The ¹A₂ ← ¹A₁ (π* ← n) electronic absorption spectrum of thioformaldehyde vapour has been investigated. The six excited state fundamental frequencies for both CH₂S and CD₂S are determined from the vibrational analysis. The three rotation constants and three symmetric top distortion constants for the 0⁰₀, 4¹₀ and 3¹₀4³₀ bands of CH₂S and the 0⁰₀, 4¹₀ and 5¹₀ bands of CD2S are determined from a least squares rotational analysis of these bands. The rotational constants of the 0⁰₀ and 4¹₀ bands of CH₂S and CD₂S are used to determine the structure of the molecule in the excited state. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

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<p> The results of an investigation of the electronic absorption spectrum of carbon diselenide are presented. The synthesis of the compound from individual isotopes of selenium is described.. Some new observations and results from a reinvestigation of the infrared and Raman spectra are reported. The electronic absorption spectra of individual isotopic molecules were recorded and a detailed vibrational analysis of one of the observed systems in the spectrum has been made o The rotational structure of bands in this system has been examined. A preliminary study of two other systems are discussed. The spectra of carbon diselenide and the analogous carbon disulphide are compared and the similarity between the two spectra is shown. </p> / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

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<p>Coordination compounds of europium and titanium with oxide, ethoxide (OCH₂CH₃), <em>iso</em>-propoxide (OCH(CH₃)₂) and <em>tert</em>-butoxide (OC(CH₃)₃) ligands have been studied. These belong to the general class of oxo-alkoxides, M<em>_x</em>O<em>_y</em>(OR)<em>_z</em>, with alkoxide ligands (OR) containing an organic, aliphatic part R. The R group can be systematically varied, permitting the investigation of the influence of electronic and steric effects on the coordination of metal and oxygen atoms. Their tendency towards hydrolysis and formation of metal-oxygen-metal bridges also makes (oxo)alkoxides interesting as precursors in liquid solution-based or gas phase-based synthesis of many technologically important materials.</p><p>The structure of a termetallic oxo-alkoxide of formula Eu₃K₃TiO₂(OH/OCH₃)(OR)₁₁(HOR) (R = C(CH₃)₃) was revealed by a combination of single-crystal X-ray diffraction and IR spectroscopy. Its unusual structure features a facial oxygen-centered Eu₃K₃O octahedron sharing one face with an oxygen-centered K₃TiO tetrahedron. Six-coordination of oxygen by a combination of alkali metal and lanthanoid atoms is not uncommon for alkoxides, but the attachment of a tetrahedron to one of its faces provides a new dimension to the library of oxo-alkoxide structures. The structure was the result of incomplete metathesis in the synthesis attempt of europium-titanium oxo-<em>tert</em>-butoxides.</p><p>Eu₄TiO(OR)₁₄ and (Eu_0.5La_0.5)₄TiO(OR)₁₄ (R = CH(CH₃)₂) were found to be isostructural with previously published Ln₄TiO(OR)₁₄ structures (Ln=Sm, Tb_0.9Er_0.1). X-ray diffraction and UV-Vis absorption results show no site preference for La in either the solid state or hexane solution. The Ln₄TiO(OR)₁₄ structure forms part of an interesting group of Ln₄MO(OR)_{10+<em>z</em>}<em>­</em>(HOR)<em>_q</em> structures where M is another lanthanoid (Ln) or a di-, tri- or tetravalent heteroatom, giving either a square pyramidal or a trigonal bipyramid-like coordination of the central oxygen atom, depending on the chemistry and size of M.</p><p>Eu₂Ti₄O₂(OR)₁₈(HOR)₂ (R = CH₂CH₃) was deduced from IR data to have the same molecular structure as Er₂Ti₄O₂(OR)₁₈(HOR)₂. UV-Vis measurements are also in agreement with the presence of one symmetry-unique europium site in the molecular structure. Structure determination by single-crystal X-ray diffraction has yet to be performed.