Issue 46, 2014

Investigation of ESIPT in a panel of chromophores presenting N–H⋯N intramolecular hydrogen bonds

Abstract

Thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) are investigated in 11 chromophores harboring an intramolecular N–H⋯N hydrogen bond [pyridyl pyrazole, pyridyl pyrrole, azaindole, pyridyl indole, pyrroloquinoline, and an analogue of the Blue Fluorescent Protein (BFP) chromophore] with the help of quantum mechanical calculations. For pyridyl pyrazoles, simulated spectra are used to help the interpretation of experimental ones and the effects of several substituents are investigated. Then it is shown that Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory fails to satisfactorily describe the energetic aspects of ESIPT for the BFP chromophore analogue. Equation-of-Motion Coupled Cluster theory is thus used to reach accurate insights for this challenging case.

Graphical abstract: Investigation of ESIPT in a panel of chromophores presenting N–H⋯N intramolecular hydrogen bonds

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Jul 2014
Accepted
25 Sep 2014
First published
30 Sep 2014

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014,16, 25288-25295

Author version available

Investigation of ESIPT in a panel of chromophores presenting N–H⋯N intramolecular hydrogen bonds

P. O. Hubin, A. D. Laurent, D. P. Vercauteren and D. Jacquemin, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16, 25288 DOI: 10.1039/C4CP03223C

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