Resonance Raman Spectroscopic Characterization of the π-Anion and π-Cation Radicals of Zinc(II) Octaethylchlorin
摘要:
Cyclic voltammetry (CV), UV-vis spectroscopy, and resonance Raman (RR) spectroscopy are utilized to characterize the pi-anion and pi-cation radicals of ZnOEC (OEC octaethylchlorin). Features in the RR spectra are assigned with the aid of data from the meso-d(4) isotopomer of ZnOEC and ZnEtI (EtI = etiochlorin I). The vibrational frequency shift patterns of the radicals ate consistent with expected bonding changes on placing an electron in the LUMO or a hole in the HOMO. The frontier orbitals are similar in ZnOEC and ZnOEP (OEP octaethylporphyrin), but the anion spectra differ because of the consequences of the Jahn-Teller effect in ZnOEP-. The cation and anion vibrational shifts do not add to give the shifts previously reported for the triplet state, indicating additional distortion upon triplet excitation.
Resonance Raman Spectroscopic Characterization of the π-Anion and π-Cation Radicals of Zinc(II) Octaethylchlorin
摘要:
Cyclic voltammetry (CV), UV-vis spectroscopy, and resonance Raman (RR) spectroscopy are utilized to characterize the pi-anion and pi-cation radicals of ZnOEC (OEC octaethylchlorin). Features in the RR spectra are assigned with the aid of data from the meso-d(4) isotopomer of ZnOEC and ZnEtI (EtI = etiochlorin I). The vibrational frequency shift patterns of the radicals ate consistent with expected bonding changes on placing an electron in the LUMO or a hole in the HOMO. The frontier orbitals are similar in ZnOEC and ZnOEP (OEP octaethylporphyrin), but the anion spectra differ because of the consequences of the Jahn-Teller effect in ZnOEP-. The cation and anion vibrational shifts do not add to give the shifts previously reported for the triplet state, indicating additional distortion upon triplet excitation.