Aromatic alkenes such as styrene (1), 1,1-diphenylethene (2), and cis- and trans-stilbenes (3), but not triphenylethene (4), formed their contact charge-transfer (CCT) complexes with O2 in solutions. In zeolite NaY, the CCT absorption band was observed only for 1 and 3. Irradiation of alkenes 1–4 included in the zeolite nanocavities under O2 produced benzaldehyde and benzophenone as the major oxygenation products. In particular, for 3 and 4, the photooxygenation competed with a photoelectrocyclic reaction, which subsequently yielded phenanthrenes as the exclusive photoproducts under O2 in solution. It is likely that the oxygenation products were produced through the alkene cation radicals and superoxide anion radical generated by excitation of the CCT complexes and/or photoinduced electron transfer from the excited alkenes to O2. YAG laser (266 nm) excitation of 1 included in the zeolite cavities under vacuum produced its alkene cation radical and the trapped electron, Na43+, both of which were quenched by O2. On the basis of the optimum structure for the guest molecules obtained by semi-empirical molecular orbital calculations (AM1), it is suggested that the photooxygenation reaction was regulated by the electrostatic interaction between the guest molecules and alkali-metal cations in the nanocavities as well as by the strong electrostatic field which stabilized the ion radical pairs generated.
苯乙烯(1)、
1,1-二苯乙烯(2)、顺式和反式
二苯乙烯(3)等芳香族烯烃(但不包括
三苯乙烯(4))在溶液中与 O2 形成接触电荷转移(CCT)络合物。在
沸石 NaY 中,只观察到 1 和 3 的 CCT 吸收带。在 O2 下辐照
沸石纳米空腔中的烯 1-4 会产生
苯甲醛和
二苯甲酮作为主要的加氧产物。特别是对于 3 和 4,光氧合反应与光电环反应发生竞争,随后在溶液中的
氧气条件下产生
菲作为唯一的光产物。氧合产物很可能是通过 CCT 复合物激发产生的烯阳离子自由基和超
氧阴离子自由基和/或激发的烯与 O2 之间的光诱导电子转移产生的。在真空条件下,YAG 激光(266 nm)激发
沸石空腔中的 1 会产生烯阳离子自由基和捕获的电子 Na43+,这两种自由基都会被 O2 熄灭。根据半经验分子轨道计算(
AM1)得到的客体分子最佳结构,可以认为光氧合反应是由纳米空腔中的客体分子和碱
金属阳离子之间的静电相互作用以及稳定所产生的离子自由基对的强静电场调节的。