Photodissociation dynamics of the chromophores of the amino acid tyrosine: p-methylphenol, p-ethylphenol, and p-(2-aminoethyl)phenol

The photodissociation of p-methylphenol, p-ethylphenol, and p-(2-aminoethyl)phenol, chromophores of the amino acid tyrosine, was studied separately for each compound in a molecular beam at 248 nm using multimass ion imaging techniques. They show interesting side-chain size-dependent dissociation properties. Only one dissociation channel, that is, H atom elimination, was observed for both p-methylphenol and p-ethylphenol. The photofragment translational energy distributions and potential energy surfaces from ab initio calculation suggest that H atom elimination occurs from a repulsive excited state. On the other hand, the H atom elimination channel is quenched completely by internal conversion and/or intersystem crossing in p-(2-aminoethyl)phenol. Only C-C bond cleavage was observed from p-(2-aminoethyl)phenol. The photofragment translational energy distribution shows a slow component and a fast component. The fast component results from dissociation on an electronic excited state, but the slow component occurs only after the internal conversion to the ground electronic state. Comparison with the photodissociation of phenol and ethylbenzene is made.     

Photodissociation dynamics of hydroxybenzoic acids

Aromatic amino acids have large UV absorption cross-sections and low fluorescence quantum yields. Ultrafast internal conversion, which transforms electronic excitation energy to vibrational energy, was assumed to account for the photostability of amino acids. Recent theoretical and experimental investigations suggested that low fluorescence quantum yields of phenol (chromophore of tyrosine) are due to the dissociation from a repulsive excited state. Radicals generated from dissociation may undergo undesired reactions. It contradicts the observed photostability of amino acids. In this work, we explored the photodissociation dynamics of the tyrosine chromophores, 2-, 3- and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid in a molecular beam at 193 nm using multimass ion imaging techniques. We demonstrated that dissociation from the excited state is effectively quenched for the conformers of hydroxybenzoic acids with intramolecular hydrogen bonding. Ab initio calculations show that the excited state and the ground state potential energy surfaces change significantly for the conformers with intramolecular hydrogen bonding. It shows the importance of intramolecular hydrogen bond in the excited state dynamics and provides an alternative molecular mechanism for the photostability of aromatic amino acids upon irradiation of ultraviolet photons.     

2-溴噻吩和3-溴噻吩在267 nm的C-Br键解离机理

利用离子速度影像技术, 研究了2-溴噻吩和3-溴噻吩两种同分异构体在267 nm激光作用下的C—Br键解离机理, 获得了光解产物Br(2P3/2)和Br*(2P1/2)的能量和角度分布, 分析了两异构分子在267 nm 的C—Br键解离通道. 对于2-溴噻吩和3-溴噻吩, 产物Br来源于三个通道: (i) 从单重激发态系间窜跃到排斥的三重激发态的快速预解离; (ii)单重激发态内转化到高振动基态的热解离; (iii) 母体分子多光子电离后的解离. 2-溴噻吩的产物Br*具有类似的产生机制; 但对于3-溴噻吩, 从激发态内转换到高振动基态发生热解离成为产物Br*的主导通道, 而来自激发三重态的快速预解离通道则几乎消失. 定量地给出了各个通道的相对贡献、能量分配及各向异性分布信息. 实验发现, 随着溴原子在噻吩上取代位置远离硫原子, 来自通道(i)和(ii)产物之间的比例明显减小, 相应的各向异性分布有变弱趋势.     

Vibrational spectroscopy and state-specific dissociation dynamics for vinyl chloride cation in the B state

C(2)H(3)(35)Cl+ in the ground vibronic state was generated by one-photon mass-analyzed threshold ionization spectrometry, and its photodissociation in the 461-406 nm range was investigated. Ionization energy to the ground state of C(2)H(3)(35)Cl+ was 10.0062 +/- 0.0006 eV while its B state onset was higher by 2.7456 +/- 0.0003 eV. A vibrational spectrum of the cation in the B state obtained by recording the product ion yield as a function of wavelength was analyzed by referring to the quantum chemical results at the TDDFT/B3LYP/6-311++(df,pd) level. Analysis of product time-of-flight profiles recorded with different laser polarization angles showed that the dissociation pathway for the cation in the B state changed with the vibrational energy, from internal conversion to X and statistical dissociation therein to curve crossing to C and repulsive dissociation therein. B --> C curve crossing seemed to occur along a direction close to the C-Cl bond stretch.     

