Warinthon Chansen. Theoretical study on influence of geometries controlling over the excited-state intramolecular proton transfer of 10-hydroxybenzo[h]quinoline and its derivatives as fluorescent probe. Master's Degree(Chemistry). Chiang Mai University Library. : Chiang Mai University, 2017.
Theoretical study on influence of geometries controlling over the excited-state intramolecular proton transfer of 10-hydroxybenzo[h]quinoline and its derivatives as fluorescent probe
Abstract:
Excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) process is an important
process in chemical and biological systems. ESIPT process generally occurs in molecules
having proton donor and proton acceptor, providing four-level photocycle. Among ESIPT
molecules, 10-hydroxybenzo[h]quinoline (HBQ) has been used as a radiation hardscintillator, probe enzyme, and photoswitch based on its highly large Stokes shift between
absorption and emission spectra and high photostability. HBQ comprises quinoline and
phenol groups which form a strong intramolecular hydrogen bond, facilitating proton
transfer upon photoexitation. The structural modification on quinoline of HBQ greatly
change its photophysical properties. Therefore, in this work, the photophysical changes
of HBQ derivatives affected by structural modification on quinoline and ESIPT process
will be investigated using a hybrid density functional theory (DFT) and its timedependent DFT (TD-DFT) at B3LYP with TZVP basis set. The calculated absorption and
emission spectra are used to describe the photophysical properties. The absorption spectra
of HBQ derivatives are blue shifted compared with that of HBQ while their emission
spectra are blue-shifted except those of IPRO and PRP compounds are red shifted. The
IR spectra of all compounds indicated that the O−H bond are strengthened in excited state
(S1) state. The potential energy curves (PECs) of proton transfer (PT) coordinate of all
compounds were scanned by fixing O‒H bond length. The results show that the PT
process in the ground state is not likely to occur, but it is possible in S1 state with less
required PT barrier. On-the-fly dynamics simulations in the S1 state were employed to
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determine reaction mechanisms and the time evolution of the ESIPT reaction. The ESIPT
times in all compounds take place in ultrafast time scale (within 100 fs). Once the PT is
complete, the internal conversion is initiated by twisted skeleton. The structural changes
alter the electronic spectra but do not significantly affect ESIPT of HBQ derivatives.