The charge transfer mechanism and spectral properties of a near-infrared heptamethine cyanine dye in alcoholic and aprotic solvents

Li Chuan Zhou, Guang Jiu Zhao, Ji Feng Liu, Ke Li Han, Yun Kou Wu, Xiao Jun Peng, Meng Tao Sun

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Abstract

The charge transfer mechanism of a synthesized near-infrared (NIR) heptamethine cyanine dye has been studied with 3D real space analysis method. A new phenomenon about the intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) process is observed: the sulfonate (-SO3-) groups are mainly concerned with the ICT process. The electrons can transfer from the sulfonate (-SO3-) groups to the bridgehead amine and the electron-defect conjugated system. And the absorption and fluorescence spectra of the ICT state in alcoholic and aprotic solvents are analyzed. The spectral regularities are explained by the Kamlet and Taft (π*, α, β) scale and the ICT mechanism. Specific hydrogen-bonding interactions between the solute and solvent are considered to explain the different spectral regularities of the dye in alcoholic and aprotic solvents.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)305-310
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry
Volume187
Issue number2-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 15 2007

Keywords

  • The absorption and fluorescence spectra
  • The charge transfer mechanism
  • The heptamethine cyanine dye
  • The hydrogen bond

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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