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Photo- and solvatochromic properties of nitrobenzospiropyran in ionic liquids containing the [NTf2]- anion

Byrne, Robert, Diamond, Dermot orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-2944-4839, Fraser, Kevin J. orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-9718-5405, Izgorodina, Ekaterina, Forsyth, Maria and MacFarlane, Douglas R. (2008) Photo- and solvatochromic properties of nitrobenzospiropyran in ionic liquids containing the [NTf2]- anion. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 10 . pp. 5919-5924. ISSN 1463-9084

Abstract
The photo-, thermo- and solvatochromic properties of 2,3-dihydro-10,30,30-trimethyl-6-nitrospiro- [1-benzopyran-2,20-1H-indole] (BSP-NO2) were studied in ILs containing the anion [NTf2]- by UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy, ab initio molecular orbital theory and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. It was found that the kinetics and thermodynamics of the BSP-NO2 MC (merocyanine) equilibrium was sensitive to the nature of the cation. It was also observed that the imidazolium cation can form a through-space orbital interaction with the MC isomer, rather than a simple electrostatic interaction, thus preventing the MC conversion back to the BSP-NO2 isomer. The BSP-NO2 MC equilibrium thus serves as a model system for studying modes of interaction of the cations in ionic liquids.
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Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Subjects:Physical Sciences > Chemistry
DCU Faculties and Centres:Research Initiatives and Centres > CLARITY: The Centre for Sensor Web Technologies
Research Initiatives and Centres > National Centre for Sensor Research (NCSR)
Publisher:Royal Society of Chemistry
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b806641h
Copyright Information:© the Owner Societies 2008
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
Funders:Science Foundation Ireland
ID Code:14789
Deposited On:07 Aug 2009 13:01 by Robert Byrne . Last Modified 18 Sep 2018 13:48
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