Byrne, Robert, Diamond, Dermot ORCID: 0000-0003-2944-4839, Fraser, Kevin J.
ORCID: 0000-0002-9718-5405, Izgorodina, Ekaterina, Forsyth, Maria and MacFarlane, Douglas R.
(2008)
Photo- and solvatochromic properties of nitrobenzospiropyran in ionic liquids containing the [NTf2]- anion.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 10
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pp. 5919-5924.
ISSN 1463-9084
The photo-, thermo- and solvatochromic properties of 2,3-dihydro-10,30,30-trimethyl-6-nitrospiro-
[1-benzopyran-2,20-1H-indole] (BSP-NO2) were studied in ILs containing the anion [NTf2]- by UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy, ab initio molecular orbital theory and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. It was found that the kinetics and thermodynamics of the BSP-NO2 MC (merocyanine) equilibrium was sensitive to the nature of the cation. It was also observed that the imidazolium cation can form a through-space orbital interaction with the MC isomer, rather than a simple electrostatic interaction, thus preventing the MC conversion back to the BSP-NO2 isomer. The BSP-NO2 MC equilibrium thus serves as a model system for studying modes of interaction of the cations in ionic liquids.
Item Type: | Article (Published) |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Subjects: | Physical Sciences > Chemistry |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | Research Institutes and Centres > CLARITY: The Centre for Sensor Web Technologies Research Institutes and Centres > National Centre for Sensor Research (NCSR) |
Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b806641h |
Copyright Information: | © the Owner Societies 2008 |
Use License: | This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License |
Funders: | Science Foundation Ireland |
ID Code: | 14789 |
Deposited On: | 07 Aug 2009 13:01 by Robert Byrne . Last Modified 18 Sep 2018 13:48 |
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