Theoretical Analysis of the Effect Provoked by Bromine-Addition on the Thermolysis and Chemiexcitation of a Model Dioxetanone

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2017

Authors

da Silva, LP (Author) FCUP; Pereira, RFJ (Author) Other; Joaquim C G E Esteves da Silva (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Chemistry

Vol. 2017

Pages: 1-8

ISSN: 2090-9063

Publisher: Hindawi

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Authenticus ID: P-00M-SGC

DOI: 10.1155/2017/1903981

Abstract (EN): Chemi-/bioluminescence are phenomena in which chemical energy is converted into electronically excited singlet states, which decay with light emission. Given this feature, along with high quantum yields and other beneficial characteristics, these systems have gained numerous applications in bioanalysis, in biomedicine, and in the pharmaceutical field. Singlet chemiexcitation ismade possible by the formation of cyclic peroxides (as dioxetanones) as thermolysis provides a route for a ground state reaction to produce singlet excited states. However, such thermolysis can also lead to the formation of triplet states. While triplet states are not desired in the typical applications of chemi-/bioluminescence, the efficient production of such states can open the door for the use of these systems as sensitizers in photocatalysis and triplet- triplet annihilation, among other fields. Thus, the goal of this study is to assess the effect of heavy atom addition on the thermolysis and triplet chemiexcitation of a model dioxetanone. Monobromination does not affect the thermolysis reaction but can improve the efficiency of intersystem crossing, depending on the position of monobromination. Addition of bromine atoms to the triplet state reaction product has little effect on its properties, except on its electron affinity, in which monobromination can increase between 3.1 and 8.8 kcal mol(-1).

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8