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Electron--Proton Decoupling in Excited-State Hydrogen Atom Transfer in the Gas Phase
- Source :
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2015, 54
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Hydrogen-release by photoexcitation, excited-state- hydrogen-transfer (ESHT), is one of the important photo- chemical processes that occur in aromatic acids and is responsible for photoprotection of biomolecules. The mecha- nism is described by conversion of the initial state to a charge- separated state along the O(N)-H bond elongation, leading to dissociation. Thus ESHT is not a simple H-atom transfer in which a proton and a 1s electron move together. Here we show that the electron-transfer and the proton-motion are decoupled in gas-phase ESHT. We monitor electron and proton transfer independently by picosecond time-resolved near-infrared and infrared spectroscopy for isolated phenol--(ammonia)5, a benchmark molecular cluster. Electron transfer from phenol to ammonia occurred in less than 3 picoseconds, while the overall H-atom transfer took 15 picoseconds. The observed electron-proton decoupling will allow for a deeper understanding and control of of photochemistry in biomolecules
- Subjects :
- Physics - Atomic and Molecular Clusters
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- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2015, 54
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1712.02993
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201506467