N = 3TSCs (triangulene spin chains, TSCs). Here, TPA is mainly caused by the first step of the transition. The length of the spin chain has a significant adjustment effect on the photon cross-section. TSCs of different lengths and shapes can control chirality by adjusting the distribution of the electric dipole moment and transition magnetic dipole moment. These analyses reveal the photophysical properties of triangulene and provide a theoretical basis for studying the photophysical properties of triangulene and its derivatives.
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- Na Zhang
- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Novel Micro-Nano Functional Materials, College of Science, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, China
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- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Novel Micro-Nano Functional Materials, College of Science, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, China
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- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Novel Micro-Nano Functional Materials, College of Science, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computing and Signal Processing, Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Target Recognition and Feature Extraction, Lu'an 230601, China
- The Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
- The Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Environmental Sensing of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Novel Micro-Nano Functional Materials, College of Science, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computing and Signal Processing, Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Target Recognition and Feature Extraction, Lu'an 230601, China
- The Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
- The Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Environmental Sensing of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Novel Micro-Nano Functional Materials, College of Science, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, China
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Ma L, Kuang Z, Wang Z, Zhao H, Wan Y, Zhang XF, Li Y, Xia A. Ultrafast Charge Separation Driven by Torsional Motion in Orthogonal Boron Dipyrromethene Dimer. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:702-708. [PMID: 36646067 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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In this work, the photoinduced charge separation (CS) via symmetry breaking in an orthogonal meso-β-linked boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) dimer was investigated by polarized transient absorption spectroscopy. The time constant about 0.76 ps of the CS reaction determined in dimethyl sulfoxide is much faster than the solvation dynamics. The observed transient anisotropy of the BODIPY anion band implies that both hole and electron transfers occur with similar probabilities. The bidirectional charge transfer processes suggest that the locally excited state is weakly coupled to the polar solvent, and the solvation coupled excited-state structural relaxation within the BODIPY monomeric unit is rather limited. In combination with the electronic excitation analysis based on time-dependent density-functional theory calculations, we deduced that the CS in the orthogonal BODIPY dimer is enabled via the torsional motion associated with covalently connected BODIPY units, promoting the electronic coupling, and irrelevant to the dynamic solvent relaxation.
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- Lin Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonic and Optical Communications and School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), Beijing 100876, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonic and Optical Communications and School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), Beijing 100876, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonic and Optical Communications and School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), Beijing 100876, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonic and Optical Communications and School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), Beijing 100876, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonic and Optical Communications and School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), Beijing 100876, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonic and Optical Communications and School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), Beijing 100876, People's Republic of China
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Ivanov AI. Modeling the Effect of H-Bonding of Excited Quadrupolar Molecules with a Solvent on Charge Transfer Symmetry Breaking. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:9038-9046. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c05984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Anatoly I. Ivanov
- Volgograd State University, University Avenue 100, Volgograd400062, Russia
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Picconi D. Quantum dynamics of the photoinduced charge separation in a symmetric donor–acceptor–donor triad: The role of vibronic couplings, symmetry and temperature. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:184105. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0089887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The photoinduced charge separation in a symmetric donor–acceptor–donor (D–A–D) triad is studied quantum mechanically using a realistic diabatic vibronic coupling model. The model includes a locally excited DA*D state and two charge-transfer states D+A−D and DA−D+ and is constructed according to a procedure generally applicable to semirigid D–A–D structures and based on energies, forces, and force constants obtained by quantum chemical calculations. In this case, the electronic structure is described by time-dependent density functional theory, and the corrected linear response is used in conjunction with the polarizable continuum model to account for state-specific solvent effects. The multimode dynamics following the photoexcitation to the locally excited state are simulated by the hybrid Gaussian-multiconfigurational time-dependent Hartree method, and temperature effects are included using thermo field theory. The dynamics are connected to the transient absorption spectrum obtained in recent experiments, which is simulated and fully assigned from first principles. It is found that the charge separation is mediated by symmetry-breaking vibrations of relatively low frequency, which implies that temperature should be accounted for to obtain reliable estimates of the charge transfer rate.
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- David Picconi
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany and Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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Dimitriev OP. Dynamics of Excitons in Conjugated Molecules and Organic Semiconductor Systems. Chem Rev 2022; 122:8487-8593. [PMID: 35298145 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The exciton, an excited electron-hole pair bound by Coulomb attraction, plays a key role in photophysics of organic molecules and drives practically important phenomena such as photoinduced mechanical motions of a molecule, photochemical conversions, energy transfer, generation of free charge carriers, etc. Its behavior in extended π-conjugated molecules and disordered organic films is very different and very rich compared with exciton behavior in inorganic semiconductor crystals. Due to the high degree of variability of organic systems themselves, the exciton not only exerts changes on molecules that carry it but undergoes its own changes during all phases of its lifetime, that is, birth, conversion and transport, and decay. The goal of this review is to give a systematic and comprehensive view on exciton behavior in π-conjugated molecules and molecular assemblies at all phases of exciton evolution with emphasis on rates typical for this dynamic picture and various consequences of the above dynamics. To uncover the rich variety of exciton behavior, details of exciton formation, exciton transport, exciton energy conversion, direct and reverse intersystem crossing, and radiative and nonradiative decay are considered in different systems, where these processes lead to or are influenced by static and dynamic disorder, charge distribution symmetry breaking, photoinduced reactions, electron and proton transfer, structural rearrangements, exciton coupling with vibrations and intermediate particles, and exciton dissociation and annihilation as well.
