Experimental and theoretical investigations of circular dichroism of donor-acceptor 1,1'-binaphthyls : Influence of substitution on the coupling amplitude and cotton effect of the charge-transfer band
Experimental and theoretical investigations of circular dichroism of donor-acceptor 1,1'-binaphthyls : Influence of substitution on the coupling amplitude and cotton effect of the charge-transfer band
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供体-受体1,1-联萘的圆二色性的实验和理论研究:取代对电荷转移带耦合幅度和棉花效应的影响
作者:
Y.Nakai;M.Nishizaka;C.Yang;G.Fukuhara;T.Mori;Y.Inoue
The electronic circular dichroism (CD) spectra of donor–acceptor binaphthyls were investigated experimentally and theoretically. The enantiomerically pure forms of 1‐(2‐methoxy‐1‐naphthyl)‐ and 1‐(2,3‐dimethoxy‐1‐naphthyl)‐2‐methylisoquinolinium tetrafluoroborates (DAandD′A) were prepared, and their UV–vis and CD spectra were compared. The donor–acceptor interaction was apparent from the absorption at longer wavelengths, whereas its strength was not very different from each other. In addition, very similar structures were obtained for the two aromatic planes inDAandD′Awhen the geometry was optimized by the density functional theory. The additional methoxy group in the latter spices scarcely disturbed the UV–vis spectrum but significantly affected the CD spectrum. Thus, the observed CD spectra were considerably different from each other, especially in the1Bbband couplet, where the amplitude was reduced to almost one‐fourth inD′A. The theoretical investigations led to the following conclusions: (1) The potential curve associated with the central CC dihedral angle of 1,1′‐binaphthyl is fairly flat at the bottom for bothDAandD′Aand freely rotating at an ambient temperature. The potential curve ofD′Ais, however, significantly different from that ofDA, in which the curve is much steeper and biased to thes‐cisside. As the observed CD spectrum is an ensemble of conformers of various dihedral angles, such difference in potential certainly affects the overall spectrum; (2) The additional methoxy group introduced at the 3‐position effectively altered the CD spectral pattern, which was theoretically supported by the calculation at the RI‐CC2/TZVPP level; (3) Consequently, the classical coupled oscillator theory, in which the angle between the transition dipole moments of two aromatic planes is solely considered, is not applicable to the quantitative evaluation of the chiroptical properties of 1,1′‐binaphthyls; rather, the quantum chemical approach is preferred, permitting a direct comparison with the experiment. Chirality 2011. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.