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Fihey A, Russo R, Cupellini L, Jacquemin D, Mennucci B. Is energy transfer limiting multiphotochromism? answers from ab initio quantifications. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 19:2044-2052. [PMID: 28009859 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp07458h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Dithienylethenes (DTEs) can be assembled to form supramolecular multiphotochromic systems that are highly functional molecular architectures of potential interest for building complex optoelectronic devices. Yet even simple DTE dimers relying on an organic linker may suffer from a partial photoactivity, i.e., only one of the two switches does isomerise. Experimentally, this limited photochromism has been attributed to an excited state energy transfer (EET) between the two DTEs of the multimer; this EET taking place instead of the desired photoinduced cyclisation of the DTE. However, no clear evidences of this phenomenon have been provided so far. In this work we propose the first rationalisation of this potential parasite photoinduced event using a computational approach based on Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (TD-DFT) for the calculation of the electronic coupling in DTE dimers. Besides quantifying EET in several systems, we dissect the role of through-bond and through-space mechanisms on this process and clarify their dependence on both the nature and length of the bridge separating the two photochromes. The theoretical data obtained in this framework are in full agreement with the experimental outcomes and pave the way toward a molecular design of coupled, yet fully functionals, DTE-based multiswitches.
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- Arnaud Fihey
- Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UMR 6226 CNRS, Université de Rennes1, 263 Av. du Général Leclerc, 35042, Cedex Rennes, France. and CEISAM, UMR CNRS 6230, Université de Nantes, 2, Rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes, Cedex 3, France.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Universitá di Pisa, via G. Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Universitá di Pisa, via G. Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
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- CEISAM, UMR CNRS 6230, Université de Nantes, 2, Rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes, Cedex 3, France. and Institut Universitaire de France, 1 rue Descartes, 75231 Paris Cedex 5, France
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Universitá di Pisa, via G. Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
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Turina TG, Zarechnaya OM, Zaitseva VV, Zaitsev SY. Quantum-chemical study of the reaction of N-vinylpyrrolidone with maleic anhydride. RUSS J GEN CHEM+ 2017. [DOI: 10.1134/s1070363217030197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Fihey A, Jacquemin D. Designing efficient photochromic dithienylethene dyads. Chem Sci 2015; 6:3495-3504. [PMID: 29511512 PMCID: PMC5659146 DOI: 10.1039/c5sc00856e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Aiming at designing more efficient multiphotochromes, we investigate with the help of ab initio tools the impact of the substitution on a series of dimers constituted of two dithienylethene (DTE) moieties, strongly coupled to each other through an ethynyl linker. The electronic structure and the optical properties of a large panel of compounds, substituted on different positions by various types of electroactive groups, have been compared with the aim of designing a dyad in which the three possible isomers (open-open, closed-open, closed-closed) can be reached. We show that appending the reactive carbons atoms of the DTE core with electroactive groups on one of the two photochromes allows cyclisation to be induced on a specific moiety, which leads to the formation of the desired closed-open isomer. Substituting the lateral positions of the thiophene rings provides further control of the topology of the frontier molecular orbitals, so that the electronic transition inducing the second ring closure stands out in the spectrum of the intermediate isomer.
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- Arnaud Fihey
- Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité, Synthèse, Analyse, Modélisation (CEISAM) , UMR CNRS no. 6230 , Université de Nantes , BP 92208, 2, Rue de la Houssinière , 44322 Nantes Cedex 3 , France .
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- Chimie Et Interdisciplinarité, Synthèse, Analyse, Modélisation (CEISAM) , UMR CNRS no. 6230 , Université de Nantes , BP 92208, 2, Rue de la Houssinière , 44322 Nantes Cedex 3 , France .
- Institut Universitaire de France , 103, blvd Saint-Michel , F-75005 Paris Cedex 05 , France
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Theoretical assessment of indolylfulgimides and novel asymmetric di-indolylfulgimide photochromes. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2014.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Fihey A, Perrier A, Maurel F. Tuning the optical properties of dithienylethenes: Theoretical insights. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2012.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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