Determination of binding strengths of a host-guest complex using resonance raman scattering

E.H. Witlicki, Stinne Wessel Hansen, M. Christensen, T.S. Hansen, S.D. Nygaard, J.O. Jeppesen, E.W. Wong, L. Jensen, A.H. Flood

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Abstract

The detection of analyte-binding events by receptors is drawing together the fields of Raman spectroscopy and supramolecular chemistry. This study is intended to facilitate this cohering by examining a model system in the solution phase. The resonance Raman scattering (RRS) spectra of the complexation between tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) and cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) (CBPQT ) has been used as the model to characterize the binding event of a host-guest system. RRS spectra are generated by excitation (λ = 785 nm) within the lowest-energy charge-transfer (CT) transition (λ = 865 nm) of the TTFCCBPQT complex. The paired binding curves from the RRS and UV-vis-NIR titration data agrees with prior work, and a AG of -5.7 ± 0.6 kcal mol (MeCN, 298 K) was obtained for the complexation of TTF with CBPQT4+. Computations on the complex and its components reproduce the energy shifts and resonance enhancements of the Raman band intensities, providing a basis to identify the structural and vibrational changes occurring upon complexation. The changes in bond lengths coincide with partial depopulation of a TTF-based HOMO and population of a CBPQT -based LUMO through CT mixing in the ground state of 0.46e . The structural changes upon complexation generally lead to lower wavenumber vibrations and to changes in the normal mode descriptions.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of Physical Chemistry A
Vol/bind113
Udgave nummer34
Sider (fra-til)9450-9457
Antal sider8
ISSN1089-5639
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 27 aug. 2009
Udgivet eksterntJa

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