Substituent effects on the UV–visible spectrum and excited electronic states of dithiocarboxylates

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Abstract

The absorption spectra of a series of dithiocarboxylates were investigated in the ultraviolet–visible region. Two questions that this study aimed to address were as follows: (1) What transitions give rise to the features in the electronic spectra? And (2) what are the long- and short-range substituent effects on the absorption spectra? A series of 11 dithiocarboxylates were prepared as organic soluble salts. Time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) was used to calculate excited state energies and oscillator strengths of electronic transitions. TDDFT at the CAM-B3LYP/def2-TZVPD level of theory predicts two low-energy n → π* transitions and two π → π* transitions at higher energy, consistent with the experimental spectra. This state ordering and density is in contrast to the better studied thiocarbonyls for which only two transitions within the singlet manifold appear in the UV–visible region. For derivatives of dithiobenzoate, the energy of the three lowest energy states are insensitive to changes to substituents para to the dithiocarboxylate group. In contrast, the energy of the highest ππ* state varies by 0.78 eV. This work shows that the results of TDDFT calculations can be used to predict the electronic absorption spectra of dithiocarboxylates, providing a useful tool for designing dithiocarboxylate light absorbers. Graphical abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

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Newman, A. K., Henry, A. M., Madriaga, J. P., Sieffert, J. M., Heinrich, S. E., Jarboe, J. T., … Zigler, D. F. (2022). Substituent effects on the UV–visible spectrum and excited electronic states of dithiocarboxylates. Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 21(3), 303–318. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43630-021-00144-5

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