Εniminium ions were prepared from the corresponding α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds (enones and enals), and were found to be promoted to their respective triplet states by energy transfer. The photoexcited intermediates underwent intra- or intermolecular [2+2] photocycloaddition in good yields (50-78 %) upon irradiation at λ=433 nm or λ=457 nm. Iridium or ruthenium complexes with a sufficien...

Exploration of the intermolecular binding energy in nanometer-sized small water clusters in hydrophobic solvents and its evolution with the increase in the cluster size until bulk-type geometry is reached constitute a fascinating area of research in contemporary chemical/biological physics. In this contribution we have used femtosecond/picosecond-resolved solvation dynamics and fluorescence ani...

On the propagation of resonant radiation through an optically dense system, photon capture is commonly followed by one or more near-field transfers of the resulting optical excitation. The process invokes secondary changes to the local electronic environment, shifting the electromagnetic interactions between participant chromophores and producing modified intermolecular forces. From the theory ...

Twelve binary and eight ternary H-bonded systems between uracil and water=methanol were investigated at the B3LYP and MP2 theoretical levels using 6 31þG(d) basis functions. The binary and ternary systems that contain the hydroxo-uracil tautomer H-bonded with water and methanol were found to be the most stable complexes. The calculated energy barriers of the intermolecular proton exchange showe...

Adsorption-induced chiral resolution of organic molecules is important due to its potential applications in stereo-selective catalysis. We studied the adsorption-induced chiral resolution using a model achiral molecule of 4,4’ biphenyl dicarboxylic acid (BPDA) on Au(111) in 0.1 M perchloric acid (HClO4) by electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy (EC-STM). Our experimental data showed that...

interaction of meso — tetrakis (p-sulphonato phenyl) porphyrin (hereafter abbreviated to tspp)with na+ has been examined using hf level of theory with 6-31g* basis set. counterpoise (cp)correction has been used to show the extent of the basis set superposition error (bsse) on thepotential energy curves. the numbers of na+ have a significant effect on the calculated potentialenergy curve (includ...

An extension of the anisotropic united atoms intermolecular potential model is proposed for nitriles. The electrostatic part of the intermolecular potential is calculated using atomic charges obtained by a simple Mulliken population analysis. The repulsion-dispersion interaction parameters for methyl and methylene groups are taken from transferable AUA4 literature parameters [Ungerer et al., J....

Highly accurate potential energy functions for the HeI and HeBr molecules have been calculated using an ab initio treatment that included basis set extrapolation to the complete basis set, as well as spin-orbit coupling in the ground 2sigma+ and first 2pi excited doublet states. The rovibronic bound state energies and resonance lifetimes were also evaluated by a Prony analysis of the autocorrel...