Donor-acceptor electronic structure

Comparisons between the electronic structures (using a ZINDO analysis) of [Ru(bpy)3] " and [Ru(bpy)(NH3)4], and between related pairs of compounds where bpy is replaced by 2,2 -bipyrazine or 1,2-benzoquinonediimine, show that bpy is unable to accept extra electron density from the metal center whereas the opposite is true for 1,2-benzoquinonediimine. The acceptor properties of the 2,2 -bipyrazine ligand fall between those of bpy and 1,2-benzoquinonediimine. Using the Fenske-Hall method, the electronic structures of [Ru(bpy)3 (ppy) ] "A (Hppy = 2-phenylpyridine) have been investigated. The coordinated ppy is a C,A-donor. The electronic structures of the heteroleptic complexes exhibit a separation of the Ru—C and Ru—N f7-bonding character. It is proposed that the observed preference for cis- over trans- and for fac- over nrer-isomers may arise from the enhanced cr-donating ability of the C atom when it is trans to an N rather than C-donor. ... 

In this approach k is proportional to the square of the donor-acceptor electronic coupling matrix element (//DA) and a Franck-Condon term that contains the dependence of the ET rate on AGgy, X and factors related to the molecular structure,... 

E. G. Petrov, Role of Polypeptide Chain Structure in Donor-Acceptor Electron Transfer through Proteins, Studia Biophysica 93, 237-240 (1983). 

Comparison of the photoelectron spectra and electronic structures of M-NS and M-NO complexes, e.g., [CpCr(CO)2(NX)] (X = S, O), indicates that NS is a better a-donor and a stronger r-acceptor ligand than NO. This conclusion is supported by " N and Mo NMR data, and by the UV-visible spectra of molybdenum complexes. 

Although the electrostatic potential on the surface of the polyelectrolyte effectively prevents the diffusional back electron transfer, it is unable to retard the very fast charge recombination of a geminate ion pair formed in the primary process within the photochemical cage. Compartmentalization of a photoactive chromophore in the microphase structure of the amphiphilic polyelectrolyte provides a separated donor-acceptor system, in which the charge recombination is effectively suppressed. Thus, with a compartmentalized system, it is possible to achieve efficient charge separation. 

Fischer-type carbene complexes, generally characterized by the formula (CO)5M=C(X)R (M=Cr, Mo, W X=7r-donor substitutent, R=alkyl, aryl or unsaturated alkenyl and alkynyl), have been known now for about 40 years. They have been widely used in synthetic reactions [37,51-58] and show a very good reactivity especially in cycloaddition reactions [59-64]. As described above, Fischer-type carbene complexes are characterized by a formal metal-carbon double bond to a low-valent transition metal which is usually stabilized by 7r-acceptor substituents such as CO, PPh3 or Cp. The electronic structure of the metal-carbene bond is of great interest because it determines the reactivity of the complex [65-68]. Several theoretical studies have addressed this problem by means of semiempirical [69-73], Hartree-Fock (HF) [74-79] and post-HF [80-83] calculations and lately also by density functional theory (DFT) calculations [67, 84-94]. Often these studies also compared Fischer-type and... 

Centore et al. [133, 135] reported on the crystal structure analyses of some mesogenic cyano-azines containing strong electron donor-acceptor groups on the phenyl rings. These mesogenic cyanoazines are simple models of... 

Electrochemical reactions at semiconductor electrodes have a number of special features relative to reactions at metal electrodes these arise from the electronic structure found in the bulk and at the surface of semiconductors. The electronic structure of metals is mainly a function only of their chemical nature. That of semiconductors is also a function of other factors acceptor- or donor-type impurities present in bulk, the character of surface states (which in turn is determined largely by surface pretreatment), the action of light, and so on. Therefore, the electronic structure of semiconductors having a particular chemical composition can vary widely. This is part of the explanation for the appreciable scatter of experimental data obtained by different workers. For reproducible results one must clearly define all factors that may influence the state of the semiconductor. 

In the electron transfer theories discussed so far, the metal has been treated as a structureless donor or acceptor of electrons—its electronic structure has not been considered. Mathematically, this view is expressed in the wide band approximation, in which A is considered as independent of the electronic energy e. For the. sp-metals, which near the Fermi level have just a wide, stmctureless band composed of. s- and p-states, this approximation is justified. However, these metals are generally bad catalysts for example, the hydrogen oxidation reaction proceeds very slowly on all. sp-metals, but rapidly on transition metals such as platinum and palladium [Trasatti, 1977]. Therefore, a theory of electrocatalysis must abandon the wide band approximation, and take account of the details of the electronic structure of the metal near the Fermi level [Santos and Schmickler, 2007a, b, c Santos and Schmickler, 2006]. 

Prout CK, Kamenar B (1973) Crystal structures of electron-donor-acceptor complexes. In Foster R (ed) Molecular complexes. Elek, London, pp 151-207... 

The X-ray structure of the dibromine complex with toluene (measured at 123 K) is more complicated, and shows multiple crystallographically independent donor/acceptor moieties [68]. Most important, however, is the fact that in all cases the acceptor shows an over-the-rim location that is similar to that in the benzene complex. In both systems, the acceptor is shifted by 1.4 A from the main symmetry axis, the shortest Br C distances of 3.1 A being significantly less than the sum of the van der Waals radii of 3.55 A [20]. Furthermore, the calculated hapticity in the benzene/Br2 complex (x] = 1.52) is midway between the over-atom (rj = 1.0) and over-bond (rj = 2.0) coordination. In the toluene complex, the latter varies from rj = 1.70 to 1.86 (in four non-equivalent coordination modes) and thus lies closer to the over-bond coordination model. Moreover, the over-bond bromine is remarkably shifted toward the ortho- and para-carbons that correspond to the positions of highest electron density (and lead to the transition states for electrophilic aromatic bromination [12]). Such an experimental location of bromine is in good agreement with the results of high level theoretical... 

Polyene and polymethine dyes are two structurally related groups of dyes which contain as their essential structural feature one or more methine (-CH=) groups. Polyene dyes contain a series of conjugated double bonds, usually terminating in aliphatic or alicyclic groups. They owe their colour therefore simply to the presence of the conjugated system. In polymethine dyes, electron-donor and electron-acceptor groups terminate either end of the polymethine chain, so that they may be considered as typical donor-acceptor dyes. 

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