</p><p> </p><p>Coordination compounds of europium and titanium with oxide, ethoxide (OCH2CH3), isopropoxide(OCH(CH3)2) and tert-butoxide (OC(CH3)3) ligands have been studied. Thesebelong to the general class of oxo-alkoxides, MxOy(OR)z, with alkoxide ligands (OR)containing an organic, aliphatic part R. The R group can be systematically varied, permittingthe investigation of the influence of electronic and steric effects on the coordination of metaland oxygen atoms. Their tendency towards hydrolysis and formation of metal-oxygen-metalbridges also makes (oxo)alkoxides interesting as precursors in liquid solution-based or gasphase-based synthesis of many technologically important materials.The structure of a termetallic oxo-alkoxide of formula Eu3K3TiO2(OH/OCH3)(OR)11(HOR)(R = C(CH3)3) was revealed by a combination of single-crystal X-ray diffraction and IRspectroscopy. Its unusual structure features a facial oxygen-centered Eu3K3O octahedronsharing one face with an oxygen-centered K3TiO tetrahedron. Six-coordination of oxygen bya combination of alkali metal and lanthanoid atoms is not uncommon for alkoxides, but theattachment of a tetrahedron to one of its faces provides a new dimension to the library of oxoalkoxidestructures. The structure was the result of incomplete metathesis in the synthesisattempt of europium-titanium oxo-tert-butoxides.Eu4TiO(OR)14 and (Eu0.5La0.5)4TiO(OR)14 (R = CH(CH3)2) were found to be isostructuralwith previously published Ln4TiO(OR)14 structures (Ln=Sm, Tb0.9Er0.1). X-ray diffraction andUV-Vis absorption results show no site preference for La in either the solid state or hexanesolution. The Ln4TiO(OR)14 structure forms part of an interesting group of Ln4MO(OR)10+z-(HOR)q structures where M is another lanthanoid (Ln) or a di-, tri- or tetravalent heteroatom,giving either a square pyramidal or a trigonal bipyramid-like coordination of the centraloxygen atom, depending on the chemistry and size of M.Eu2Ti4O2(OR)18(HOR)2 (R = CH2CH3) was deduced from IR data to have the samemolecular structure as Er2Ti4O2(OR)18(HOR)2. UV-Vis measurements are also in agreementwith the presence of one symmetry-unique europium site in the molecular structure. Structuredetermination by single-crystal X-ray diffraction has yet to be performed.</p>

Coordination compounds of europium and titanium with oxide, ethoxide (OCH2CH3), iso-propoxide (OCH(CH3)2) and tert-butoxide (OC(CH3)3) ligands have been studied. These belong to the general class of oxo-alkoxides, MxOy(OR)z, with alkoxide ligands (OR) containing an organic, aliphatic part R. The R group can be systematically varied, permitting the investigation of the influence of electronic and steric effects on the coordination of metal and oxygen atoms. Their tendency towards hydrolysis and formation of metal-oxygen-metal bridges also makes (oxo)alkoxides interesting as precursors in liquid solution-based or gas phase-based synthesis of many technologically important materials. The structure of a termetallic oxo-alkoxide of formula Eu3K3TiO2(OH/OCH3)(OR)11(HOR) (R = C(CH3)3) was revealed by a combination of single-crystal X-ray diffraction and IR spectroscopy. Its unusual structure features a facial oxygen-centered Eu3K3O octahedron sharing one face with an oxygen-centered K3TiO tetrahedron. Six-coordination of oxygen by a combination of alkali metal and lanthanoid atoms is not uncommon for alkoxides, but the attachment of a tetrahedron to one of its faces provides a new dimension to the library of oxo-alkoxide structures. The structure was the result of incomplete metathesis in the synthesis attempt of europium-titanium oxo-tert-butoxides. Eu4TiO(OR)14 and (Eu0.5La0.5)4TiO(OR)14 (R = CH(CH3)2) were found to be isostructural with previously published Ln4TiO(OR)14 structures (Ln=Sm, Tb0.9Er0.1). X-ray diffraction and UV-Vis absorption results show no site preference for La in either the solid state or hexane solution. The Ln4TiO(OR)14 structure forms part of an interesting group of Ln4MO(OR)10+z­(HOR)q structures where M is another lanthanoid (Ln) or a di-, tri- or tetravalent heteroatom, giving either a square pyramidal or a trigonal bipyramid-like coordination of the central oxygen atom, depending on the chemistry and size of M. Eu2Ti4O2(OR)18(HOR)2 (R = CH2CH3) was deduced from IR data to have the same molecular structure as Er2Ti4O2(OR)18(HOR)2. UV-Vis measurements are also in agreement with the presence of one symmetry-unique europium site in the molecular structure. Structure determination by single-crystal X-ray diffraction has yet to be performed.   