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- Oleg P Dimitriev
- V. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics NAS of Ukraine, pr. Nauki 41, Kyiv 03028, Ukraine
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Antipov IF, Ivanov AI. Effect of Symmetry Breaking in Excited Quadrupole Molecules on Transition Dipole Moment. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:13778-13788. [PMID: 34894694 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c08666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Manifestations of charge transfer symmetry breaking in excited quadrupolar molecules in optical spectra are theoretically studied. The molecules are supposed to have π-conjugated structures of A-π-D-π-A or D-π-A-π-D character, where electron acceptors (A) or electron donors (D) are identical. A theory describing the effect of symmetry breaking and solvent fluctuations on the dipole moments of optical transitions associated with absorption by a quadrupolar dye in the ground and excited states, as well as fluorescence, is developed. Simple equations describing the influence of the symmetry breaking extent on the transition dipole moments are found. The orientational solvent fluctuations are predicted to decrease the transition dipole moment of the ground state absorption. The decrease does not exceed 10%. A considerably larger effect of symmetry breaking and the solvent fluctuations on the emission dipole moment is found. Equations describing dependencies of the transition dipole moment associated with excited state absorption on the solvent polarity and the parameters of the dye are derived. The scale of the changes in the transition dipole moments due to symmetry breaking in the excited state are determined. The influence of the polar solvent fluctuations is also taken into account. The theoretical findings are shown to be consistent with the available experimental data.
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- Ivan F Antipov
- Volgograd State University, University Avenue 100, Volgograd 400062, Russia
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- Volgograd State University, University Avenue 100, Volgograd 400062, Russia
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Tasior M, Kowalczyk P, Przybył M, Czichy M, Janasik P, Bousquet MHE, Łapkowski M, Rammo M, Rebane A, Jacquemin D, Gryko DT. Going beyond the borders: pyrrolo[3,2- b]pyrroles with deep red emission. Chem Sci 2021; 12:15935-15946. [PMID: 35024117 PMCID: PMC8672719 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc05007a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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A two-step route to strongly absorbing and efficiently orange to deep red fluorescent, doubly B/N-doped, ladder-type pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles has been developed. We synthesize and study a series of derivatives of these four-coordinate boron-containing, nominally quadrupolar materials, which mostly exhibit one-photon absorption in the 500-600 nm range with the peak molar extinction coefficients reaching 150 000, and emission in the 520-670 nm range with the fluorescence quantum yields reaching 0.90. Within the family of these ultrastable dyes even small structural changes lead to significant variations of the photophysical properties, in some cases attributed to reversal of energy ordering of alternate-parity excited electronic states. Effective preservation of ground-state inversion symmetry was evidenced by very weak two-photon absorption (2PA) at excitation wavelengths corresponding to the lowest-energy, strongly one-photon allowed purely electronic transition. π-Expanded derivatives and those possessing electron-donating groups showed the most red-shifted absorption- and emission spectra, while displaying remarkably high peak 2PA cross-section (σ 2PA) values reaching ∼2400 GM at around 760 nm, corresponding to a two-photon allowed higher-energy excited state. At the same time, derivatives lacking π-expansion were found to have a relatively weak 2PA peak centered at ca. 800-900 nm with the maximum σ 2PA ∼50-250 GM. Our findings are augmented by theoretical calculations performed using TD-DFT method, which reproduce the main experimental trends, including the 2PA, in a nearly quantitative manner. Electrochemical studies revealed that the HOMO of the new dyes is located at ca. -5.35 eV making them relatively electron rich in spite of the presence of two B--N+ dative bonds. These dyes undergo a fully reversible first oxidation, located on the diphenylpyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole core, directly to the di(radical cation) stage.
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- Mariusz Tasior
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences Kasprzaka 44-52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences Kasprzaka 44-52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences Kasprzaka 44-52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology Strzody 9 44-100 Gliwice Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology Strzody 9 44-100 Gliwice Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology Strzody 9 44-100 Gliwice Poland .,Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences Curie-Sklodowskiej 34 41-819 Zabrze Poland
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- National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics Tallinn Estonia
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- National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics Tallinn Estonia.,Department of Physics, Montana State University Bozeman MT 59717 USA
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- CEISAM Lab-UMR 6230, CNRS, University of Nantes Nantes France
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences Kasprzaka 44-52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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Kaul N, Lomoth R. The Carbene Cannibal: Photoinduced Symmetry-Breaking Charge Separation in an Fe(III) N-Heterocyclic Carbene. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:10816-10821. [PMID: 34264638 PMCID: PMC8397313 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c03770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Photoinduced symmetry-breaking
charge separation (SB-CS) processes
offer the possibility of harvesting solar energy by electron transfer
between identical molecules. Here, we present the first case of direct
observation of bimolecular SB-CS in a transition metal complex, [FeIIIL2](PF6) (L = [phenyl(tris(3-methylimidazol-1-ylidene))borate]−). Photoexcitation of the complex in the visible region
results in the formation of a doublet ligand-to-metal charge transfer
(2LMCT) excited state (E0–0 = 2.13 eV), which readily reacts with the doublet ground state to
generate charge separated products, [FeIIL2]
and [FeIVL2]2+, with a measurable
cage escape yield. Known spectral signatures allow for unambiguous
identification of the products, whose formation and recombination
are monitored with transient absorption spectroscopy. The unusual
energetic landscape of [FeIIIL2]+, as reflected in its ground and excited state reduction potentials,
results in SB-CS being intrinsically exergonic (ΔGCS° ∼ −0.7 eV). This is in contrast
to most systems investigated in the literature, where ΔGCS° is close to zero, and the charge transfer
driven primarily by solvation effects. The study is therefore illustrative
for the utilization of the rich redox chemistry accessible in transition
metal complexes for the realization of SB-CS.
