运用量子化学方法优化了硫代樟脑的最低5个电子态(S0,T1,S1,T2和S2)的结构,并计算了它们的相对能量.计算结果表明:S1,T1和T2态的能量非常接近,而S2的能量远远高于T2态,这与之前对几种小的硫代羰基化合物的研究结论一致.确定了硫代樟脑分子在T1态发生卢一插入反应和类NorrishⅡ型反应的机理,计算的势垒相对于S0的振动零点分别为314.1和332.6kJ/mol.在400nm波长的光的照射下,分子被激发到S1态,此时分子没有足够的能量发生反应,只能通过内转换回到基态.当激发光波长在254nm时,硫代樟脑分子被激发到S2态,这时候体系有了足够的内部能量使反应发生.实验上已经观察到此激发光波长下,气态硫代樟脑可以发生∥一插入反应和类NorrishⅡ型反应.
In the present work, the CASSCF method was employed to optimize structures of thiocamphor in the lowest five electronic states (S0, T1, S1, T2, and S2), which was followed by single-point energy calculations at the MR-CI level. The energy gaps among the S1, T1 and T2 states are very small, but the S2 state is much higher than the T2 state in energy. Similar results were found for other thiocarbonyl compounds. The T1 potential energy profiles of the β-insertion and Norrish Ⅱ-like reactions were characterized by the B3LYP calculations and the barriers were predicted to be respectively 314.1 and 332.6 kJ/mol with respect to the So zero-level. Upon irradiation of thiocamphor at 400 nm, the molecules excited to S1 state do not have enough internal energy to overcome the barrier on the T1 surface. Thus, the internal conversion to the ground state could be the most probable pathway for the S1 deactivation. However, photoexcitation at 254 nm results in the molecules populated in the S2 state. In this case, the system has sufficient internal energy to undergo the β-insertion and Norrish Ⅱ-like reactions. Indeed, the two reactions have been observed experimentally.