Volume 57, Issue 14 pp. 3666-3670
Communication

Predicting the Helical Sense of Poly(phenylacetylene)s from their Electron Circular Dichroism Spectra

Prof. Berta Fernández

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Prof. Berta Fernández

Departmento de Química Física, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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Rafael Rodríguez

Rafael Rodríguez

Centro Singular de investigación en Química Biolóxica e, Materiais Moleculares (CiQUS) e Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Jenaro de la Fuente s/n (Edificio CiQUS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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Prof. Antonio Rizzo

Prof. Antonio Rizzo

Instituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici (IPCF), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Area della Ricerca di Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy

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Prof. Emilio Quiñoá

Prof. Emilio Quiñoá

Centro Singular de investigación en Química Biolóxica e, Materiais Moleculares (CiQUS) e Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Jenaro de la Fuente s/n (Edificio CiQUS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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Prof. Ricardo Riguera

Prof. Ricardo Riguera

Centro Singular de investigación en Química Biolóxica e, Materiais Moleculares (CiQUS) e Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Jenaro de la Fuente s/n (Edificio CiQUS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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Prof. Félix Freire

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Prof. Félix Freire

Centro Singular de investigación en Química Biolóxica e, Materiais Moleculares (CiQUS) e Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Jenaro de la Fuente s/n (Edificio CiQUS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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First published: 06 February 2018
Citations: 48

Graphical Abstract

Helical polymers: A computational methodology on poly(phenylacetylene) oligomers allows assignment of the helical sense of polyene backbones based on their electron circular dichroism (EDC) signature. The calculated ECD spectrum for small oligomers of polyphenylacetylenes (PPAs) shows a very good match with the experimental spectra of the PPA polymers.

Abstract

The calculated ECD spectrum (time-dependent density functional theory TD-DFT) for small oligomers of polyphenylacetylenes (PPAs) show a very good match with the experimental spectra of the PPA polymers, particularly with the first Cotton band associated to the helical sense of the internal polyenic backbone. This has been proven with a series of PPAs representative of cis-cisoidal, cis-transoidal, compressed and stretched polyene backbones, with identical or opposite internal/external rotational senses and allows the prediction of the helical sense of the internal helix of a PPA directly from its CD spectra.

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