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- Nidhi Kaul
- Department of Chemistry-Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 523, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry-Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 523, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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Bondarev SL, Raichenok TF, Tikhomirov SA, Kozlov NG, Mikhailova TV, Ivanov AI. Symmetry Breaking in an Excited Quadrupolar Acridine-Dione Derivative Driven by Hydrogen Bonding. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:8117-8124. [PMID: 34266232 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c03745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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An acridine-dione derivative (3,3,11,11-tetramethyl-8,16-diphenyl-3,4,8,10,11,12,13,16-octahydroacridino[4,3-c]acridine-1.9(2H,5H)dion) with quadrupolar motif has been synthesized and its stationary and transient spectra have been measured. Stationary absorption and fluorescence spectra as well as nonstationary spectra show no signs of symmetry breaking (SB) in aprotic solvents, even of high polarity. The specific features of SB are revealed in alcohol solvents through a considerable red shift of stationary fluorescence spectra and the appearance of a new excited state absorption band in transient absorption spectra. SB is due to the formation of asymmetric strong hydrogen bonds, mainly on one side of the molecule. An unexpected regularity of symmetry breaking is found in mixtures of aprotic dimethylformamide and protic methanol, where methanol acts as a fluorescence quencher. It is revealed that there is no quenching as long as the methanol concentration is less than the critical value of 9 M. This leads to the conclusion that SB in such mixtures is possible only if the concentration of the protic solvent exceeds a certain threshold value.
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- Stanislav L Bondarev
- B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Prospect Nezavisimosti 68, Minsk BY-220072, Republic of Belarus
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- B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Prospect Nezavisimosti 68, Minsk BY-220072, Republic of Belarus
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- B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Prospect Nezavisimosti 68, Minsk BY-220072, Republic of Belarus
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- Institute of Physical Organic Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Surganov str. 13, Minsk BY-220072, Republic of Belarus
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- Volgograd State University, University Avenue 100, Volgograd 400062, Russia
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Glaab F, Lambert C, Engel V. Optically Induced Charge Transfer in Organic Mixed-Valence Systems: Wave Packet Dynamics and Femtosecond Transient Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:4114-4125. [PMID: 33960780 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c01476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We theoretically study the dynamics of charge transfer induced by femtosecond laser-pulse excitation. Models involving coupled electronic states of symmetrically bridged organic mixed-valence molecules are investigated, where the motion proceeds along two reaction coordinates. Linear absorption spectra of two species that differ in the energetical position of the bridge, relative to acceptor and donor states, are determined and compared to experimental results. From the wave packet dynamics it emerges that relaxation dominates the charge transfer. This behavior is reflected in transient absorption spectra, which are obtained from a directional decomposition of the time-dependent polarization. Due to the nature of the coupled dynamics the extraction of the relevant contributions needs an extension of well-known techniques for the decomposition.
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- F Glaab
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Strasse 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97070 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Emil-Fischer-Strasse 42, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Excited-state symmetry breaking (ES-SB) is common to a large number of multibranched electron donor-acceptor (DA) molecules in polar environments. During this process, the electronic excitation, originally evenly distributed over the molecule, localizes, at least partially, on one branch. Due to the absence of an unambiguous spectroscopic signature in the UV-vis region, electronic transient absorption (TA) has not been the method of choice for real-time observation of this phenomenon. Herein, we demonstrate that the Laporte rule, which states that one-photon transitions conserving parity are forbidden in centrosymmetric molecules, provides such clear signature of ES-SB in electronic TA spectroscopy. Using a dicyanoanthracene-based D-A-D dye, we show that transitions from the S1 state of this molecule, which are initially Laporte forbidden, become allowed upon ES-SB. This leads to the rise of new TA bands, whose intensity provides a direct measure of the extent of asymmetry in the excited state.
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- Zoltán Szakács
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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Szakács Z, Glöcklhofer F, Plasser F, Vauthey E. Excited-state symmetry breaking in 9,10-dicyanoanthracene-based quadrupolar molecules: the effect of donor-acceptor branch length. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:15150-15158. [PMID: 34259270 PMCID: PMC8294646 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02376d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Excited-state symmetry breaking is investigated in a series of symmetric 9,10-dicyanoanthracenes linked to electron-donating groups on the 2 and 6 positions via different spacers, allowing for a tuning of the length of the donor–acceptor branches. The excited-state properties of these compounds are compared with their dipolar single-branch analogues. The changes in electronic structure upon their optical excitation are monitored by transient electronic spectroscopy in the visible and near-infrared regions as well as by transient vibrational spectroscopy in the mid-infrared. Our results reveal that, with the shortest branches, electronic excitation remains distributed almost symmetrically over the molecule even in polar environments. Upon increasing the donor–acceptor distance, excitation becomes unevenly distributed and, with the longest one, it fully localises on one branch in polar solvents. The influence of the branch length on the propensity of quadrupolar dyes to undergo excited-state symmetry breaking is rationalised in terms of the balance between interbranch coupling and solvation energy. Excited-state symmetry breaking in quadrupolar molecules depends on the balance between inter-branch coupling and polar solvation energy.![]()
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- Zoltán Szakács
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet, Geneva, Switzerland.
