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Molecular design of amino-type hydrogen-bonding molecules for excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT)-based fluorescent probe using the TD-DFT approach

19 Jul 2021-New Journal of Chemistry (The Royal Society of Chemistry)-Vol. 45, Iss: 28, pp 12500-12508
TL;DR: In this paper, a molecular screening has been carried out for fluorescent probes harnessing excited-stated intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) of NH-type molecules having aminophenyl or tosylaminyl as a proton donor with different substituents using time-dependent density functional theory.
Abstract: A molecular screening has been carried out for fluorescent probes harnessing excited-stated intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) of NH-type molecules having aminophenyl or tosylaminophenyl as a proton donor and benzimidazole, benzoxazole, benzothiazole, or imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine as a proton acceptor with different substituents using time-dependent density functional theory. Among the designed ESIPT molecules, 2-(2′-tosylaminophenyl)benzimidazole, 2-(2′-tosylaminophenyl)benzothiazole, and 2-(2′-tosylaminophenyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine with dimethylamino in the tosylaminophenyl and/or cyano in the benzimidazole, benzothiazole, and imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine, respectively, were revealed to be the best five candidates because they passed the screening requirements, including photophysical, kinetics, and thermodynamic parameters. Here, these five candidates required less photo-absorption around 380 nm and emitted the tautomer peaks in the near infrared (NIR) region, leading to large Stokes shifts (∼200 nm) with no self-reabsorption, which are important characteristics for fluorescent probes. The NIR emission is caused by the intramolecular charge-transfer character of the strong electron-donating dimethylamino in the tosylaminophenyl moiety and heteroatoms in the benzimidazole/benzothiazole/imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine moiety as evidenced by the electron-density differences and frontier molecular orbitals. In addition, they exhibit high photo-acidity and photo-basicity (low PT barrier with highly exothermic) to warrantee the ESIPT. Therefore, the obtained screening information in this work could be beneficial for designing new ESIPT fluorescent-based probes.
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TL;DR: In this article , a dual emission attributed to ESIPT between the keto-enamine and enolimine tautomers was observed in 2′-aminochalcones with a strong push-pull character.

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TL;DR: In this article , the authors combined experimental and theoretical studies of the proton transfer and proposed new types of ESIPT-capable molecules for understanding factors controlling the ESIPTs photoreaction.
Abstract: Search for new types of ESIPT-capable molecules is crucial for understanding factors controlling the ESIPT photoreaction. In this paper we present combined experimental and theoretical studies of the proton transfer...

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TL;DR: Based on the analyses of chemical structural variations and infrared (IR) vibrational spectra in both S0 and S1 states, the enhanced intramolecular hydrogen bonding interactions could be clearly found, which will promote the ESIPT tendency as discussed by the authors .
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