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  • The thermochromic behavior of aromatic amine-SO2 charge transfer complexes.

The thermochromic behavior of aromatic amine-SO2 charge transfer complexes.

Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy (2016-10-08)
Natália M Monezi, Antonio C Borin, Paulo S Santos, Rômulo A Ando
ABSTRACT

The distinct thermochromism observed in solutions containing N,N-dimethylaniline (DMA) and N,N-diethylaniline (DEA) and SO2 was investigated by resonance Raman spectroscopy in a wide range of temperatures. The results indicate in addition to the charge transfer (CT) complexes DMA-SO2 and DEA-SO2, the presence of collision complexes involving the CT complexes and excess DMA and DEA molecules. The latter in fact is the chromophore responsible for the long wavelength absorption originating the color. The Raman signature of the collision complex was attributed to the distinct enhancement of a band at 1140cm-1 assigned to νs(SO2), in contrast to the same mode in the 1:1 complex at 1115cm-1. The intensity of such band, assigned to the collision complex is favored at high temperatures and depends on the steric hindrance associated to amines, as well as the SO2 molar fraction. Quantum chemical calculations based on time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) support the proposed interpretation.

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