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Processable Electronics, Imperial College London, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, 80 Wood Lane, London, W12 0BZ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Nazarov AE, Ivanov AI. Nonstationary Theory of Excited State Charge Transfer Symmetry Breaking Driven by Polar Solvent. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:10787-10801. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c07612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Alexey E. Nazarov
- Volgograd State University, University Avenue 100, Volgograd 400062, Russia
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- Volgograd State University, University Avenue 100, Volgograd 400062, Russia
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Tasior M, Vakuliuk O, Koga D, Koszarna B, Górski K, Grzybowski M, Kielesiński Ł, Krzeszewski M, Gryko DT. Method for the Large-Scale Synthesis of Multifunctional 1,4-Dihydro-pyrrolo[3,2- b]pyrroles. J Org Chem 2020; 85:13529-13543. [PMID: 32907329 PMCID: PMC7656515 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c01665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A thorough investigation has enabled
the optimization of the synthesis
of 1,4-dihydro-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles. Although salts
of such metals as vanadium, niobium, cerium, and manganese were found
to facilitate the formation of 1,4-dihydro-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles from amines, aldehydes, and diacetyl, we confirmed that
iron salts are the most efficient catalysts. The conditions identified
(first step: toluene/AcOH = 1:1, 1 h, 50 °C; second step: toluene/AcOH
= 1:1, Fe(ClO4)3·H2O, 16 h,
50 °C) resulted in the formation of tetraarylpyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles in a 6–69% yield. For the first time,
very electron-rich substituents (4-Me2NC6H4, 3-(OH)C6H4, pyrrol-2-yl) originating
from aldehydes and sterically hindered substituents (2-ClC6H4, 2-BrC6H4, 2-CNC6H4, 2-(CO2Me)C6H4, 2-(TMS-C≡C)C6H4) present on anilines can be appended to the
pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole core. It is now also possible
to prepare 1,4-dihydropyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles bearing
an ordered arrangement of N-substituents and C-substituents ranging from coumarin, quinoline, phthalimide
to truxene. These advances in scope enable independent regulations
of many desired photophysical properties, including the Stokes shift
value and emission color ranging from violet-blue through deep blue,
green, yellow to red. Simultaneously, the optimized conditions have
finally allowed the synthesis of these extremely promising heterocycles
in amounts of more than 10 g per run without a concomitant decrease
in yield or product contamination. Empowered with better functional
group compatibility, novel derivatization strategies were developed.
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- Mariusz Tasior
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44-52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44-52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44-52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44-52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44-52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44-52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44-52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44-52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44-52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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Firdaus Y, Le Corre VM, Karuthedath S, Liu W, Markina A, Huang W, Chattopadhyay S, Nahid MM, Nugraha MI, Lin Y, Seitkhan A, Basu A, Zhang W, McCulloch I, Ade H, Labram J, Laquai F, Andrienko D, Koster LJA, Anthopoulos TD. Long-range exciton diffusion in molecular non-fullerene acceptors. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5220. [PMID: 33060574 PMCID: PMC7562871 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19029-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
The short exciton diffusion length associated with most classical organic semiconductors used in organic photovoltaics (5-20 nm) imposes severe limits on the maximum size of the donor and acceptor domains within the photoactive layer of the cell. Identifying materials that are able to transport excitons over longer distances can help advancing our understanding and lead to solar cells with higher efficiency. Here, we measure the exciton diffusion length in a wide range of nonfullerene acceptor molecules using two different experimental techniques based on photocurrent and ultrafast spectroscopy measurements. The acceptors exhibit balanced ambipolar charge transport and surprisingly long exciton diffusion lengths in the range of 20 to 47 nm. With the aid of quantum-chemical calculations, we are able to rationalize the exciton dynamics and draw basic chemical design rules, particularly on the importance of the end-group substituent on the crystal packing of nonfullerene acceptors.
