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Article Citation - WoS: 2Citation - Scopus: 2Transition-Metal Direct C-H Arylation of Thiophene in Aqueous Media Via Potassium Peroxymonosulfate(John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2019) Özenler, Sezer; Kaya, Hakan; Elmacı, Nuran; Yıldız, Ümit HakanThis study covers the use of potassium peroxymonosulfate (PPS) which, is a mild and inexpensive catalyst, for direct coupling of C-H/C-H for water soluble thiophene. The 3-(4-methyl-3 '- thienyloxy)propyltriethylammonium bromide (M1) has been selected as model monomer that reacted PPS in 2.0, 0.20 and 0.020 monomer to PPS ratio. The reaction has been monitored via NMR spectroscopy revealing the monomer consumption and formation of dimers to tetramers as well as completion of reaction within 15 minutes. Resultant product is easily collected without tedious work up steps. The computational calculation has optimized the regularity of the coupling as head to tail, tail to tail, head to tail (HT-TT-HT) for tetramer. The regularity of tetramer which is further satisfied via NMR analysis showing emergence of new peaks at 3.56 and 4.48. The shifts in the UV maximum of reactive species have been monitored by absorbance spectroscopy showing time dependent red shift corresponds to growing from monomer to tetramers. The reaction has self-stopped due to low solubility of moderate condensates (higher than trimer), however further experiments have performed in water-organic mixtures showed great promises to obtain higher condensates.Article Citation - WoS: 4Citation - Scopus: 4Gas-Phase Structures and Proton Affinities of N-Terminal Proline Containing B2 + Ions From Protonated Model Peptides(Elsevier Ltd., 2015) Karaca, Sıla; Atik, Ahmet Emin; Elmacı, Nuran; Yalçın, TalatIn this study, we investigated the effect of the second amino acid identity of hexapeptides on gas-phase structures and the proton affinities of N-terminal proline containing b2 + ions produced from the fragmentation of b6 + ions under low-energy collision-induced dissociation (CID) tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). It should be noted that, among all other fragments, the b2 + and nominally b4 + (AAAA) ions ([M+H]+ → b6 + → b2 + (PX+) + b4 + (AAAA+) were mainly considered in this study. This is a unique example of consecutive cleavage of b6 + ions which fragments to b2 + and nominal b4 + ions. All structural and proton affinity calculations for b2 + ions were carried out with the B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p) level of theory. The study utilized C-terminal amidated model peptides consisting of PAAAAA-NH2 and PXAAAA-NH2 where X is phenylalanine (F), glutamic acid (E), tryptophan (W), and histidine (H) residue. Two main structural isomers of b2 + ions, namely oxazolone and diketopiperazine, have been considered for the computations. The results demonstrated that the proton affinities of oxazolone isomers of PX are greater than its diketopiperazine isomers. Higher correlation coefficient is calculated if the structure of PX is considered as oxazolone rather than diketopiperazine isomer. Additionally, a linear fit is observed between intensity ratio (PX/AAAA) and calculated proton affinities of PX ions. Additionally, MS/MS results revealed that the relative intensities of b2 +-PA, PF, and PE- ions are lower compared to the relative intensity of AAAA fragment ion. In contrast, b2 +-PW and PH- ions have higher relative intensities compared to the AAAA ion. This behavior is explained by the proton affinities of fragment ions computationally.Article Citation - WoS: 5Citation - Scopus: 6Donor- And/Or Acceptor-Substituted Expanded Radialenes: Theory, Synthesis, and Properties(American Chemical Society, 2014) Ramsaywack, Sharwatie; Karaca, Sıla; Gholami, Mojtaba; Murray, Adrian H.; Hampel, Frank; McDonald, Robert; Elmacı, Nuran; Lüthi, Hans Peter; Tykwinski, Rik R.The synthesis of donor- (D) and/or acceptor (A)-expanded [4]radialenes has been developed on the basis of readily available dibromoolefin (7), tetraethynylethene (10 and 20), and vinyl triflate (12) building blocks. The successful formation of D/A radialenes relies especially on (1) effective use of a series alkynyl protecting groups, (2) Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions, and (3) the development of ring closing reactions to form the desired macrocyclic products. The expanded [4]radialene products have been investigated by spectroscopic (UV-vis absorption and emission) and quantum chemical computational methods (density functional theory and time dependent DFT). The combined use of theory and experiment provides a basis to evaluate the extent of D/A interactions via