Article
Chemistry, Organic
Sumit Sahoo, Gunasekaran Velmurugan, Peter Comba, Harapriya Rath
Summary: This study reports the synthesis, spectroscopic analysis, solid state structural proof, and theoretical study of structural variants of strongly aromatic (antiaromatic) meso-meso 1,3-bis(E-vinyl)azulene bridged (nonbridged) tetrathiaoctaphyrins exhibiting strong NIR absorption. Thorough DFT studies reveal that the lack of participation of the 1,3-bis(E-vinyl)azulene internal bridge in the global pi-conjugated network of tetrathiaoctaphyrins results in the loss of effective dual macrocyclic conjugation pathways. Various analysis approaches, including AICD, NICS, HOMA, MCI, AV1245 index, AVmin, WBI, and ELF analyses, are carried out to explain the nature and origin of the major [34 pi]/[36 pi] single-conjugated Huckel aromaticity (antiaromaticity) in detail for all the three octaphyrins with (without) the meso-meso 1,3-bis(E-vinyl)azulene bridge.
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Sumit Sahoo, Gunasekaran Velmurugan, Peter Comba, Harapriya Rath
Summary: This study reports on the expedient synthesis, spectroscopic analysis, solid state structural proof, and theoretical study of structural variants of strongly aromatic (antiaromatic) meso-meso 1,3-bis(E-vinyl)azulene bridged (nonbridged) tetrathiaoctaphyrins exhibiting strong NIR absorption. Thorough DFT studies and various analyses have been carried out to explain the nature and origin of the major [34 pi]/[36 pi] single-conjugated Huckel aromaticity (antiaromaticity) in detail.
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Levi Lystrom, Manoj Shukla, Wenfang Sun, Svetlana Kilina
Summary: This study investigates the absorption and fluorescence spectra of 14 In(III) dipyrrin-based complexes using TDDFT and finds that nitrogen substitution and aromatic ring functionalization can extend the fluorescence spectra and induce red-shifted electronic absorption and fluorescence. The stronger electron-withdrawing substituents result in the red-shifted fluorescence of the complexes to the NIR region.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Yuriy Zatsikha, Liliya Shamova, Victor N. Nemykin
Summary: A simple and gram-scale method for preparing 1-imino-3-thioisoindolines and dithio- or diamino-beta-isoindigo derivatives has been developed, with the electronic properties of substituents in the phthalonitrile core playing a crucial role in the synthesis of beta-isoindigo. The study also investigated the properties of monomeric and J-aggregated forms of these derivatives using absorption and fluorescence spectroscopies.
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yuriy V. Zatsikha, Liliya I. Shamova, David E. Herbert, Victor N. Nemykin
Summary: The newly synthesized compounds exhibit broad absorption in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum and have a stable structure. The beta-isoindigo fragment is in a trans-configuration accompanying a planar conjugated core.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Sanjay Gaire, Briana R. Schrage, Victor N. Nemykin, Christopher J. Ziegler
Summary: The semihemiporphyrazines are a class of ligands comprised of a heterocycle ring and an isoindoline unit linked through a bridging nitrogen atom. Altering the ligand and the axial position at the metal can change the properties of the complexes, including structure, tautomerization, and chirality. Modifying the semihemiporphyrazine also affects the electronic structure of the resulting Re(CO)(3) complexes.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Briana R. Schrage, Eugeny Ermilov, Victor N. Nemykin
Summary: The formation and deactivation of charge-separated state was investigated in a series of compounds using transient absorption spectra. The lifetime of the charge-separated state was nearly constant for all compounds and independent of the central ion and solvent. A minor long-lived component was observed in polar solvent.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Dustin E. Nevonen, Laura S. Ferch, Briana R. Schrage, Victor N. Nemykin
Summary: This study investigates the correlation between the position of the metal-to-ligand charge-transfer (MLCT) band and the electrochemical EL scale values of axial ligands in low-spin iron(II) phthalocyanine complexes using experimental and theoretical methods. The results show that the first degenerate MLCT band is dominated by a single-electron excitation and there is a small energy gap for orbital splitting and closeness of transitions. Additional charge-transfer transitions were observed for complexes with phosphine axial ligands.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yuriy Zatsikha, Liliya Shamova, Michael Shepit, Steven M. Berry, Fabrice Thomas, David E. Herbert, Johan van Lierop, Victor N. Nemykin
Summary: The preparation of radicals with intense and redox-switchable absorption beyond 1000 nm has been a long-standing challenge in the chemistry of functional dyes. In this study, a series of unprecedented stable neutral nickel(II) and copper(II) complexes were prepared, in which the organic chromophore exists in the radical-anion state. The new stable radicals have an intense absorption at around 1300 nm and can be oxidized or reduced to different compounds.
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yuriy Zatsikha, Briana R. Schrage, Tanner S. Blesener, Laurel A. Harrison, Christopher J. Ziegler, Victor N. Nemykin
Summary: In this study, a sterically strained 32 pi-electron antiaromatic bis-BODIPY macrocycle was prepared and characterized. The fluorescence in this macrocycle was quenched, unlike regular BODIPYs. The NMR spectra of the macrocycle showed broad signals due to the vibronic freedom of the p-divinylbenzene fragments. EPR spectra in solution and in solid state confirmed the closed-shell quinoidal structure of the macrocycle, ruling out its possible diradicaloid nature.