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- Yuliar Firdaus
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KAUST Solar Center (KSC), Physical Sciences and Engineering Division (PSE), Material Science and Engineering Program (MSE), 23955-6900, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- University of Groningen, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KAUST Solar Center (KSC), Physical Sciences and Engineering Division (PSE), Material Science and Engineering Program (MSE), 23955-6900, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University, 3103 Kelley Engineering Center, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Department of Physics, Organic and Carbon Electronics Laboratories (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KAUST Solar Center (KSC), Physical Sciences and Engineering Division (PSE), Material Science and Engineering Program (MSE), 23955-6900, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KAUST Solar Center (KSC), Physical Sciences and Engineering Division (PSE), Material Science and Engineering Program (MSE), 23955-6900, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KAUST Solar Center (KSC), Physical Sciences and Engineering Division (PSE), Material Science and Engineering Program (MSE), 23955-6900, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KAUST Solar Center (KSC), Physical Sciences and Engineering Division (PSE), Material Science and Engineering Program (MSE), 23955-6900, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KAUST Solar Center (KSC), Physical Sciences and Engineering Division (PSE), Material Science and Engineering Program (MSE), 23955-6900, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KAUST Solar Center (KSC), Physical Sciences and Engineering Division (PSE), Material Science and Engineering Program (MSE), 23955-6900, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics, Organic and Carbon Electronics Laboratories (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University, 3103 Kelley Engineering Center, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KAUST Solar Center (KSC), Physical Sciences and Engineering Division (PSE), Material Science and Engineering Program (MSE), 23955-6900, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- University of Groningen, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KAUST Solar Center (KSC), Physical Sciences and Engineering Division (PSE), Material Science and Engineering Program (MSE), 23955-6900, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Nazarov AE, Ivanov AI. Modeling the IR Spectra of Excited Quadrupole Molecules with Broken Symmetry in Polar Solvents. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s003602442008021x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Szakács Z, Tasior M, Gryko DT, Vauthey E. Change of Quadrupole Moment upon Excitation and Symmetry Breaking in Multibranched Donor-Acceptor Dyes. Chemphyschem 2020; 21:1718-1730. [PMID: 32415748 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202000253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Revised: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
Upon photoexcitation, a majority of quadrupolar dyes, developed for large two-photon absorption, undergo excited-state symmetry breaking (ES-SB) and behave as dipolar molecules. We investigate how the change of quadrupole moment upon S1 ←S0 excitation, ΔQ, influences the propensity of a dye to undergo ES-SB using a series of molecules with a A-π-D-π-A motif where D is the exceptionally electron-rich pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole and A are accepting groups. Tuning of ΔQ is achieved by appending a secondary acceptor group, A', on both sides of the D core and ES-SB is monitored using a combination of time-resolved IR and broadband fluorescence spectroscopy. The results reveal a clear correlation between ΔQ and the tendency to undergo ES-SB. When A is a stronger acceptor than A', ES-SB occurs already in non-dipolar but quadrupolar solvents. When A and A' are identical, ES-SB is only partial even in highly dipolar solvents. When A is a weaker acceptor than A', the orientation of ΔQ changes, ES-SB is observed in dipolar solvents only and involves major redistribution of the excitation over the D-π-A and D-A' branches of the dye.
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- Zoltán Szakács
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211, Genève 4, Switzerland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211, Genève 4, Switzerland
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Qin Y, Schnedermann C, Tasior M, Gryko DT, Nocera DG. Direct Observation of Different One- and Two-Photon Fluorescent States in a Pyrrolo[3,2- b]pyrrole Fluorophore. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:4866-4872. [PMID: 32441941 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Two-photon fluorophores are frequently employed to obtain superior spatial resolution in optical microscopy applications. To guide the rational design of these molecules, a detailed understanding of their excited-state deactivation pathways after two-photon excitation is beneficial, especially to assess the often-assumed presumption that the one- and two-photon excited-state dynamics are similar after excitation. Here, we showcase the breakdown of this assumption for one- and two-photon excitation of a centrosymmetric pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole chromophore by combining time-resolved fluorescence and broadband femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. Compared to one-photon excitation, where radiative decay dominates the photodynamics, two-photon excitation leads to dynamics arising from increased nonradiative decay pathways. These different photodynamics are manifest to different quantum yields, thus highlighting the types of time-resolved studies described here to be valuable guideposts in the design of two-photon fluorophores for imaging applications.
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- Yangzhong Qin
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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Dereka B, Svechkarev D, Rosspeintner A, Aster A, Lunzer M, Liska R, Mohs AM, Vauthey E. Solvent tuning of photochemistry upon excited-state symmetry breaking. Nat Commun 2020; 11:1925. [PMID: 32317631 PMCID: PMC7174366 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15681-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The nature of the electronic excited state of many symmetric multibranched donor–acceptor molecules varies from delocalized/multipolar to localized/dipolar depending on the environment. Solvent-driven localization breaks the symmetry and traps the exciton in one branch. Using a combination of ultrafast spectroscopies, we investigate how such excited-state symmetry breaking affects the photochemical reactivity of quadrupolar and octupolar A–(π-D)2,3 molecules with photoisomerizable A–π–D branches. Excited-state symmetry breaking is identified by monitoring several spectroscopic signatures of the multipolar delocalized exciton, including the S2 ← S1 electronic transition, whose energy reflects interbranch coupling. It occurs in all but nonpolar solvents. In polar media, it is rapidly followed by an alkyne–allene isomerization of the excited branch. In nonpolar solvents, slow and reversible isomerization corresponding to chemically-driven symmetry breaking, is observed. These findings reveal that the photoreactivity of large conjugated molecules can be tuned by controlling the localization of the excitation. Symmetric multibranched donor-acceptor molecules are promising photoactive materials for diverse applications. Here the authors show that, in octupolar and quadrupolar dyes, excited-state symmetry breaking occurs efficiently in polar solvents only and results in a concentration of the excitation that may trigger fast photochemical reactions.
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- Bogdan Dereka
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland.,Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, 929 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-6858, USA
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163/MC, 1060, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163/MC, 1060, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-6858, USA.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-6858, USA
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Łukasiewicz ŁG, Rammo M, Stark C, Krzeszewski M, Jacquemin D, Rebane A, Gryko DT. Ground‐ and Excited‐State Symmetry Breaking and Solvatofluorochromism in Centrosymmetric Pyrrolo[3,2‐
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]pyrroles Possessing two Nitro Groups. CHEMPHOTOCHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/cptc.202000013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Łukasz G. Łukasiewicz
- Institute of Organic ChemistryPolish Academy of Sciences Kasprzaka 44–52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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- National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics Akadeemia tee 23 12618 Tallinn Estonia
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- National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics Akadeemia tee 23 12618 Tallinn Estonia
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- Institute of Organic ChemistryPolish Academy of Sciences Kasprzaka 44–52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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- CEISAM laboratory – UMR 6230University of Nantes 2, rue de la Houssinière 44322 Nantes France
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- National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics Akadeemia tee 23 12618 Tallinn Estonia
- Department of PhysicsMontana State University Bozeman, MT 59717 USA
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- Institute of Organic ChemistryPolish Academy of Sciences Kasprzaka 44–52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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Halogen-Bond Assisted Photoinduced Electron Transfer. Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24234361. [PMID: 31795316 PMCID: PMC6930453 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24234361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Revised: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 11/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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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.
