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Unveiling excited-state chirality of binaphthols by sub-picosecond circular dichroism and quantum-chemical calculations

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Abstract

Time-resolved circular dichroism (TR-CD) is a powerful tool for probing the conformational dynamics of molecules over large time-scales. By using Binaphthol and two bridged derivatives (PL1 and PL2) as chiral prototypes, we present the first comprehensive study of this type in the middle UV, combining femtosecond TR-CD and quantum mechanical calculations (TD-DFT). We show that excitation of the three compounds induces large variations of their transient CD signals, in sharp contrast to those of their achiral transient absorption, which arise both from the alteration of the electronic distribution and the change of the dihedral angle in the excited state.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOrganic Photonic Materials and Devices XXII
EditorsChristopher E. Tabor, Francois Kajzar, Toshikuni Kaino
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510633179
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2020
EventOrganic Photonic Materials and Devices XXII 2020 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 5 Feb 20206 Feb 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11277
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceOrganic Photonic Materials and Devices XXII 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period5/02/206/02/20

Keywords

  • Binaphthol derivative
  • Quantum calculations
  • Time-resolved circular dichroism

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