Photodissociation and photoionization of 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid at 193 and 355 nm

Photodissociation and photoionization of 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (25DHBA), at 193 and 355 nm were investigated separately in a molecular beam using multimass ion imaging techniques. Two channels competed after excitation by one 193 nm photon. One channel is dissociation from the repulsive excited state along O-H bond distance, resulting in H atom elimination from meta-OH functional group. The other channel is internal conversion to the ground state, followed by H(2)O elimination. Some of the fragments further proceeded to secondary dissociation. On the other hand, absorption of one 355 nm photon gave rise to H(2)O elimination channel on the ground state. Absorption of more than one 355 nm photon resulted in the three-body dissociation which also occurs on the ground state. Dissociation on the excited state does not play a role at 355 nm. The large concentration ratio (2×10(5)), between neutral fragments and cations produced from 355 nm multiphoton excitation indicates that internal conversion followed by dissociation, is the major channel for 355 nm multiphoton excitation. Multiphoton ionization is a minor channel. Multiphoton ionization of 25DHBA clusters only produces 25DHBA cations. Neither anion nor protonated 25DHBA cation were observed. It is very different from the ions produced from solid matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI), experiments. This suggests that protonated 25DHBA and negatively charged 25DHBA generated in MALDI experiments does not simply result from the ionization following proton transfer reactions or charge transfer reactions of the clusters in the gas phase.     

C-Br Bond Dissociation Mechanisms of 2-Bromothiophene and 3-Bromothiophene at 267 nm

C-Br bond dissociation mechanisms of 2-bromothiophene and 3-bromothiophene at 267 nm were investigated using ion velocity imaging technique. Translational energy distributions and angular distributions of the photoproducts, Br(²P_3/2) and Br^*(²P_½), were obtained and the possible dissociation channels were analyzed. For these two bromothiophenes, the Br fragments were produced via three channels: (i) the fast predissociation following the intersystem crossing from the excited singlet state to repulsive triplet state; (ii) the hot dissociation on highly vibrational ground state following the internal conversion of the excited singlet state; and (iii) the dissociation following the multiphoton ionization of the parent molecules. Similar channels are involved for photoproduct Br^* of the 2-bromothiophene dissociation at 267 nm; whereas for the photoproduct Br^* of 3-bromothiophene, the dissociation channel via internal conversion from the excited singlet state to highly vibrational ground state became dominating and the fast predissociation channel via the excited triplet state almost disappeared. Informations about the relative contribution, energy disposal, and the anisotropy of each channel were quantitatively given. It was found that with the position of Br atom in thienyl being far from S atom, the relative ratios of products from channels (i) and (ii) decreased obviously and the anisotropies corresponding to each channel became weaker.     

