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Quantum-chemical calculations for series of porphin (H2P) and porphyrazine (H2PA) derivatives whose molecules contain a 3,4-annulated five-membered heteroaromatic ring of pyrrole, furan, and thiophene as well as 1,2,5-triazole, 1,2,5-oxadiazole, and 1,2,5-thiadiazole have been carried out by the AM1 and INDO/Sm methods (m means “modified parametrization”). As follows from the unrestricted Hartree-Fock AM1 calculations, the ground state energy of the a isomer is lower than that of the b isomers for all compounds, the a and b isomers being NH isomers with the additional five-membered ring fused to a pyrrolenine or pyrrole ring, respectively. Condensation of the five-membered ring for the b isomers of the H2P derivatives is shown to extend the main conjugation path from 18-membered to 21-membered cyclopolyene. However, the 18-membered cyclopolyene for the a isomers of the H2P derivatives and 16-membered cyclopolyene for both isomers of the H2PA derivatives prove to be isolated from the five-membered ring carrying six π-electrons. Based on INDO/Sm computations of electronic absorption spectra of the H2P and H2PA derivatives, it is shown that the Qx level of the a isomers is sensitive to the nature of the annulated ring whereas the Qy level is practically not shifted. On the contrary, the Qx level of the b isomers is relatively insensitive to the nature of the annulated ring while the Qy level decreases monotonously in the H2P and H2PA series, being the first excited state level for the majority of the derivatives (X is along the NH-HN axis; Y, perpendicular to it). The electronic absorption spectra at the border of the visible and near-UV regions are determined mainly by two high-intensity G → Bx and G → By transitions for the H2P derivatives. However, four intense G → Bx, G → By, G → Nx, and G → Ny transitions are characteristic of the spectra of the H2PA derivatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Spectral and luminescent properties of a new phthalocyanine analog, the magnesium complex of diphenyl substituted mono(1,4-diazepino)tribenzoporphyrazine, have been studied at 293 and 77 K. The results have been explained on the basis of quantum-chemical calculations for both this molecule and its simpler analogs with respect to 6 H/1 H-isomerism of the 1,4-diazepine ring. The small difference between the ground-state energies for the 6 H and 1 H isomers makes tautomerism between them possible. It is shown that the electronic transitions with intramolecular charge transfer from the diazepine fragment to the macrocycle have relatively low energy, especially for the 1 H isomers. These states can be of considerable importance for photophysical and photochemical processes. A comparison of the theoretical and experimental electronic absorption spectra has confirmed that the diazepine ring in the substituted Mg-diazepinoporphyrazine is present in the 6 H-form. It is established that substitution of one benzene ring by a diazepine fragment leads to quenching of fluorescence, decreasing its quantum yield to 27% (for Mg-phthalocyanine 76%). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]