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Ivanov AI, Tkachev VG. Exact solution of three-level model of excited state electron transfer symmetry breaking in quadrupolar molecules. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:124309. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5116015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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- Anatoly I. Ivanov
- Volgograd State University, University Avenue 100, Volgograd 400062, Russia
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The effect of molecular structure on intramolecular charge-transfer in 1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2019.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Banasiewicz M, Stężycki R, Kumar GD, Krzeszewski M, Tasior M, Koszarna B, Janiga A, Vakuliuk O, Sadowski B, Gryko DT, Jacquemin D. Electronic Communication in Pyrrolo[3,2-b
]pyrroles Possessing Sterically Hindered Aromatic Substituents. European J Org Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201801809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Marzena Banasiewicz
- Institute of Physics; Polish Academy of Sciences; Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry; Polish Academy of Sciences; Kasprzaka 44/52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry; Polish Academy of Sciences; Kasprzaka 44/52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry; Polish Academy of Sciences; Kasprzaka 44/52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry; Polish Academy of Sciences; Kasprzaka 44/52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry; Polish Academy of Sciences; Kasprzaka 44/52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry; Polish Academy of Sciences; Kasprzaka 44/52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry; Polish Academy of Sciences; Kasprzaka 44/52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry; Polish Academy of Sciences; Kasprzaka 44/52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry; Polish Academy of Sciences; Kasprzaka 44/52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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- CEISAM, UMR CNRS 6230; Université de Nantes; 2, rue de la Houssinière 44322 Nantes, Cedex 3 France
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Kuang Z, Song H, Guo Y, Guo Q, Xia A. Solvent-induced symmetry-breaking charge transfer in an octupolar triphenylamine derivative resolved with transient fluorescence spectroscopy. CHINESE J CHEM PHYS 2019. [DOI: 10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp1811248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- Zhuoran Kuang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Tasior M, Koszarna B, Young DC, Bernard B, Jacquemin D, Gryko D, Gryko DT. Fe(iii)-Catalyzed synthesis of pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles: formation of new dyes and photophysical studies. Org Chem Front 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9qo00675c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A new method for the synthesis of 1,2,4,5-tetrarylpyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles has been developed employing iron(iii) perchlorate as a catalyst.
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- Mariusz Tasior
- Institute of Organic Chemistry
- Polish Academy of Sciences
- 01-224 Warsaw
- Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry
- Polish Academy of Sciences
- 01-224 Warsaw
- Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry
- Polish Academy of Sciences
- 01-224 Warsaw
- Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry
- Polish Academy of Sciences
- 01-224 Warsaw
- Poland
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- CEISAM
- UMR CNRS 6230
- Université de Nantes
- 44322 Nantes Cedex 3
- France
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry
- Polish Academy of Sciences
- 01-224 Warsaw
- Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry
- Polish Academy of Sciences
- 01-224 Warsaw
- Poland
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Tasior M, Clermont G, Blanchard-Desce M, Jacquemin D, Gryko DT. Synthesis of Bis(arylethynyl)pyrrolo[3,2-b
]pyrroles and Effect of Intramolecular Charge Transfer on Their Photophysical Behavior. Chemistry 2018; 25:598-608. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201804325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Mariusz Tasior
- Institute of Organic Chemistry; Polish Academy of Sciences; Kasprzaka 44/52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, UMR CNRS 5255; Université de Bordeaux; Cours de la libération 351 33405 Talence France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, UMR CNRS 5255; Université de Bordeaux; Cours de la libération 351 33405 Talence France
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- CEISAM, UMR CNRS 6230; Université de Nantes; Rue de la Houssinière 2 44322 Nantes Cedex 3 France
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry; Polish Academy of Sciences; Kasprzaka 44/52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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Das S, Thornbury WG, Bartynski AN, Thompson ME, Bradforth SE. Manipulating Triplet Yield through Control of Symmetry-Breaking Charge Transfer. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:3264-3270. [PMID: 29847949 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The efficiency of an organic solar cell depends on the efficacy of exciton diffusion and dissociation processes, and this can be enhanced by reducing the exciton binding energy and increasing the exciton lifetime. Zinc chlorodipyrrin (ZCl) complexes exhibit reduced exciton binding energy due to ultrafast generation of intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) states via symmetry-breaking charge transfer in polar media. This Letter explores the fate of the ICT states using nanosecond transient absorption. In cyclohexane, ZCl undergoes intersystem crossing to produce triplets with ∼8 ns time constant (∼30% yield), and no ICT states are generated. However, in more polar solvents, triplets are generated within 1 ns via ICT state recombination with ∼3 times higher yield than produced via ISC. This high triplet yield in toluene (89%) and acetonitrile (76%) via ICT state recombination is a beneficial pathway to spin-protect the excited-state decay for additional charge generation from triplet excited states.