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Rachel K. Swedin, Andrew T. Healy, Jacob W. Schaffner, Ilya A. Kuzmin, Yuriy V. Zatsikha, Victor N. Nemykin, David A. Blank
Summary: The excited state dynamics in two fully characterized pyridoneBODIPY-fullerene complexes were investigated. Efficient energy transfer and internal conversion were observed in the presence of the fullerene, allowing the excited state energy to be transferred back to the pyridoneBODIPY chromophore. The attachment chemistry of the fullerene affected the triplet-triplet energy transfer and the relaxation rate of the final triplet state.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Briana R. Schrage, Wen Zhou, Laurel A. Harrison, Dustin E. Nevonen, John R. Thompson, Kathleen E. Prosser, Charles J. Walsby, Christopher J. Ziegler, Daniel B. Leznoff, Victor N. Nemykin
Summary: This article reports on the properties of the reduction of iron(II) phthalocyanine and the resulting species. The study found that the reduced species have a purple/red color and possess a single unpaired electron with a magnetic moment. Additionally, through experiments and calculations, the spectral characteristics of these species were confirmed, resolving previous controversies.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Victor N. Nemykin, Briana R. Schrage, Dustin E. Nevonen, Laurel A. Harrison, Kelly M. E. Newman, Vinod K. Paidi, Johan van Lierop
Summary: The properties of ((PcFe)-Fe-(tBu)4)(2)O and ((PyPcFe)-Fe-(tBu)4)(2)O complexes were investigated using various spectroscopic, electrochemical, and theoretical methods. Different isomers were observed for ((PcFe)-Fe-(tBu)4)(2)O in the solid state and in solution. The UV-vis spectra and MCD spectra of the complexes were analyzed using exciton coupling theory and TDDFT calculations.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Sayantan Bhattacharya, Dustin E. Nevonen, Alexander J. Auty, Arthur Graf, Martin Appleby, Nivedita Chaudhri, Dimitri Chekulaev, Christian Bruckner, Adrien A. P. Chauvet, Victor N. Nemykin
Summary: The introduction of three ss-oxosubstituents to octaethylporphyrin generates the aromatic trioxopyrrocorphin chromophore. Photophysical characteristics of these chromophores, including UV-vis and magnetic circular dichroism spectra, conform to the Gouterman model of porphyrinoid optical spectra. The study also reveals that the introduction of ss-oxo functionalities tunes the photophysical properties of porphyrinoids, increasing intersystem crossing rate and shortening triplet state lifetime.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Dustin E. Nevonen, Jenna C. Wagner, Christian Bru''ckner, Christopher J. Ziegler, Victor N. Nemykin
Summary: We systematically investigated Ag(II) and Ag(III) complexes of porphyrins and their analogues using UV-vis magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectroscopies and theoretical calculations. Ag(II) and Ag(III) octaethyl- and tetraarylporphyrins showed a typical sign sequence in the Q-band region of their MCD spectra, indicating an HOMO > LUMO relationship. However, Ag(II) complexes of β,β’-pyrrole-modified porphyrins and Ag(III) corroles showed reverse features in the MCD spectra, with an HOMO < LUMO relationship. The Ag(III) complex of N-confused porphyrin exhibited an HOMO > LUMO relationship in the neutral state and an HOMO < LUMO relationship in the protonated form.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Christopher J. Ziegler, Victor N. Nemykin
Summary: This Frontier article discusses the influence of axial ligands on the spectroscopic and redox properties of iron(ii) phthalocyanines, covering topics such as oxidation and reduction processes, charge transfer transitions, and the role of axial ligands in binding.
DALTON TRANSACTIONS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Sayantan Bhattacharya, Dustin E. Nevonen, Alexander J. Auty, Arthur Graf, Martin Appleby, Nivedita Chaudhri, Dimitri Chekulaev, Christian Bruckner, Adrien A. P. Chauvet, Victor N. Nemykin
Summary: The introduction of three ss-oxosubstituents to octaethylporphyrin generates the trioxopyrrocorphin chromophore, which possesses considerable aromatic character. This study explores the photophysical characteristics of these unusual chromophores and reveals that the ss-oxo substitutions can tune the photophysical properties of porphyrinoids and enhance singlet oxygen yield.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Austen Moss, Dustin E. Nevonen, Yi Hu, Vladimir N. Nesterov, Victor N. Nemykin, Hong Wang
Summary: In this study, unsymmetric pentacenequinone-fused and pentacene-fused porphyrins were designed and synthesized, showing unusual optical and electronic properties different from typical porphyrins. The complex absorption and MCD spectra of these molecular systems were analyzed using MCD, DFT, and TDDFT calculations, suggesting the existence of multiple charge transfer states. The traditional Gouterman's four-orbital model was found to be contradictory to the theoretical and experimental data, and a new interpretation method based on 2+4 and 3+3 active spaces was proposed. Furthermore, the pentacene-fused porphyrins exhibited exceptional ability in accommodating positive charges and showed a pronounced metal effect. This work provides important information for guiding new material designs.
ACS PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AU
(2022)