Proton-Transfer Processes in Well-Defined Media: Experimental Investigation of Photoinduced and Thermal Proton-Transfer Processes in Single Crystals of 2-(2,4-Dinitrobenzyl)pyridine Derivatives
摘要:
A detailed spectroscopic study of photoinduced and thermally activated proton-transfer processes for a series of different crystals of 2-(2,4-dinitrobenzyl)pyridine derivatives has been performed. The quantitative analysis of ground- and excited-state activation barriers and preexponential factors in deuterated and nondeuterated crystals shows clearly that the observed photochromism is linked to a proton-transfer process. Furthermore, it is clearly seen that the supramolecular environment of the transferred proton participates in the proton-transfer process. These supramolecular effects control the relative rates and efficiencies of the observed proton-transfer processes in both the ground and excited state, yielding, at room temperature, photoproducts having lifetimes ranging between hours and weeks. At least two proton-accepting groups may be active in the abstraction of the proton from its relatively stable benzylic position. Additionally, low-temperature measurements of proton-transfer processes show that tunneling processes prevail at temperatures below 100 K only in the excited state. No evidence for tunneling could be found for ground-state processes.
Packing-dependent photochromism: the case of photoinduced intramolecular proton transfer in 6-(2′,4′-dinitrobenzyl)-2,2′-bipyridine
作者:Pance Naumov、Yuji Ohashi
DOI:10.1107/s0108768104005506
日期:2004.6.1
photoinactive monoclinic beta-form) and with structures of related nitrobenzylpyridines to explain the relation between the structure and photochromism. The comparison of the reaction cavities around the reactive pyridyl-benzyl-nitro fragment among the polymorphs and related nitrobenzylpyridines revealed that a crucial factor for photochromic activity is the rotational freedom of the ortho-nitro group in
Proton-Transfer Processes in Well-Defined Media: Experimental Investigation of Photoinduced and Thermal Proton-Transfer Processes in Single Crystals of 2-(2,4-Dinitrobenzyl)pyridine Derivatives
A detailed spectroscopic study of photoinduced and thermally activated proton-transfer processes for a series of different crystals of 2-(2,4-dinitrobenzyl)pyridine derivatives has been performed. The quantitative analysis of ground- and excited-state activation barriers and preexponential factors in deuterated and nondeuterated crystals shows clearly that the observed photochromism is linked to a proton-transfer process. Furthermore, it is clearly seen that the supramolecular environment of the transferred proton participates in the proton-transfer process. These supramolecular effects control the relative rates and efficiencies of the observed proton-transfer processes in both the ground and excited state, yielding, at room temperature, photoproducts having lifetimes ranging between hours and weeks. At least two proton-accepting groups may be active in the abstraction of the proton from its relatively stable benzylic position. Additionally, low-temperature measurements of proton-transfer processes show that tunneling processes prevail at temperatures below 100 K only in the excited state. No evidence for tunneling could be found for ground-state processes.