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- Saptaparna Das
- Department of Chemistry , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California 90089 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California 90089 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California 90089 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California 90089 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California 90089 , United States
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Tasior M, Czichy M, Łapkowski M, Gryko DT. Dibenzothienopyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole: The Missing Member of the Thienoacene Family. Chem Asian J 2018; 13:449-456. [PMID: 29272075 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201701639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2017] [Revised: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Dibenzothienopyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole and the corresponding bis(S,S-dioxide) were synthesized by using a concise synthetic strategy. Despite the presence of six fused aromatic rings, π-expanded pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles of this type absorb and emit at relatively short wavelengths, which reflects inefficient π conjugation due to the angular arrangement of the aromatic rings. They exhibit interesting and complex electrochemical behavior, which highlights their potential in organic electronics. Both heteroacenes undergo two-stage oxidation while retaining the independence of each 1-phenyl-1H-[1]benzothieno[3,2-b]pyrrole, which was proved by in situ electron spin resonance measurements. Interestingly, electrochemically generated dicationdiradicals are not only distributed over the pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole scaffold, but also over the phenyl substituents located on nitrogen atoms.
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- Mariusz Tasior
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Strzody 9, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, Strzody 9, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland.,Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, Curie-Sklodowskiej 34, 41-819, Zabrze, Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland
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Tasior M, Hassanein K, Mazur LM, Sakellari I, Gray D, Farsari M, Samoć M, Santoro F, Ventura B, Gryko DT. The role of intramolecular charge transfer and symmetry breaking in the photophysics of pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole-dione. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:22260-22271. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp03755h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This paper reveals structurally unique π-expanded pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole and its non-typical photophysical behaviour.
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- Mariusz Tasior
- Institute of Organic Chemistry
- Polish Academy of Sciences
- 01-224 Warsaw
- Poland
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- Advanced Materials Engineering and Modelling Group
- Faculty of Chemistry
- Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
- 50-370 Wrocław
- Poland
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- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL)
- Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH)
- Heraklion
- Greece
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- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL)
- Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH)
- Heraklion
- Greece
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- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL)
- Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH)
- Heraklion
- Greece
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- Advanced Materials Engineering and Modelling Group
- Faculty of Chemistry
- Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
- 50-370 Wrocław
- Poland
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- CNR-Institute of Organometallic Compounds
- Area della Ricerca del CNR
- I-56124 Pisa
- Italy
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry
- Polish Academy of Sciences
- 01-224 Warsaw
- Poland
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Dereka B, Rosspeintner A, Stężycki R, Ruckebusch C, Gryko DT, Vauthey E. Excited-State Symmetry Breaking in a Quadrupolar Molecule Visualized in Time and Space. J Phys Chem Lett 2017; 8:6029-6034. [PMID: 29190104 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b02944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The influence of the length of the push-pull branches of quadrupolar molecules on their excited-state symmetry breaking was investigated using ultrafast time-resolved IR spectroscopy. For this, the excited-state dynamics of an A-π-D-π-A molecule was compared with those of an ADA analogue, where the same electron donor (D) and acceptor (A) subunits are directly linked without a phenylethynyl π-spacer. The spatial distribution of the excitation was visualized in real time by monitoring C≡C and C≡N vibrational modes localized in the spacer and acceptor units, respectively. In nonpolar solvents, the excited state is quadrupolar and the excitation is localized on the π-D-π center. In medium polarity solvents, the excitation spreads over the entire molecule but is no longer symmetric. Finally, in the most polar solvents, the excitation localizes on a single D-π-A branch, contrary to the ADA analogue where symmetry breaking is only partial.
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- Bogdan Dereka
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva , 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva , 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences , Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- Université de Lille , CNRS, UMR 8516, LASIR, Laboratoire de Spectrochimie Infrarouge et Raman, Lille 59000, France
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences , Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva , 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Krzeszewski M, Gryko D, Gryko DT. The Tetraarylpyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles-From Serendipitous Discovery to Promising Heterocyclic Optoelectronic Materials. Acc Chem Res 2017; 50:2334-2345. [PMID: 28795799 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Progress in organic optoelectronics requires compounds possessing a suitable combination of photophysical and electronic properties. Another key constraint encompasses the availability of feasible, and hopefully scalable, synthetic procedures for preparing the molecular scaffolds of interest. A multicomponent reaction of aromatic aldehydes, aromatic amines, and butane-2,3-dione that was discovered in 2013 gives straightforward access to previously unavailable 1,2,4,5-tetraarylpyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles. These dyes are examples of heteropentalenes-a class of 10-π-electron aromatic compounds. The unsurpassed variety of aromatic aldehydes and primary aromatic amines, which are commercially available or easy to prepare, allows for potential routes to thousands of 1,2,4,5-tetraarylpyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles that are currently unknown. This synthetic procedure offers a means for preparing the pyrrolopyroles in gram quantities and isolating them by simple filtration. Typically, the construction of an aromatic core is merely the first phase in a long procedure toward multistep functionalization. Conversely, the synthesis of 1,2,4,5-tetraarylpyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles leads to preinstalled substituents in frames with C2 symmetry, which "opens Sesame" to a wealth of structural possibilities. In addition, steric hindrance of the aldehyde components, rather than presenting a problem, is beneficial for increasing the yields of the products. This feature provides invaluable routes for the synthesis of a broad range of π-extended systems possessing the pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole core in just a few steps. Indeed, this approach has enabled the preparation of a large number of previously unknown ladder-type heteroacenes possessing additional rings based on carbon-carbon, carbon-nitrogen, and nitrogen-nitrogen double bonds as well as nitrogen-boron single bonds. This set of chromophores includes planar and curved structures bearing up to 14 conjugated rings. 1,2,4,5-Tetraarylpyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles manifest broad absorption bands between about 300 and 450 nm, strong violet-blue or blue fluorescence with typical quantum yields of ∼60%, significant Stokes shifts ranging between 3000 and 5800 cm-1, and emission while in the solid state. Should the two peripheral aryl groups have an electron-deficient character, the two-photon absorption cross section also becomes pronounced, i.e., ∼400 GM. Perhaps the most important feature of these dyes is their strong solvatofluorochromism, which predestines their value as environment-sensitive probes. Extension of the π-conjugation of 1,2,4,5-tetraarylpyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrroles enables further modifications of their photophysical properties, such as shifting the emission bathochromically, increasing the Stokes shift beyond 10 000 cm-1, and attaining solvatofluorochromism for curved, butterfly-shaped analogues without a decrease in emission intensity when the solvent polarity is increased. Common features of these chromophores include a significant difference between the geometries of their relaxed ground and relaxed excited states as well as strong electronic coupling through their aromatic cores. Past and future intense exploration of the wide chemical space built around the pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyrrole skeleton offers unprecedented opportunities for comprehensive elucidation of how photoexcitation increases the electronic coupling through biaryl linkages.
