Molecular Structure and Electronic Properties of Porphyrin-Thiophene-Perylene Using Quantum Chemical Calculation

This study aimed to design a new series of compounds consisting of a porphyrin macrocycle linked to a perylene unit via a thiophenic bridge. The structural and electronic properties of the molecules, and the effects of mono- and di-substituents R on C3 and R′ on C4 of the thiophene ring were invest...

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Main Authors: Tatiya Chokbunpiam, Patchanita Thamyongkit, Oraphan Saengsawang, Supot Hannongbua
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:International Journal of Photoenergy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/492313
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author Tatiya Chokbunpiam
Patchanita Thamyongkit
Oraphan Saengsawang
Supot Hannongbua
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Oraphan Saengsawang
Supot Hannongbua
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description This study aimed to design a new series of compounds consisting of a porphyrin macrocycle linked to a perylene unit via a thiophenic bridge. The structural and electronic properties of the molecules, and the effects of mono- and di-substituents R on C3 and R′ on C4 of the thiophene ring were investigated using a quantum calculation approach. The results from the method validation revealed that using the density functional theory approach at B3LYP/6–31G(d) data set was the optimal one, considering the accuracy attained and maintaining the computer time required within tractable limits. The results from the B3LYP/6–31G(d) approach indicated that significant changes of the torsion angle between the molecular planes of the porphyrin and perylene rings, compared to that of the unsubstituted derivatives, were found in the di-substituted systems bearing R = R′ = −OCH3 and −NH2, and in a mono-substituted system having R = −H and R′=−NH2. The symmetric di-substitution does not provide a significantly lower HOMO-LUMO energy gap (ΔEg). Noticeable decreases in ΔEg were found only with the substitution patterns of: R, R′ = −OCH3, −H; −OH, −H; −N(CH3)2, −H; −H, −NH2. UV-visible spectra of all derivatives exhibited characteristic absorption maxima of the free bases of porphyrin and perylene.
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spelling doaj-art-f4bfcdbcbb7a450d808cc896dbb4f4322025-02-03T06:07:59ZengWileyInternational Journal of Photoenergy1110-662X1687-529X2010-01-01201010.1155/2010/492313492313Molecular Structure and Electronic Properties of Porphyrin-Thiophene-Perylene Using Quantum Chemical CalculationTatiya Chokbunpiam0Patchanita Thamyongkit1Oraphan Saengsawang2Supot Hannongbua3Petrochemical and Polymer Science Program, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, ThailandDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, ThailandComputational Chemistry Unit Cell (CCUC), Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, ThailandComputational Chemistry Unit Cell (CCUC), Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, ThailandThis study aimed to design a new series of compounds consisting of a porphyrin macrocycle linked to a perylene unit via a thiophenic bridge. The structural and electronic properties of the molecules, and the effects of mono- and di-substituents R on C3 and R′ on C4 of the thiophene ring were investigated using a quantum calculation approach. The results from the method validation revealed that using the density functional theory approach at B3LYP/6–31G(d) data set was the optimal one, considering the accuracy attained and maintaining the computer time required within tractable limits. The results from the B3LYP/6–31G(d) approach indicated that significant changes of the torsion angle between the molecular planes of the porphyrin and perylene rings, compared to that of the unsubstituted derivatives, were found in the di-substituted systems bearing R = R′ = −OCH3 and −NH2, and in a mono-substituted system having R = −H and R′=−NH2. The symmetric di-substitution does not provide a significantly lower HOMO-LUMO energy gap (ΔEg). Noticeable decreases in ΔEg were found only with the substitution patterns of: R, R′ = −OCH3, −H; −OH, −H; −N(CH3)2, −H; −H, −NH2. UV-visible spectra of all derivatives exhibited characteristic absorption maxima of the free bases of porphyrin and perylene.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/492313
spellingShingle Tatiya Chokbunpiam
Patchanita Thamyongkit
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Supot Hannongbua
Molecular Structure and Electronic Properties of Porphyrin-Thiophene-Perylene Using Quantum Chemical Calculation
International Journal of Photoenergy
title Molecular Structure and Electronic Properties of Porphyrin-Thiophene-Perylene Using Quantum Chemical Calculation
title_full Molecular Structure and Electronic Properties of Porphyrin-Thiophene-Perylene Using Quantum Chemical Calculation
title_fullStr Molecular Structure and Electronic Properties of Porphyrin-Thiophene-Perylene Using Quantum Chemical Calculation
title_full_unstemmed Molecular Structure and Electronic Properties of Porphyrin-Thiophene-Perylene Using Quantum Chemical Calculation
title_short Molecular Structure and Electronic Properties of Porphyrin-Thiophene-Perylene Using Quantum Chemical Calculation
title_sort molecular structure and electronic properties of porphyrin thiophene perylene using quantum chemical calculation
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/492313
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