Abstract
This work discusses the theoretical ([TD]DFT) and spectroscopic investigation into 2-Hydroxy-N-(2-phenylethyl)benzamide (SAL3) and its physiochemical behaviour in the selected organic solvents. The compound demonstrated a dual fluorescence effect in alcoholic solutions (methanol, ethanol, isopropanol), while in acetonitrile (ACN), dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) and non-polar solvents (n-Hexane, n-Heptane, chloroform) only a single emission maximum was observed. The noticeable shortening of average fluorescence lifetime, the employed detailed analysis of solvatochromic shifts of absorption spectra in the function of polarizability related to a change in the induction polarization of the environment and, above all, the performed quantum-mechanical calculations [TD] DFT with a detailed analysis of excited states, clearly indicate a connection between the observed fluorescence effects and processes related to changes in the system's structure in the excited state.Based on these experimental and theoretical studies, it has been proposed that the environment (solvent) polarity-induced dual fluorescence effect in SAL3 is related to the Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer (ESIPT) process. Also, the quantum-mechanic studies [TD] DFT point to the specific conformation of SAL3 molecule characteristic of dual fluorescence emission.
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