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- Maciej Krzeszewski
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44-52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44-52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44-52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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Dereka B, Vauthey E. Solute-Solvent Interactions and Excited-State Symmetry Breaking: Beyond the Dipole-Dipole and the Hydrogen-Bond Interactions. J Phys Chem Lett 2017; 8:3927-3932. [PMID: 28786689 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Symmetry breaking of the excited state of a linear quadrupolar acceptor-donor-acceptor molecule was investigated using time-resolved infrared spectroscopy in 55 solvents allowing the influence of several solute-solvent interactions to be examined separately. No symmetry breaking was found in nonpolar solvents irrespective of their refractive index, indicating that differences in dispersion interactions between the two arms of the molecule do not suffice to induce an asymmetric distribution of the excitation. However, symmetry breaking was observed in nondipolar but quadrupolar solvents like benzene to an extent that can be as large as that found in medium dipolar solvents like THF. Whereas larger symmetry breaking occurs in the most dipolar solvents, the strongest are observed in protic solvents due to hydrogen bonding. Strong evidence of the formation of halogen bonds in the excited state is also presented, confirming the idea of symmetry-breaking-induced asymmetrical photochemistry.
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- Bogdan Dereka
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva , 30 quai Ernest-Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneva , 30 quai Ernest-Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Cooper TM, Haley JE, Krein DM, Burke AR, Slagle JE, Mikhailov A, Rebane A. Two-Photon Spectroscopy of a Series of Platinum Acetylides: Conformation-Induced Ground-State Symmetry Breaking. J Phys Chem A 2017. [PMID: 28650633 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b04784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
With the goal of elucidating electronic and conformational effects on structure-spectroscopic property relationships in platinum acetylides, we synthesized a series of nominally centrosymmetric chromophores trans-Pt(PBu3)2(C≡C-Phenyl-X)2, where X = diphenylamino (DPA), NH2, OCH3, t-Bu, CH3, H, F, benzothiazole (BTH), CF3, CN, and NO2. We collected one- and two-photon absorption spectra and also performed density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent (TD) DFT calculations on the ground- and excited-state properties of these compounds. The DFT calculations revealed facile rotation between the two ligands, suggesting that the compounds exhibit nonplanar ground-state conformations in solution. TDDFT calculation of the S1 state energy and transition dipole moment for a nonplanar conformation gave good agreement with experiment. Two-photon absorption spectra obtained from these compounds allowed estimation of the change of permanent electric dipole moment upon vertical excitation from ground state to S1 state. The values are small Δμ < 1.0 D for neutral substituents such as CH3, H, and F but increase sharply to Δμ ≈ 11 D for electron-accepting NO2. When in a nonplanar conformation, the corresponding calculated Δμ values showed good agreement with the experimental data indicating that the two-photon spectra result from nonplanar ground-state conformations. Previously studied related chromophores having extended conjugation ( Rebane, A.; Drobizhev, M.; Makarov, N. S.; Wicks, G.; Wnuk, P.; Stepanenko, Y.; Haley, J. E.; Krein, D. M.; Fore, J. L.; Burke, A. R.; Slagle, J. E.; McLean, D. G.; Cooper, T. M. J. Phys. Chem. A 2014 , 118 , 3749 - 3759 ) show similar dependence of Δμ on the substituents, which allows us to conclude that the excited-state properties of these floppy chromophores are a function of the electronic properties of the substituents, ligand size, and nonplanar molecular conformation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Thomas M Cooper
- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base , Dayton, Ohio 45433, United States
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base , Dayton, Ohio 45433, United States
| | - Douglas M Krein
- General Dynamics Information Technology , Dayton, Ohio 45431, United States
| | - Aaron R Burke
- General Dynamics Information Technology , Dayton, Ohio 45431, United States
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- Physics Department, Montana State University , Bozeman, Montana 59717, United States
| | - Aleksander Rebane
- Physics Department, Montana State University , Bozeman, Montana 59717, United States.,National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics , Tallinn 12618, Estonia
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