Direct Observation of Light-driven, Concerted Electron-proton Transfer

Overview

Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Specialty Science

Date 2016 Sep 24

PMID 27660239

Citations 2

Authors

Christopher J Gagliardi

Li Wang

Prateek Dongare

M Kyle Brennaman

John M Papanikolas

Thomas J Meyer

David W Thompson

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Abstract

The phenols 4-methylphenol, 4-methoxyphenol, and N-acetyl-tyrosine form hydrogen-bonded adducts with N-methyl-4, 4'-bipyridinium cation (MQ) in aqueous solution as evidenced by the appearance of low-energy, low-absorptivity features in UV-visible spectra. They are assigned to the known examples of optically induced, concerted electron-proton transfer, photoEPT. The results of ultrafast transient absorption measurements on the assembly MeOPhO-H---MQ are consistent with concerted EPT by the instantaneous appearance of spectral features for MeOPhO·---H-MQ in the transient spectra at the first observation time of 0.1 ps. The transient decays to MeOPhO-H---MQ in 2.5 ps, accompanied by the appearance of oscillations in the decay traces with a period of ∼1 ps, consistent with a vibrational coherence and relaxation from a higher υ(N-H) vibrational level or levels on the timescale for back EPT.

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