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Reviews in Computational Chemistry Volume 18

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176 Charge-Transfer Reactions <strong>in</strong> Condensed Phases<br />

Optical excitations quite often generate considerable changes <strong>in</strong> fixed<br />

partial charges, usually described <strong>in</strong> terms of the difference solute dipole<br />

m0 (‘‘0’’ refers here to the solute). Chromophores with high magnitudes of<br />

the ratio m0=R 3 0 , where R0 is the effective solute radius, are often used as<br />

optical probes of the local solvent structure and solvation power. 68 High<br />

polarizability changes are also quite common for optical chromophores, 69 as<br />

is illustrated <strong>in</strong> Table 2. Naturally, the theory of ET reactions and optical transitions<br />

needs extension for the case when the dipole moment and polarizability<br />

both vary with electronic transition:<br />

m01 ! m02 a01 ! a02 ½85Š<br />

To derive the <strong>in</strong>stantaneous free energies Ei, one needs an explicit model<br />

for a dipolar polarizable solute <strong>in</strong> a dipolar polarizable solvent. This need is<br />

addressed by the Drude model for <strong>in</strong>duced solute and solvent dipole<br />

moments. 70 The Drude model represents the <strong>in</strong>duced dipoles as fluctuat<strong>in</strong>g<br />

vectors: p j for the solvent molecules and p 0 for the solute. The potential energy<br />

of creat<strong>in</strong>g a fluctuat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>duced dipole p is given by that of a harmonic oscillator,<br />

p 2 =2a, with the polarizability a appear<strong>in</strong>g as the oscillator mass. The<br />

system Hamiltonian Hi is the sum of the solvent–solvent, Hss, and solute–<br />

solvent, H ðiÞ<br />

0s , parts, giv<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Hi ¼ H ðiÞ<br />

0s þ Hss<br />

½86Š<br />

In Hi, the permanent and <strong>in</strong>duced dipoles add up result<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the solute–<br />

solvent and solvent–solvent Hamiltonians <strong>in</strong> the form<br />

H ðiÞ<br />

0s ¼ Ii þ U rep<br />

0s<br />

X<br />

j<br />

ðm0i þ p0Þ T0j ðmj þ pjÞþð1=2a0iÞ½o 2<br />

0 _p2 0 þ p20 Š ½87Š<br />

Table 2 Ground-State Polarizability (a1) and Trace of the Tensor of Polarizability<br />

Variation (1/3)Tr[ a] for Several Optical Dyes and Charge Transfer Complexes<br />

Chromophore a1/A˚ 3<br />

(1/3)Tr[ a]/A˚ 3<br />

Anthracene 25 17<br />

2,20-Bipyrid<strong>in</strong>e-3,30diol 21 11<br />

Bis(adamantylidene) 42 29<br />

1-Dimethylam<strong>in</strong>o-2,6-dicyano-4-methylbenzene 22 35<br />

Tetraphenylethylene 50 38<br />

[(NC)5Fe II CNOs III (NH3)5]<br />

[(NC)5Os<br />

57<br />

II CNRu III (NH3)5] (190) 317 a<br />

a<br />

For two different CT transitions.

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