Photodissociation of S atom containing amino acid chromophores

Photodissociation of 3-(methylthio)propylamine and cysteamine, the chromophores of S atom containing amino acid methionine and cysteine, respectively, was studied separately in a molecular beam at 193 nm using multimass ion imaging techniques. Four dissociation channels were observed for 3-(methylthio)propylamine, including (1) CH(3)SCH(2)CH(2)CH(2)NH(2)-->CH(3)SCH(2)CH(2)CH(2)NH+H, (2) CH(3)SCH(2)CH(2)CH(2)NH(2)-->CH(3)+SCH(2)CH(2)CH(2)NH(2), (3) CH(3)SCH(2)CH(2)CH(2)NH(2)-->CH(3)S+CH(2)CH(2)CH(2)NH(2), and (4) CH(3)SCH(2)CH(2)CH(2)NH(2)-->CH(3)SCH(2)+CH(2)CH(2)NH(2). Two dissociation channels were observed from cysteamine, including (5) HSCH(2)CH(2)NH(2)-->HS+CH(2)CH(2)NH(2) and (6) HSCH(2)CH(2)NH(2)-->HSCH(2)+CH(2)NH(2). The photofragment translational energy distributions suggest that reaction (1) and parts of the reactions (2), (3), (5) occur on the repulsive excited states. However, reaction (4), (6) occur only after the internal conversion to the electronic ground state. Since the dissociation from an excited state with a repulsive potential energy surface is very fast, it would not be quenched completely even in the condensed phase. Our results indicate that reactions following dissociation may play an important role in the UV photochemistry of S atom containing amino acid chromophores in the condensed phase. A comparison with the potential energy surface from ab initio calculations and branching ratios from RRKM calculations was made.     

Insights into dynamics of the S2 state of thiophosgene from ab initio calculations

The S2 potential energy surface for Cl2CS dissociation has been characterized with a combined complete active space self-consistent field and multireference configuration interaction method. The S3/S2 minimum-energy intersection has been determined with the state-averaged complete active space self-consistent field method. The S2 direct dissociation was found to have a barrier of 6.0 kcal/mol, leading to formation of Cl(X2P)+ClCS(A2A") in the excited electronic state. Dynamics of the S2 state of Cl2CS can be summarized as follows: (1) The S2-S0 fluorescence occurs with high quantum yield at low excess energies; (2) Both the S(2) dissociation and the S2-->S3 internal conversion cause the loss of the S2-S0 fluorescence upon photoexcitation at 235-253 nm; (3) The S2-->S3 internal conversion (IC) followed by the direct IC to the ground electronic state results in the fragments produced in the ground state, while the S2 dissociation leads to formation of the fragments in excited electronic states.     

1 + 1] photodissociation of CS(2)(+)(X̃2Π(g)) via the vibrationally mediated B̃2Σ(u)+ state: multichannels exhibiting and mode specific dynamics

Dissociation dynamics of CS(2)(+) vibrationally mediated via its B?(2)Σ(u)(+) state, was studied using the time-sliced velocity map imaging technique. The parent CS(2)(+) cation was prepared in its X?(2)Π(g) ground state through a [3 + 1] resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization process, via the 4pσ(3)Π(u) intermediate Rydberg state of neutral CS(2) molecule at 483.14 nm. CS(2)(+)(X?(2)Π(g)) was dissociated by a [1?+?1] photoexcitation mediated via the vibrationally selected B? state over a wavelength range of 267-283 nm. At these wavelengths the C?(2)Σ(g)(+) and D?(2)Σ(u)(+) states are excited, followed by numerous S(+) and CS(+) dissociation channels. The S(+) channels specified as three distinct regions were shown with vibrationally resolved structures, in contrast to the less-resolved structures being presented in the CS(+) channels. The average translational energy releases were obtained, and the S(+)∕CS(+) branching ratios with mode specificity were measured. Two types of dissociation mechanisms are proposed. One mechanism is the direct coupling of the C? and D? states with the repulsive satellite states leading to the fast photofragmentation. The other mechanism is the internal conversion of the C? and D? states to the B? state, followed by the slow fragmentation occurred via the coupling with the repulsive satellite states.     

邻溴甲苯在234和267 nm的光解动力学

利用离子速度影像技术结合共振增强多光子电离(REMPI)技术, 研究了邻溴甲苯在234和267 nm激光作用下的光解机理. 平动能分布表明, 基态Br(2P3/2)和自旋轨道激发态Br*(2P1/2)产生于两个解离通道: 快通道和慢通道. 快通道的各向异性参数在234 nm分别为1.15(Br)和0.55(Br*), 在267 nm分别为0.90(Br)和0.60(Br*). 慢通道的各向异性参数在234 nm分别为0.12(Br)和0.14(Br*), 在267 nm分别为0.11(Br)和0.10(Br*). 源自于慢通道的Br和Br*碎片的各向异性弱于快通道. Br(2P3/2)的相对量子产率Φ(Br)在234 nm为0.67, 在267 nm为0.70. 邻溴甲苯在234 和267 nm光解主要产生基态产物Br(2P3/2). 快通道产生于(π, π*)束缚单重态被激发, 随后通过排斥性(n, σ*)态的预解离. 慢通道各向异性参数接近零, 由此证实慢通道来源于单重激发态内转换到高振动基态而引发的热解离.     