Coordination compounds of europium and titanium with oxide, ethoxide (OCH2CH3), isopropoxide(OCH(CH3)2) and tert-butoxide (OC(CH3)3) ligands have been studied. Thesebelong to the general class of oxo-alkoxides, MxOy(OR)z, with alkoxide ligands (OR)containing an organic, aliphatic part R. The R group can be systematically varied, permittingthe investigation of the influence of electronic and steric effects on the coordination of metaland oxygen atoms. Their tendency towards hydrolysis and formation of metal-oxygen-metalbridges also makes (oxo)alkoxides interesting as precursors in liquid solution-based or gasphase-based synthesis of many technologically important materials.The structure of a termetallic oxo-alkoxide of formula Eu3K3TiO2(OH/OCH3)(OR)11(HOR)(R = C(CH3)3) was revealed by a combination of single-crystal X-ray diffraction and IRspectroscopy. Its unusual structure features a facial oxygen-centered Eu3K3O octahedronsharing one face with an oxygen-centered K3TiO tetrahedron. Six-coordination of oxygen bya combination of alkali metal and lanthanoid atoms is not uncommon for alkoxides, but theattachment of a tetrahedron to one of its faces provides a new dimension to the library of oxoalkoxidestructures. The structure was the result of incomplete metathesis in the synthesisattempt of europium-titanium oxo-tert-butoxides.Eu4TiO(OR)14 and (Eu0.5La0.5)4TiO(OR)14 (R = CH(CH3)2) were found to be isostructuralwith previously published Ln4TiO(OR)14 structures (Ln=Sm, Tb0.9Er0.1). X-ray diffraction andUV-Vis absorption results show no site preference for La in either the solid state or hexanesolution. The Ln4TiO(OR)14 structure forms part of an interesting group of Ln4MO(OR)10+z-(HOR)q structures where M is another lanthanoid (Ln) or a di-, tri- or tetravalent heteroatom,giving either a square pyramidal or a trigonal bipyramid-like coordination of the centraloxygen atom, depending on the chemistry and size of M.Eu2Ti4O2(OR)18(HOR)2 (R = CH2CH3) was deduced from IR data to have the samemolecular structure as Er2Ti4O2(OR)18(HOR)2. UV-Vis measurements are also in agreementwith the presence of one symmetry-unique europium site in the molecular structure. Structuredetermination by single-crystal X-ray diffraction has yet to be performed.

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-active systems based on macroscopic Ag nanosponge aggregates as well as the conditions of SERS spectral measurements were optimized for selective and sensitive detection of a biomedically important, amphiphilic bile pigment bilirubin (BR) in alkaline aqueous solutions and in its solutions in a selected water miscible solvent, namely dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) and/or water-immiscible solvent, namely CH2Cl2. Ag nanosponges assembled by using HCl as a pre-aggregation agent were found to be the optimal SERS-active systems for a reliable detection of BR in all the above-mentioned solvents. In all cases, the protonated form of adsorbed BR has been detected upon BR incorporation into Ag nanosponges, and its marker bands have been established by SERS spectral probing at excitation wavelengths in the 445-780 nm range. The sensitivity of SERS spectral detection was evaluated in terms of the concentration values of SERS spectral detection limits (SERS LODs) of BR incorporated into Ag nanosponges. In particular, the SERS LOD for BR incorporated from its alkaline aqueous solution is 1 x 10-8 M (at 532 nm excitation), for BR incorporated from its solution in DMSO, its value is also 1 x 10-8 M (at 532 and/or 633 nm excitations), and for incorporation from the solution of BR...

