<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Present investigation deals with an in depth study of three compounds including 4-(4-chlorophenyl)-8-methyl-2-oxo- 1,2,5,6,7,8-hexahydroquinoline-3-carbonitrile (1), 4-(4-bromophenyl)-8-methyl-2-oxo-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,7-octahydroquinoline-3- carbonitrile (2) and 8-methyl-2-oxo-4-(thiophen-2-yl)-1,2,5,6,7,8-hexahydroquinoline-3-carbonitrile (3) with respect to their structural, electronic, optical and charge transport properties. The ground and excited states geometries were optimized by density functional theory (DFT) and time dependent DFT, respectively. To rationalize the adopted methodology, the calculated geometrical parameters at ground state were compared with the experimental crystal structures. Several quantum chemical insights including the analysis of frontier molecular orbitals (FMOs), total/partial density of states (T/PDOS), molecular electrostatic potentials (MEP), local and global reactivity descriptors revealed that the studied compounds would be efficient multifunctional materials. The absorption wavelengths as well as their major transitions were thoroughly studied at TD-B3LYP/6-31G** level of theory. The smaller hole reorganization energies indicate that all these compounds might show better hole transport tendency. The anionic geometry relaxation of compound 2 is larger than the cationic form which leads to higher electron reorganization energy revealing the reduction of electron charge transport as compared to the hole.</p></abstract>

Present investigation deals with an in depth study of three compounds including 4-(4-chlorophenyl)-8-methyl-2-oxo- 1,2,5,6,7,8-hexahydroquinoline-3-carbonitrile (1), 4-(4-bromophenyl)-8-methyl-2-oxo-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,7-octahydroquinoline-3- carbonitrile (2) and 8-methyl-2-oxo-4-(thiophen-2-yl)-1,2,5,6,7,8-hexahydroquinoline-3-carbonitrile (3) with respect to their structural, electronic, optical and charge transport properties. The ground and excited states geometries were optimized by density functional theory (DFT) and time dependent DFT, respectively. To rationalize the adopted methodology, the calculated geometrical parameters at ground state were compared with the experimental crystal structures. Several quantum chemical insights including the analysis of frontier molecular orbitals (FMOs), total/partial density of states (T/PDOS), molecular electrostatic potentials (MEP), local and global reactivity descriptors revealed that the studied compounds would be efficient multifunctional materials. The absorption wavelengths as well as their major transitions were thoroughly studied at TD-B3LYP/6-31G** level of theory. The smaller hole reorganization energies indicate that all these compounds might show better hole transport tendency. The anionic geometry relaxation of compound 2 is larger than the cationic form which leads to higher electron reorganization energy revealing the reduction of electron charge transport as compared to the hole.

Exploration of optoelectronic, nonlinear and charge transport properties of hydroquinoline derivatives by DFT approach

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science

Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS)

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science

Materials Science-Poland

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Present investigation deals with an in depth study of three compounds including 4-(4-chlorophenyl)-8-methyl-2-oxo-...

Exploration of optoelectronic, nonlinear and charge transport properties of hydroquinoline derivatives by DFT approach

Data publikacji: 06 paź 2020

Zakres stron: 284 - 295

Otrzymano: 04 lis 2017

Przyjęty: 23 kwi 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msp-2020-0041

Słowa kluczowe
hydroquinoline, electro-optical properties, charge transport properties, reorganization energy, nonlinear optical properties

© 2020 Ahmad Irfan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Exploration of optoelectronic, nonlinear and charge transport properties of hydroquinoline derivatives by DFT approach

Data publikacji: 06 paź 2020

Zakres stron: 284 - 295

Otrzymano: 04 lis 2017

Przyjęty: 23 kwi 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msp-2020-0041

Słowa kluczowehydroquinoline, electro-optical properties, charge transport properties, reorganization energy, nonlinear optical properties

© 2020 Ahmad Irfan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Słowa kluczowe
hydroquinoline, electro-optical properties, charge transport properties, reorganization energy, nonlinear optical properties