Title

Azo-group dihedral angle torsion dependence on temperature: A theorerical-experimental study

Authors

Authors

L. De Boni; C. Toro; S. C. Zilio; C. R. Mendonca;F. E. Hernandez

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Chem. Phys. Lett.

Keywords

2-PHOTON ABSORPTION; AZOAROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AZOBENZENE; PHOTOISOMERIZATION; FILMS; DISPERSE-RED-1; SPECTROSCOPY; CHROMOPHORES; MOLECULES; MECHANISM; Chemistry, Physical; Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical

Abstract

Quantum chemical calculations were carried out to explain the observed shifts in the absorption spectrum of different azo-aromatic compounds due to changes in the dihedral angle of the azo-group. Our results reveal that the pi-pi* transition presents a hypsochromic shift and an oscillator strength drop upon increase of the dihedral angle. Nevertheless, the pi-pi* transition exhibits the opposite behavior. This effect is attributed to the reduction in the pi-electron conjugation length of the molecule. Experimentally, we performed temperature dependence measurements of the linear absorption spectrum. Both the theoretical and experimental results demonstrate that small energy changes are mirrored in the electronic transitions of conjugated linear molecules. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Chemical Physics Letters

Volume

487

Issue/Number

4-6

Publication Date

1-1-2010

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

226

Last Page

231

WOS Identifier

WOS:000274587900013

ISSN

0009-2614

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