| Literature DB >> 27553303 |
Moisés Domínguez1,2, Marcos Caroli Rezende3,4.
Abstract
The solvation and the solvatochromic behavior of 5-(dimethylamino)-5'-nitro-2,2'-bithiophene 1, the basis of a π* scale of solvent polarities, was investigated theoretically in toluene, dichloromethane, methanol and formamide with a Monte Carlo and quantum mechanics (QM/MM) iterative approach. The calculated transition energies of the solvatochromic band of 1, obtained as averages of statistically uncorrelated configurations, including the solute and explicit solvent molecules of the first solvation layer, besides showing good agreement with the experimental transitions, reproduced very well the positive solvatochromism of this probe in various solvents.Entities:
Keywords: Bithiophene dye; QM/MM simulation; Solvation; Solvatochromism
Year: 2016 PMID: 27553303 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-016-3083-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Mol Model ISSN: 0948-5023 Impact factor: 1.810