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Stefan Spange1, Thomas G Mayerhöfer2,3.
Abstract
The UV/Vis spectra of a hypothetical negative solvatochromic dye in a solvent are theoretically calculated assuming the classical damped harmonic oscillator model and the Lorentz-Lorenz relation. For the simulations, the oscillator strength of the solvent was varied, while for the solute all oscillator parameters were kept constant. As a result, a simple change of the oscillator strength of the solute can explain the redshift and intensity increase of the UV/Vis band of the solute. Simulated results are compared with measured UV/Vis spectroscopic data of 2,6-diphenyl-4-(2,4,6-triphenylpyridinium-1-yl) phenolate B30 (Reichardt's dye) Significant correlations of the absorption energy (1/λmax ) with the molar absorption coefficient ϵ as function of solvent polarity are demonstrated for several derivatives of B30. The approach presented is only applicable to negative solvatochromism. Therefore, while the approach is vital to fully understand solvatochromism, it needs to be complemented by other approaches, e. g., to describe the changes of the chemical interactions based on the nature of the solvent, to explain all its various aspects.Entities:
Keywords: Kundt's rule; Lorentz-Lorenz relation; Reichardt's dye; UV/Vis spectroscopy; solvatochromism
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Year: 2022 PMID: 35579664 PMCID: PMC9400910 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202200100
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chemphyschem ISSN: 1439-4235 Impact factor: 3.520
Scheme 1Solvatochromic dyes of the Reichardt type: 4‐(2,4,6‐triphenylpyridinium‐1‐yl) phenolate (B1), 2,6‐di‐tert. butyl‐4‐(2,4,6‐triphenylpyridinium‐1‐yl) phenolate (B26), 2,6‐Diphenyl‐4‐(2,4,6‐triphenylpyridinium‐1‐yl) phenolate (B30). B30: R1=R2=R3=−C6H5.; dye B1: R1=R2=−C6H5, R3=H; dye B26: R1=R2=−C6H5, R3=−C(CH3)3. The numbering of the dyes is in accord to Ref. [7].
Figure 1UV/Vis‐Spectra of a hypothetic dye in different solvents characterized by having one oscillator at the same position and with the same damping constants but with different oscillator strengths. The inset shows the dependence of ϵ on the position of the peak maximum of the dye.
Figure 2Correlation of the molar absorption coefficient at the UV/Vis peak maximum as function of the absorption energy ( in cm−1) of B30 measured in a series of 31 organic solvents. Data used are compiled in Tab. S1 ESI part.
Figure 3Correlation of the molar absorption coefficient ϵ at the UV/Vis peak maximum as a function of the absorption energy ( in cm−1) of B30, B1 and B26 for simple alcohols and H2O.