Ultrafast photodynamics of furan

Ultrafast photodynamics of furan has been studied by time-resolved photoelectron imaging (TRPEI) spectroscopy with an unprecedented time resolution of 22 fs. The simulation of the time-dependent photoelectron kinetic energy distribution (PKED) has been performed with ab initio nonadiabatic dynamics "on the fly" in the frame of time-dependent density functional theory. Based on the agreement between experimental and theoretical time-dependent photoelectron signal intensity as well as on PKED, precise time scales of ultrafast internal conversion from S(2) over S(1) to the ground state S(0) of furan have been revealed for the first time. Upon initial excitation of the S(2) state which has π-π* character, a nonadiabatic transition to the S(1) state occurs within 10 fs. Subsequent dynamics invokes the excitation of the C-O stretching and C-O-C out of plane vibrations which lead to the internal conversion to the ground state after 60 fs. Thus, we demonstrate that the TRPEI combined with high level nonadiabatic dynamics calculations provide fundamental insight into ultrafast photodynamics of chemically and biologically relevant chromophores.     

Near-UV Photodissociation Dynamics of Thiomethoxy Radical via eA2A1 State: H-atom Product Channe

Photodissociation dynamics of jet-cooled thiomethoxy radical (CH3S) via the eA2A1? eX2E transition is investigated near 352 nm. The H-atom product channel is observed directly for the ˉrst time by H-atom product yield spectrum and photofragment translational spectroscopy. The 2132 vibrational level of the eA2A1 state dissociates to the H+H2CS products. The H+H2CS product translational energy release is modest and peaks around 33 kJ/mol; the H-atom angular distribution is isotropic. The dissociation mechanism is consistent with internal conversion of the excited eA2A1 state to the eX2E ground state and subsequent unimolecular dissociation on the ground state to the H+H2CS products.     

Insights into photodissociation dynamics of propionyl chloride from ab initio calculations and molecular dynamics simulations

The potential energy surfaces of isomerization, dissociation, and elimination reactions for CH3CH2COCl in the S0 and S1 states have been mapped with the different ab initio calculations. Mechanistic photodissociation of CH3CH2COCl at 266 nm has been characterized through the computed potential energy surfaces, the optimized surface crossing structure, intrinsic reaction coordinate, and ab initio molecular dynamics calculations. Photoexcitation at 266 nm leads to the CH3CH2COCl molecules in the S1 state. From this state, the C-Cl bond cleavage proceeds in a time scale of picosecond in the gas phase. The barrier to the C-Cl bond cleavage on the S1 surface is significantly increased by effects of the matrix and the internal conversion to the ground state prevails in the condensed phase. The HCl eliminations as a result of internal conversion to the ground state become the dominant channel upon photodissociation of CH3CH2COCl in the argon matrix at 10 K.     

Striving to understand the photophysics and photochemistry of thiophosgene: a combined CASSCF and MR-CI study

