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Excited-state proton transfer relieves antiaromaticity in molecules.


ABSTRACT: Baird's rule explains why and when excited-state proton transfer (ESPT) reactions happen in organic compounds. Bifunctional compounds that are [4n + 2] ?-aromatic in the ground state, become [4n + 2] ?-antiaromatic in the first 1??* states, and proton transfer (either inter- or intramolecularly) helps relieve excited-state antiaromaticity. Computed nucleus-independent chemical shifts (NICS) for several ESPT examples (including excited-state intramolecular proton transfers (ESIPT), biprotonic transfers, dynamic catalyzed transfers, and proton relay transfers) document the important role of excited-state antiaromaticity. o-Salicylic acid undergoes ESPT only in the "antiaromatic" S1 (1??*) state, but not in the "aromatic" S2 (1??*) state. Stokes' shifts of structurally related compounds [e.g., derivatives of 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazole and hydrogen-bonded complexes of 2-aminopyridine with protic substrates] vary depending on the antiaromaticity of the photoinduced tautomers. Remarkably, Baird's rule predicts the effect of light on hydrogen bond strengths; hydrogen bonds that enhance (and reduce) excited-state antiaromaticity in compounds become weakened (and strengthened) upon photoexcitation.

SUBMITTER: Wu CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6789556 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Excited-state proton transfer relieves antiaromaticity in molecules.

Wu Chia-Hua CH   Karas Lucas José LJ   Ottosson Henrik H   Wu Judy I-Chia JI  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20190925 41


Baird's rule explains why and when excited-state proton transfer (ESPT) reactions happen in organic compounds. Bifunctional compounds that are [4<i>n</i> + 2] π-aromatic in the ground state, become [4<i>n</i> + 2] π-antiaromatic in the first <sup>1</sup>ππ* states, and proton transfer (either inter- or intramolecularly) helps relieve excited-state antiaromaticity. Computed nucleus-independent chemical shifts (NICS) for several ESPT examples (including excited-state intramolecular proton transfer  ...[more]

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