the cross-conjugated radialene framework as well as an interpretation of the origin of D/A interactions at an orbital level.Article Citation - WoS: 18Citation - Scopus: 18A Computational Study on the Excited State Properties of a Cationic Cyanine Dye: Ttbc(Elsevier Ltd., 2011) Karaca, Sıla; Elmacı Irmak, Nuran; Elmacı, NuranThe ground and excited state behaviors of a biologically important mitochondria selective dye, 5,5',6,6'-tetrachloro-1,1',3,3'-tetraethyl-benzimidazolo carbocyanine (TTBC), were investigated in order to give useful information related to the enhancement of its electronic and optical properties. DFT and TDDFT levels of theory with different functionals and basis sets were used. The results obtained by using PBEPBE/6-31+G(d,p)/C-PCM are in good agreement with the experiments. The potential energy surface sections of TTBC were explored and the geometry optimized in the first excited state, S 1, to analyze the fluorescence spectrum of the dye. There are two distinct minima on the S 1 surface, one located near the ground state geometry and an energetically favorable twisted geometry, having a charge transfer character. The observation of similar ground and excited state dipoles as well as solvent-independent fluorescence and absorption wavelengths reveals that there is no competition between the two minima; the emission is dominantly coming from the more planar configuration.Article Citation - WoS: 10Citation - Scopus: 11A Theoretical Study on the Ground and Excited State Behaviors of Ttbc Related Carbocyanine Dyes(Elsevier Ltd., 2009) Karaca, Sıla; Elmacı, NuranThe effects of functional groups on the benzimidazole rings, length of the conjugated chain and alkyl groups bonded to the nitrogen atoms on the ground and excited state behaviors of the 1,1′,3,3′-tetraethyl-5,5′,6,6′-tetrachlorobenzimidazolocarbocyanine (TTBC or JC-1) have been analyzed via quantum chemical methods. DFT and TDDFT with B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) level of theory were used for the ground and excited state calculations, respectively. It has been found that TTBC has a very rigid geometry; no significant effect of functional groups has been predicted either as donor or acceptor on its optimum structure. However, the length of alkyl groups changes the structure of the molecule. It is possible to increase λmax of TTBC based carbocyanine dye with NH2, butyl/propyl and increasing polymethine chain length.Article Citation - WoS: 13Citation - Scopus: 16Thermochromism in Oligothiophenes: the Role of the Internal Rotation(American Chemical Society, 2002) Elmacı, Nuran; Yurtsever, ErsinThe relation between thermochromism in polythiophenes and the internal rotation is studied by density-functional theory (DFT). For head-to-tail methyl-substituted thiophenes, rotational potential maps of dimer and trimer are calculated. With time-dependent-DFT methodology the absorption spectra of these oligomers in UV-vis region are calculated as functions of the torsional angles. Theoretical temperature-dependent UV-vis spectra are generated from the distribution of torsional angles. The results show that the internal rotation alone is not sufficient to explain the mechanism of thermochromism.Article Citation - WoS: 16Citation - Scopus: 19N,n-Dialkylaniline Tetraethynylethenes: a New Class of Chromophores Possessing an Emitting Charge-Transfer State. Experimental and Computational Studies(John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2001) Gobbi, Luca; Elmacı, Nuran; Lüthi, Hans Peter; Diederich, FrançoisThe photophysical properties of N,N-dimethylaniline- (DMA) substituted tetraethynylethene (TEE; 3,4-diethynylhex-3-ene-1,5-diyne) and related derivatives were investigated in a joint experimental and computational study. Measurements of the electronic emission spectra showed that these novel chromophores display a dual fluorescence which strongly depends on solvent polarity. Computational studies suggest that the twisted intramolecular charge-transfer state (TICT) model offers a possible explanation for the experimentally observed dual fluorescence. Time-dependent density functional calculations revealed that the initial excited state reached upon photoirradiation relaxes to a lower-energy TICT state in which either the dimethylamino group is twisted into an orthogonal position with respect to the remaining planar arylated TEE moiety or the entire DMA donor group takes an orthogonal orientation with respect to the rigid, planar TEE acceptor moiety. For the compounds investigated, the charge-transfer state responsible for the strongly solvent-dependent luminescence is directly connected with the initial excited state, namely, no crossing of states is involved.