The goal of this research was to develop structurally diverse polyazine-bridged Ru(II),Pt(II) trimetallic and tetrametallic supramolecular complexes and study the impact of component variation on the redox, spectroscopic, and excited state properties that influence photoinduced charged separation and multielectron reduction.  These complexes are active photocatalysts for H2O reduction to H2.  Tetrametallic complexes with the supramolecular architecture [{(TL)2Ru(dpp)}2Ru(BL")PtCl2]6+ (Ru3Pt; TL = phen = 1,10-phenanthroline or Ph2phen = 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline; BL" = dpp = 2,3-bis(2-pyridyl)pyrazine or dpq = 2,3-bis(2-pyridyl)quinoxaline) feature a trimetallic dpp-bridged Ru(II) light absorber coupled to a cis-PtCl2 reactive metal center.  Trimetallic complexes with one less Ru-based light absorbing unit, [{(Ph2phen)2Ru(dpp)Ru(bpy)(BL")PtCl2]4+ (Ru2Pt; BL" = dpp or dpq), represent  a new supramolecular architecture that was designed and synthesized to provide less complex systems for excited state analysis.  Both the Ru3Pt and Ru2Pt systems have a remote Ru center separated from the reactive Pt site designed to provide extended 3MLCT lifetimes relative to directly coupled [(TL)2Ru(BL)PtCl2]2+ systems. The building block synthetic method used in constructing supramolecules provides the ability to purify and analyze the properties following each synthetic step, allowing sub-unit variation and structural diversity.  Building a knowledge base about the properties of smaller, less complicated structures is critical in understanding the electrochemistry, spectroscopy, and excited state dynamics of multi-metallic, multi-ligand complexes.  Electrochemical analysis of the [{(TL)2Ru(dpp)}2Ru(BL")PtCl2]6+ complexes suggests a HOMO localized on the terminal Ru centers (E1/2 (RuII/III) = 1.56-1.63 V vs. Ag/AgCl) and a LUMO localized on the remote BL" coordinated to the reactive Pt site, with the energy dictated by the BL" identity (E1/2 = "0.32 or "0.33 V for BL" = dpp or E1/2 = "0.02 or "0.05 V for BL" = dpq).  This provides spatially separated HOMOs and LUMOs which predict lowest-lying charge separated states.  The complexes are robust UV and visible light absorbers due to multiple broad, overlapping ligand centered and metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) transitions.  The lowest energy 1MLCT absorption is centered around 540-550 nm for the four tetrametallic complexes with high molar absorptivity (31,000-42,000 M"1cm"1).  BL" variation has only a small impact on the electronic absorption spectroscopy, while the TL variation greatly enhances the absorptivity between 350 nm and 500 nm from 29,000 to 42,000 M"1cm"1 for complexes with TL = phen and Ph2phen, respectively.   The tetrametallic [{(TL)2Ru(dpp)}2Ru(BL")PtCl2]6+ complexes exhibit unusual excited state dynamics as well as spatially separated HOMOs and LUMOs. The lowest lying optically populated state is a terminal Ru\'¼-dpp MLCT in all the Ru3Pt and Ru2Pt systems reported herein.  The terminal Ru(dÀ) based HOMO and BL"(À*) based LUMO suggests a lower lying terminal Ru\'BL" CS state in all systems.  Because the lowest lying terminal Ru(dÀ)\'BL"(À*) 3CS (charge separated) state is optically inaccessible, indirect population occurs.  The tetrametallic [{(TL)2Ru(dpp)}2Ru(BL")PtCl2]6+ complexes have similar excited state lifetimes (Ä) of 75-83 ns, and they exhibit quantum yields of emission  ("em) of 7.1 x 10"4 (when BL" = dpp) and 3.2-3.7 x 10"4 (when BL" = dpq).  The lifetimes are shortened and the emission quantum yields are quenched in comparison to the [{(TL)2Ru(dpp)}2Ru(BL")]6+ models which possess the same emissive terminal Ru\'¼-dpp 3MLCT state with Ä = 110 ns and "em = 1.0-1.1 x 10"3.   In marked contrast to the large number of Ru polyazine systems studied, both monometallic and supramolecular complexes, the lowest lying 3MLCT state of the Ru3Pt complexes is not populated with unit efficiency due to 3CS state population from the emissive terminal Ru(dÀ)\'dpp(À*) 3CT state and a higher energy 3MLCT state, likely the central Ru(dÀ)\'BL"(À*) 3CT state.  The degree of population of this state is strongly dependent on the LUMO energy or driving force for population.  Stabilization of the BL" = dpq(À*) compared to higher energy dpp(À*) provides a larger driving force for intramolecular electron transfer to populate the 3CS state, resulting in ca. 40 % and 95 % population of the emissive state when BL" = dpq and dpp, respectively.  This suggests ca. 60 % and 5 % indirect population of the non-emissive 3CS state via a higher-lying 3MLCT state and the terminal Ru\'dpp 3MLCT emissive state when BL" = dpq and dpp, respectively.  These complexes violate Kasha\'s rule, an unusual occurrence for Ru(II) polyazine complexes, as the emissive state is not populated with unit efficiency.  