Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18
Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18
Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18
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Table 1 Ma<strong>in</strong> Features of the Two-Parameter L Model (MH) and the Three-Parameter<br />
Q Model<br />
L Model Q Model<br />
Parameters<br />
Reaction coord<strong>in</strong>ate<br />
Spectral moments<br />
F0; l<br />
1 < X < 1<br />
F0 ¼ hnm<br />
F0; l1; a1<br />
X > X0 at a1 > 0<br />
X < X0 at a1 < 0<br />
F0 ¼ hnm ½l1a1=2ð1 þ a1Þ 2 Š<br />
Energy gap law<br />
F0 þ l1 l1 F act<br />
Electron Transfer <strong>in</strong> Polarizable<br />
Donor–Acceptor Complexes<br />
Beyond the Parabolas 175<br />
l ¼ 1<br />
2 h nst l1 ¼ 1<br />
2 bh2 hðdnÞ 2 i 1<br />
a1 ¼ðh nst þ l2Þ=ðl1 l2Þ<br />
1 /ð F0 þ lÞ 2<br />
Fact 1 /ð F0 þ l1Þ 2<br />
j F0j l1 Fact 1 / F2 0 Fact 1 /j F0j<br />
The mathematical model <strong>in</strong>corporat<strong>in</strong>g the bil<strong>in</strong>ear solute–solvent<br />
coupl<strong>in</strong>g considered above can be realized <strong>in</strong> various situations <strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g nonl<strong>in</strong>ear<br />
<strong>in</strong>teractions of the CT electronic subsystem with the condensed-phase<br />
environment. The most obvious reason for such effects is the coupl<strong>in</strong>g of the<br />
two states participat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the transition to other excited states of the donor–<br />
acceptor complex. These effects br<strong>in</strong>g about polarizability and electronic delocalization<br />
<strong>in</strong> CT systems. The <strong>in</strong>stantaneous energies obta<strong>in</strong>ed for a two-state<br />
donor–acceptor complex conta<strong>in</strong> a highly nonl<strong>in</strong>ear dependence on the solvent<br />
field through the <strong>in</strong>stantaneous adiabatic energy gap. Expansion of the energy<br />
gap <strong>in</strong> the solvent field truncated after the second term generates a statedependent<br />
bil<strong>in</strong>ear solute–solvent coupl<strong>in</strong>g characteristic of the Q model.<br />
The second derivative of the energy <strong>in</strong> the external field is the system’s polarizability.<br />
It is therefore hardly surpris<strong>in</strong>g that models <strong>in</strong>corporat<strong>in</strong>g the polarizability<br />
of the solute 67 turn out to be isomorphic to the Q model. 61 Here, we<br />
focus on some specific features of polarizable CT systems.<br />
The common start<strong>in</strong>g po<strong>in</strong>t to build a theoretical description of the thermodynamics<br />
and dynamics of the condensed environment response to an electronic<br />
transition is to assume that the transition alters the long-range solute–<br />
solvent electrostatic forces. This change comes about due to the variation of<br />
the electronic density distribution caused by the transition. The comb<strong>in</strong>ed electron<br />
and nuclear charge distributions are represented by a set of partial<br />
charges that are assumed to change when the transition occurs. Actually, a<br />
change <strong>in</strong> the electronic state of a molecule changes not only the electronic<br />
charge distribution, but also the ability of the electron cloud to polarize<br />
<strong>in</strong> the external field. In other words, the set of transition dipoles to other electronic<br />
states is <strong>in</strong>dividual for each state of the molecule, and the dipolar (and<br />
higher order) polarizability changes with the transition.