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Central-to-Helical-to-Axial-to-Central Transfer of Chirality with a Photoresponsive Catalyst
摘要： Recent advances in molecular design have displayed striking examples of dynamic chirality transfer between various elements of chirality, e.g. from central to either helical or axial chirality and vice versa. While considerable progress in atroposelective synthesis has been made, it is intriguing to design chiral molecular switches able to provide selective and dynamic control of axial chirality with an external stimulus to modulate stereochemical functions. Here, we report the synthesis and characterization of a photoresponsive bis(2-phenol)-substituted molecular switch 1. The unique design exhibits a dynamic hybrid central-helical-axial transfer of chirality. The change of preferential axial chirality in the biaryl motif is coupled to the reversible switching of helicity of the overcrowded alkene core, dictated by the fixed stereogenic center. The potential for dynamic control of axial chirality was demonstrated by using (R)-1 as switchable catalyst to direct the stereochemical outcome of the catalytic enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to aromatic aldehydes, with successful reversal of enantioselectivity for several substrates.
关键词： atropisomers,photoresponsive catalyst,chirality transfer,photoisomerization,dynamic selectivity control,molecular switches
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Thermodynamic limits to energy conversion in solar thermal fuels
摘要： Solar thermal fuels (STFs) are an unconventional paradigm for solar energy conversion and storage which is attracting renewed attention. In this concept, a material absorbs sunlight and stores the energy chemically via an induced structural change, which can later be reversed to release the energy as heat. An example is the azobenzene molecule which has a cis-trans photoisomerization with these properties, and can be tuned by chemical substitution and attachment to templates such as carbon nanotubes, small molecules, or polymers. By analogy to the Shockley–Queisser limit for photovoltaics, we analyze the maximum attainable efficiency for STFs from fundamental thermodynamic considerations. Microscopic reversibility provides a bound on the quantum yield of photoisomerization due to fluorescence, regardless of details of photochemistry. We emphasize the importance of analyzing the free energy, not just enthalpy, of the metastable molecules, and find an efficiency limit for conversion to stored chemical energy equal to the Shockley–Queisser limit. STF candidates from a recent high-throughput search are analyzed in light of the efficiency limit.
关键词： energy storage,thermodynamics,solar energy conversion,photoisomerization
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36
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Different hydrogen bonding environments of the retinal protonated Schiff base control the photoisomerization in channelrhodopsin-2
摘要： The first event of the channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2) photocycle, i.e. trans-to-cis photoisomerization, is studied by means of quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics, taking into account the flexible retinal environment in the ground state. By treating the chromophore at the ab initio multiconfigurational level of theory, we can rationalize the experimental findings based on pump–probe spectroscopy, explaining the different and more complex scenario found for ChR2 in comparison to other rhodopsins. In particular, we find that depending on the hydrogen bonding pattern, different excited states are involved, hence making it possible to suggest one pattern as the most productive. Moreover, after photoisomerization the structure of the first photocycle intermediate, P500, is characterized by simulating the infrared spectrum and compared to available experimental data. This was obtained by extensive molecular dynamics, where the chromophore is described by a semi-empirical method based on density functional theory. The results clearly identify which counterion is responsible for accepting the proton from the retinal Schiff base: the side chain of the glutamic acid E123.
关键词： FTIR spectroscopy,quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics,retinal Schiff base,photoisomerization,channelrhodopsin-2,hydrogen bonding,excited states,molecular dynamics
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36
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Chloro- and Dichloro-methylsulfonyl Nitrenes: Spectroscopic Characterization, Photoisomerization, and Thermal Decomposition
摘要： Chloro- and dichloro-methylsulfonyl nitrenes, CH2ClS(O)2N and CHCl2S(O)2N, have been generated from UV laser photolysis (193 and 266 nm) of the corresponding sulfonyl azides CH2ClS(O)2N3 and CHCl2S(O)2N3, respectively. Both nitrenes have been characterized with matrix-isolation IR and EPR spectroscopy in solid N2 (10 K) and glassy toluene (5 K) matrices. Triplet ground-state multiplicity of CH2ClS(O)2N (|D/hc| = 1.57 cm?1 and |E/hc| = 0.0026 cm?1) and CHCl2S(O)2N (|D/hc| = 1.56 cm?1 and |E/hc| = 0.0042 cm?1) has been confirmed. In addition, dichloromethylnitrene CHCl2N (|D/hc| = 1.57 cm?1 and |E/hc| = 0 cm?1), formed from SO2-elimination in CHCl2S(O)2N, has also been identified for the first time. Upon UV light irradiation (365 nm), the two sulfonyl nitrenes R–S(O)2N (R = CH2Cl and CHCl2) undergo concomitant 1,2-R shift to N-sulfonlyamines R–NSO2 and 1,2-oxygen shift to S-nitroso compounds R–S(O)NO, respectively. The identification of these new species with IR spectroscopy is supported by 15N labeling experiments and quantum chemical calculations at the B3LYP/6-311++G(3df,3pd) level. In contrast, the thermally-generated sulfonyl nitrenes CH2ClS(O)2N (600 K) and CHCl2S(O)2N (700 K) dissociate completely in the gas phase, and in both cases, HCN, SO2, HCl, HNSO, and CO form. Additionally, ClCN, OCCl2, HNSO2, ?NSO2, and the atmospherically relevant radical ?CHCl2 are also identified among the fragmentation products of CHCl2S(O)2N. The underlying mechanisms for the rearrangement and decomposition of CH2ClS(O)2N and CHCl2S(O)2N are discussed based on the experimentally-observed products and the calculated potential energy profile.
