The interactions between a calixarene host comprising dissociable protons, and an organic dye guest existing in a neutral base and in a protonated form, have been studied on model systems obtained by dissolving Nile Blue base (1) and tetraundecylcalix[4]resorcinarene (2) in two apolar solvents, dichloromethane and toluene. Steady state absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy and fluorescence lifetime measurements were applied as experimental methods. It has been established that the equilibrium composition of these systems is controlled predominantly by three reactions: (1) formation of the weakly bound complex 1·2; (2) simultaneous formation of the tightly bound ionic species with zero net charge 1+·2â
(1+
= protonated form of 1, 2â
= monophenolate form of 2); (3) protonation of the latter product in a subsequent step yielding 1+·2. The equilibrium constants for these reactions have been determined from the absorption spectra by an iterative procedure. The high value of the equilibrium constant for reaction (2) in toluene (9.8 à 106) is in accordance with the strongly solvatophobic nature of cation 1+ in this solvent. The fluorescence lifetime of neutral base 1 increases whereas that of its protonated form, 1+, markedly decreases upon complexation. These effects have been interpreted in terms of intra- and intermolecular decay channels.
通过将尼罗蓝碱(1)和四
十一烷基
钙[4]
间苯二酚(2)溶解在
二氯甲烷和
甲苯这两种极性溶剂中得到的模型系统,研究了包含可解离质子的
钙[4]
间苯二酚宿主与以中性碱和质子化形式存在的有机
染料客体之间的相互作用。实验采用了稳态吸收光谱、荧光光谱和荧光寿命测量法。实验证明,这些体系的平衡组成主要由三个反应控制:(1) 形成弱结合复合物 1Â-2;(2) 同时形成净电荷为零的紧密结合离子物种 1+Â-2â(1+ = 1 的质子化形式,2â = 2 的单
酚形式);(3) 后者在后续步骤中质子化,生成 1+Â-2。这些反应的平衡常数是通过迭代程序从吸收光谱中确定的。反应 (2) 在
甲苯中的平衡常数值很高(9.8 Ã 106),这与阳离子 1+ 在该溶剂中的强疏溶性是一致的。中性碱 1 的荧光寿命增加,而其质子化形式 1+ 的荧光寿命在络合后明显减少。这些效应被解释为分子内和分子间的衰变通道。