Instead, the degree of population of the emissive state is dependent on the excitation wavelength. The Ru3Pt complexes are active photocatalysts for H2O reduction to H2.  In the presence of light and the sacrificial electron donor, DMA (N,N-dimethylaniline), the tetrametallic complexes collect electrons on the ligand À* orbitals of the central Ru to serve as photoinitiated electron collectors.  The photocatalytic activity in H2 production is drastically impacted by BL" identity, consistent with the enhanced driving force for charge separation to move electrons toward the cis-PtCl2 moiety.  After photolysis for 10 h, 15 ± 1 ¼mol (66 ± 4 TON) and 4 ± 1 ¼mol (18 ± 1 TON) of H2 were produced using [{(phen)2Ru(dpp)}2Ru(dpq)PtCl2]6+ and [{(phen)2Ru(dpp)}2Ru(dpp)PtCl2]6+, respectively.  Varying TL to Ph2phen serves to enhance light absorptivity and subsequently increase H2 production to 21 ± 1 ¼mol (94 ± 6 TON) and 5 ± 1 ¼mol (23 ± 2 TON) using [{(Ph2phen)2Ru(dpp)}2Ru(dpq)PtCl2]6+ and [{(Ph2phen)2Ru(dpp)}2Ru(dpp)PtCl2]6+, respectively.  The identity of BL" greatly influences the ability to direct the flow of charge through the supramolecular architecture impacting photocatalysis, while the identity of TL serves to fine tune the light absorbing and excited state properties. Due to the complicated excited state properties imparted by the large number of MLCT transitions in the [{(TL)2Ru(dpp)}2Ru(BL")PtCl2]6+ complexes, the analogous [(Ph2phen)2Ru(dpp)Ru(bpy)(BL")PtCl2]4+ complexes were designed and a synthetic scheme developed.  The trimetallics possess similar electronic absorption spectroscopy with fewer terminal metal-based transitions due to removal of one (TL)2RuII(dpp) sub-unit and allow for distinguishable spectroscopic shifts resulting from perturbation of specific sub-units and the related molecular orbitals.  The trimetallic complexes exhibit similar redox properties with the HOMO localized on the terminal Ru and the LUMO localized on the remote BL", providing a low lying 3CS state.  Similar degrees of emission quenching are observed with the trimetallic complexes and their [(Ph2phen)2Ru(dpp)Ru(bpy)(BL")]4+ models as was observed in the tetrametallic complexes.  The values of Ä and "em measured for [(Ph2phen)2Ru(dpp)Ru(bpy)(dpp)PtCl2]4+ were 90 ns and 1.1 x 10"3, respectively, and these values were 100 ns and 5.2 x 10"4 for [(Ph2phen)2Ru(dpp)Ru(bpy)(dpq)PtCl2]4+.  Similar to the Ru3Pt systems, the lifetimes are shortened and the emission is quenched compared to the [(Ph2phen)2"Ru(dpp)Ru(bpy)(BL")]4+ models (Ä = 120 ns and "em = 1.50 x 10"3, regardless of BL" identity).  These values provide ca. 98 % and 45 % population of the emissive state in the Ru2Pt systems for BL" = dpp and dpq, respectively, suggesting ca. 2 % and 55 % population of the non-emissive 3CS state for BL" = dpp and dpq, respectively.  This supports the use of this new Ru2Pt motif as models to study the excited state dynamics.  A substantial difference was observed between the excitation and absorption spectra for [(Ph2phen)2Ru(dpp)Ru(bpy)(dpq)PtCl2]4+, consistent with non-unity population of the emissive 3MLCT excited state. The simplified electronic absorption spectroscopy allowed the use of nanosecond transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy to analyze the excited state, and strong evidence of violation of Kasha\'s rule through partial population of the terminal Ru(À)\'BL"(À*) 3CS state (Ä = 25 ns)  in addition to the emissive terminal Ru(dÀ)\'dpp(À*) 3MLCT state (Ä = 120 ns) was observed through excitation-based emission spectroscopy and time-resolved TA spectroscopy. The synthesis, electrochemistry, electronic absorption spectroscopy, and steady-state and time-resolved emission spectroscopy for the [2Ru(BL")PtCl2]6+ and [(Ph2phen)2Ru(dpp)Ru(bpy)(BL")PtCl2]4+ complexes as well as photocatalytic H2 production with [2Ru(BL")PtCl2]6+ and transient absorption spectroscopy of [(Ph2phen)2Ru(dpp)Ru(bpy)(BL")PtCl2]4+, are reported herein.  The work discussed within this dissertation provides in depth knowledge about the effects of component modification on the excited state dynamics and photocatalytic activity of structurally diverse Ru3Pt and Ru2Pt supramolecular complexes that is important in developing photochemical molecular devices.  Unusual excited state dynamics make it clear that much remains to be uncovered about structure-property relationship in these complex mixed-metal, mixed-ligand supramolecular motifs.  These supramolecular motifs also have applications in photodynamic therapy drug development and are currently under investigation by members of the Brewer research group. / Ph. 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