关键词： decomposition,nitrenes,azides,reaction mechanism,photoisomerization,matrix isolation
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36
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Volume-conserving photoisomerization of a nonplanar GFP chromophore derivative: Nonadiabatic dynamics simulation
摘要： Nonadiabatic dynamics of a nonplanar green fluorescent protein (GFP) chromophore derivative was examined theoretically by trajectory surface hopping approach at the CASSCF level based on Zhu-Nakamura theory. The geometry optimizations show that there are four ground-state minima and four conical intersections between the ground (S0) and first excited (S1) states. Four S1-state minima were found at a perpendicularly twisted conformation around the imidazolinone-bridged bond. Upon excitation to S1 state, the main decay pathways of four isomers involve different S0/S1 potential energy surface conical intersections. The dominant excited-state relaxation mechanism of this GFP chromophore derivative is the twists of two bridging bonds and the methyl group in the bridge combined with the pyramidalization character of the central carbon atom. Further twists of two bridging bonds and the methyl group occur sequentially in the S0 state. It is worth to mention that the special volume-conserving motion of this molecule is attributed to twists of two bridging bonds in the same direction during the whole photoisomerization processes. The theoretical investigation presented herein provides important insights into the volume-conserving photoisomerization mechanisms of a nonplanar GFP chromophore derivative. We believe that the present work can benefit the design of the photochromic molecule devices in confined media.
关键词： GFP chromophore derivative,Reaction pathways.,Surface hopping dynamics,Photoisomerization
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36
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Photochemical Processes in Molecular Polymethine Dye Probes in the Presence of Bile Salts
摘要： Primary photochemical processes in polymethine dye probes 3,3′-di(γ-sulfopropyl)-4,5,4′,5′-dibenzo-9-ethylthiacarbocyanine betaine (DEC) and 3,3′,9-trimethylthiacarbocyanine iodide (Cyan 2) in micellar systems of bile-acid salts (BASs) sodium cholate, deoxycholate, and taurocholate and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as a reference are studied by flash photolysis. Signals due to photoisomerization of dye trans-isomers and dark reverse isomerization of the resulting cis-photoisomers are observed during pulse photolysis of air-saturated aqueous dye solutions in the presence of BAS and SDS micelles. The lifetimes of the photoisomers are 60–190 μs. Pulse photolysis of Cyan 2 and DEC solutions without oxygen and with BAS and SDS micelles induced photoisomerization and transition of the dyes into an excited triplet state followed by the reverse transition (intersystem crossing) into the initial singlet state. Triplet–triplet absorption spectra of these dyes isomers in polar (EtOH, i-PrOH) and nonpolar (dioxane) solvents were obtained for comparison using triplet–triplet energy transfer from anthracene. The conclusion was drawn that the photochemical behavior of the dyes in BAS and SDS micellar systems were similar.
