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Interplay between Computational and Experimental Photochemistry

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Photochemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 3406

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Diego Sampedro

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Departamento de Química, Universidad de La Rioja, Logroño, Spain
Interests: photochemistry; photophysics; molecular photoswitches; computational chemistry; organic synthesis; sunscreens; energy storage
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Dr. Raúl Losantos

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Departamento de Química, Universidad de La Rioja, Logroño, Spain
Interests: photochemistry; photophysics; molecular photoswitches; computational chemistry; organic synthesis; sunscreens; energy storage

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Photochemistry is a crucial discipline in the frontier between physics and chemistry. Light–matter interaction remained underexplained when this topic first emerged. Physical principles of quantum chemistry and engineering advances on lamp sources underwent fast development during the second half of the 20th century, leading to modern photochemistry as it is known today.

In addition, computational methods have gained a lot of interest from the photochemical community as they allow for the study of light–matter interaction. Today, the synergy between computational and experimental studies offers a valuable and comprehensive explanation of the systems under study due to the combined capacity to predict, simulate, and explain photophysical and photochemical properties and processes. This combination of experimental and computational data provides a deeper understanding of many different phenomena.

This Special Issue aims to cover general aspects of photochemistry, particularly regarding the interplay between computational and experimental chemistry. Contributions dealing with experimental, computational, or hybrid approaches are welcome. Synthesis, computational studies, spectroscopic techniques, and combined approaches will be considered.

Dr. Diego Sampedro
Guest Editor

Dr. Raúl Losantos
Guest Editor Assistant

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Keywords

  • photochemistry
  • photophysics
  • computational studies
  • photoreactivity
  • excited state
  • spectroscopy

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A Portrait of the Chromophore as a Young System—Quantum-Derived Force Field Unraveling Solvent Reorganization upon Optical Excitation of Cyclocurcumin Derivatives
by Raúl Losantos, Giacomo Prampolini and Antonio Monari
Molecules 2024, 29(8), 1752; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29081752 - 12 Apr 2024
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The study of fast non-equilibrium solvent relaxation in organic chromophores is still challenging for molecular modeling and simulation approaches, and is often overlooked, even in the case of non-adiabatic dynamics simulations. Yet, especially in the case of photoswitches, the interaction with the environment [...] Read more.
The study of fast non-equilibrium solvent relaxation in organic chromophores is still challenging for molecular modeling and simulation approaches, and is often overlooked, even in the case of non-adiabatic dynamics simulations. Yet, especially in the case of photoswitches, the interaction with the environment can strongly modulate the photophysical outcomes. To unravel such a delicate interplay, in the present contribution we resorted to a mixed quantum–classical approach, based on quantum mechanically derived force fields. The main task is to rationalize the solvent reorganization pathways in chromophores derived from cyclocurcumin, which are suitable for light-activated chemotherapy to destabilize cellular lipid membranes. The accurate and reliable decryption delivered by the quantum-derived force fields points to important differences in the solvent’s reorganization, in terms of both structure and time scale evolution. Full article
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Tropospheric Photochemistry of 2-Butenedial: Role of the Triplet States, CO and Acrolein Formation, and the Experimentally Unidentified Carbonyl Compound—Theoretical Study
by Andrea Maranzana and Glauco Tonachini
Molecules 2024, 29(3), 575; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29030575 - 24 Jan 2024
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Solar irradiation of 2-butenedial in the lower troposphere mainly produces isomeric ketene-enol (a key intermediate product), furanones, and maleic anhydride, the formation pathways of which were investigated in a previous study. The other main products were carbon monoxide and an experimentally unidentified carbonyl [...] Read more.
Solar irradiation of 2-butenedial in the lower troposphere mainly produces isomeric ketene-enol (a key intermediate product), furanones, and maleic anhydride, the formation pathways of which were investigated in a previous study. The other main products were carbon monoxide and an experimentally unidentified carbonyl compound. This was the subject of the present study. The oxidative reaction mechanisms were studied using DFT calculations. Water intervention is found essential. Its addition and subsequent water-assisted isomerizations (an ene-gem-diol/enol and a carboxylic acid/enol form), followed by cyclization, lead to an interesting cyclic carbonyl compound, but this pathway appears to be rather energy demanding. An alternative implies water cooperation in a ketene-enol + carboxylic acid/enol addition that gives the relevant anhydride. The anhydride is proposed as a candidate for the experimentally unidentified carbonyl product. Regarding CO and acrolein formation, the role of the triplet states, as defined by the probability of intersystem crossing from the excited singlet state S1 to T2 and T1, is discussed. The T1 photolysis pathway connecting butenedial to propenal + CO was then defined. Full article
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Acid/Base-Triggered Photophysical and Chiroptical Switching in a Series of Helicenoid Compounds
by Laure Guy, Maëlle Mosser, Delphine Pitrat, Jean-Christophe Mulatier, Mercedes Kukułka, Monika Srebro-Hooper, Erwann Jeanneau, Amina Bensalah-Ledoux, Bruno Baguenard and Stéphan Guy
Molecules 2023, 28(21), 7322; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28217322 - 29 Oct 2023
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A series of molecules that possess two quinolines, benzoquinolines, or phenanthrolines connected in a chiral fashion by a biaryl junction along with their water-soluble derivatives was developed and characterized. The influence of the structure on the basicity of the nitrogen atoms in two [...] Read more.
A series of molecules that possess two quinolines, benzoquinolines, or phenanthrolines connected in a chiral fashion by a biaryl junction along with their water-soluble derivatives was developed and characterized. The influence of the structure on the basicity of the nitrogen atoms in two heterocycles was examined and the photophysical and chiroptical switching activity of the compounds upon protonation was studied both experimentally and computationally. The results demonstrated that changes in the electronic structure of the protonated vs. neutral species, promoting a bathochromic shift of dominant electronic transitions and alternation of their character from π-to-π* to charge-transfer-type, when additionally accompanied by the high structural flexibility of a system, leading to changes in conformational preferences upon proton binding, produce particularly pronounced modifications of the spectral properties in acidic medium. The latter combined with reversibility of the read-out make some of the molecules in this series very promising multifunctional pH probes. Full article
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Characteristic Photoprotective Molecules from the Sphagnum World: A Solution-Phase Ultrafast Study of Sphagnic Acid
by Michael Hymas, Irene Casademont-Reig, Stéphane Poigny and Vasilios G. Stavros
Molecules 2023, 28(16), 6153; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28166153 - 21 Aug 2023
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A natural UV-absorbing chromophore extracted from sphagnum mosses, sphagnic acid, is proposed as a new natural support to chemical UV filters for use in cosmetic applications. Sphagnic acid is structurally related to the cinnamate family of molecules, known for their strong UV absorption, [...] Read more.
A natural UV-absorbing chromophore extracted from sphagnum mosses, sphagnic acid, is proposed as a new natural support to chemical UV filters for use in cosmetic applications. Sphagnic acid is structurally related to the cinnamate family of molecules, known for their strong UV absorption, efficient non-radiative decay, and antioxidant properties. In this study, transient electronic absorption spectroscopy is used, in conjunction with steady-state techniques, to model the photodynamics following photoexcitation of sphagnic acid in different solvent systems. Sphagnic acid was found in each system to relax with lifetimes of ~200 fs and ~1.5 ps before generating a cis-isomer photoproduct. This study helps to elucidate the photoprotective mechanism of a new potential natural support to sunscreens, from a unique plant source. Full article
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