关键词： triplet state,surfactants,polymethine dye probes,bile-acid salts,trans–cis photoisomerization,micelle
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36
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Light-driven motion of self-propelled porous Janus particles
摘要： We introduce a versatile mechanism of light-driven self-propelled motion applied to porous Janus-type particles. The mechanism is based on the generation of local light-driven diffusio-osmotic (l-LDDO) flow around each single porous particle subjected to suitable irradiation conditions. The photosensitivity is introduced by a cationic azobenzene containing surfactant, which undergoes a photoisomerization reaction from a more hydrophobic trans-state to a rather hydrophilic cis-state under illumination with light. The negatively charged porous silica particles are dispersed in a corresponding aqueous solution and absorb molecules in their trans-state but expel them in their cis-state. During illumination with blue light triggering both trans-cis and cis-trans isomerization at the same time, the colloids start to move due to the generation of a steady-state diffusive flow of cis-isomers out of and trans-isomers into the particle. This is because a hemi-spherical metal cap partially sealing the colloid breaks the symmetry of the otherwise radially directed local flow around the particle, leading to self-propelled motion. Janus particles exhibit superdiffusive motion with a velocity of (cid:2)0.5 lm/s and a persistence length of ca. 50 lm, con?ned to micro-channels the direction can be maintained up to 300 lm before rotational diffusion reverts it. Particles forming dimers of different shapes can be made to travel along circular trajectories. The unique feature of this mechanism is that the strength of self-propulsion can be tuned by convenient external optical stimuli (intensity and irradiation wavelength) such that a broad variety of experimental situations can be realized in a spatiotemporal way and in situ.
关键词： porous Janus particles,photoisomerization,light-driven motion,self-propelled,diffusio-osmotic flow
更新于2025-09-12 10:27:22
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Enhanced quantum yields and efficiency in a quantum dot photocell modeled by a multi-level system
摘要： An ultraviolet energy dissipation mechanism plays a critical role in the photoprotection effect of sunscreens. In this work, we discovered substitution dependent UV energy dissipation mechanisms of model plant sunscreen methyl sinapate (MS). We found that the initially populated V(ππ*) states of MS and p-OMeMS relax to the ground state nonradiatively along an ultrafast trans?cis photoisomerization in tens of picoseconds. However, for p-HMS, an internal conversion from V(ππ*) to a relative dark V′(ππ*) state occurs in less than 1 ps, leading to a branching of the excited-state relaxations. The V(ππ*) state still relaxes nonradiatively as in the case of MS and p-OMeMS. In contrast, the V′(ππ*) state decays to the ground state mainly by emitting photons, exhibiting a lifetime as long as 5 ns. It is the first time to definitely distinguish the dynamics between V(ππ*) and V′(ππ*) states in the study of sinapates and cinnamates. These results indicate the anticipation of the V′(ππ*) state should be avoided when designing sunscreens.
关键词： excited-state dynamics,methyl sinapate,plant sunscreens,ultraviolet energy dissipation,photoisomerization
更新于2025-09-11 14:15:04
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Manipulating azobenzene photoisomerization through strong light–molecule coupling
摘要： The formation of hybrid light–molecule states (polaritons) offers a new strategy to manipulate the photochemistry of molecules. To fully exploit its potential, one needs to build a toolbox of polaritonic phenomenologies that supplement those of standard photochemistry. By means of a state-of-the-art computational photochemistry approach extended to the strong-coupling regime, here we disclose various mechanisms peculiar of polaritonic chemistry: coherent population oscillations between polaritons, quenching by trapping in dead-end polaritonic states and the alteration of the photochemical reaction pathway and quantum yields. We focus on azobenzene photoisomerization, that encompasses the essential features of complex photochemical reactions such as the presence of conical intersections and reaction coordinates involving multiple internal modes. In the strong coupling regime, a polaritonic conical intersection arises and we characterize its role in the photochemical process. Our chemically detailed simulations provide a framework to rationalize how the strong coupling impacts the photochemistry of realistic molecules.
关键词： azobenzene,photochemistry,polaritons,photoisomerization,strong coupling
更新于2025-09-10 09:29:36
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Performance of time-dependent density functional theory on twisted intramolecular charge transfer state of emerging visible light photoswitches
摘要： Hemithioindigo dyes (HTIs) are a class of emerging visible light photoswitches. By using M06, M062X, B3LYP and BMK density functionals, we have investigated the local excited (LE) state and twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT) state of HTIs. Both the two excited states are located in HTIs Z1 and Z2 after combining the results of all functionals. The formation of either the LE or TICT state is found to be controlled by the direction of the C2eC3 single bond rotation. Di?erent functionals are found to have intrinsic biases on LE and TICT states. Thus, a reasonable combination of various functionals is a convenient method to investigate a system possessing multiple excited-state minima. We recommend a combination of the M06 and M062X functionals.
关键词： Benchmark,Hula twist,Molecular machine,Molecular motor,Photoisomerization
更新于2025-09-10 09:29:36