The potential energy surfaces for Cl(2)CS dissociation into ClCS + Cl in the five lowest electronic states have been determined with the combined complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) and MR-CI method. The wavelength-dependent photodissociation dynamics of Cl(2)CS have been characterized through computed potential energy surfaces, surface crossing points, and CASSCF molecular dynamics calculations. Irradiation of the Cl(2)CS molecules at 360-450 nm does not provide sufficient internal energy to overcome the barrier on S(1) dissociation, and the S(1)/T(2) intersection region is energetically inaccessible at this wavelength region; therefore, S(1) --> T(1) intersystem crossing is the dominant process, which is the main reason S(1)-S(0) fluorescence breaks off at excess energies of 3484-9284 cm(-1). Also, the S(1) --> T(2) intersystem crossing process can take place via the S(1)-T(2) vibronic interaction in this range of excess energies, which is mainly responsible for the quantum beats observed in the S(1) emission. Both S(2) direct dissociation and S(2) --> S(3) internal conversion are responsible for the abrupt breakoff of S(2)-S(0) fluorescence at higher excess energies. S(2) direct dissociation leads to the formation of the fragments of Cl(X(2)P) + ClCS(A(2)A' ') in excited electronic states, while S(2) --> S(3) internal conversion followed by direct internal conversion to the ground electronic state results in the fragments produced in the ground state.     

Role of ligand bending in the photodissociation of O2 vs CO-heme: a time-dependent density functional study

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Vibrationally mediated photodissociation of C2H4+

We report the vibrationally mediated photodissociation dynamics of C2H4+ excited through the B2Ag state. Vibrational state-selected ions were prepared by two-photon resonant, three-photon ionization of ethylene via (pi, 3s) and (pi, 3p) Rydberg intermediate states in the wavelength range 298-349 nm. Absorption of a fourth photon led to dissociation of the cation, and images of the product ions C2H3+ and C2H2+ were simultaneously recorded using reflectron multimass velocity map imaging. Analysis of the multimass images yielded, with high precision, both the total translational energy distributions for the two dissociation channels and the branching between them as a function of excitation energy. The dissociation of ions that were initially prepared with torsional excitation exceeding the barrier to planarity in the cation ground state consistently gave enhanced branching to the H elimination channel. The results are discussed in terms of the influence of the initial state preparation on the competition between the internal conversion to the ground state and to the first excited state.     

Photodissociation Dynamics of Dichlorodifluoromethane (CF2Cl2) around 235 nm using Time-Sliced Velocity Map Imaging Technology

Photodissociation dynamics of dichlorodifluoromethane (CF₂Cl₂) around 235 nm has been studied using the time-sliced velocity map imaging technology in combination with the resonance enhanced multi-photon ionization technology. By measuring the raw images of chlorine atoms which are formed via one-photon dissociation of CF₂Cl₂, the speed and angular distributions can be directly obtained. The speed distribution of excited-state chlorine atoms consists of high translation energy (E_T) and low E_T components, which are related to direct dissociation on ³Q₀ state and predissociation on the ground state induced by internal conversion, respectively. The speed distribution of ground-state chlorine atoms also consists of high E_T and low E_T components which are related to predissociation between ³Q₀ and ¹Q₁ states and predissociation on the ground state induced by internal conversion, respectively. Radical dissociation channel is confirmed, nevertheless, secondary dissociation and three-body dissociation channels are excluded.     

Photodissociation dynamics of small aromatic molecules studied by multimass ion imaging

The photodissociation dynamics of various aromatic molecules, studied using multimass ion imaging techniques, is reviewed. The experimental data reveals new isomerization and dissociation mechanisms. Our investigation of benzene, pyridine, and pyrimidine finds that H-atom elimination thresholds remain the same for the three molecules. We also notice that ring-opening dissociation thresholds decrease rapidly with the increase of the number of nitrogen atoms in the aromatic ring. Hydrogen atom elimination is the sole dissociation channel for benzene at 193 nm. Along with H-atom elimination, we observe five distinct ring-opening dissociation channels for pyridine at 193 nm. No dissociation channels were observed for benzene and pyridine at 248 nm. Ring-opening dissociation channels are the major channels for pyrimidine, which dissociates at 193 nm and also at 248 nm. A six-membered to seven-membered ring isomerization was observed for photodissociation processes involving toluene, m-xylene, aniline, 4-methylpyridine, alpha-fluorotoluene, and 4-fluorotoluene, indicating a general isomerization mechanism for all such aromatic molecules. What is significant, is that during the isomerization, atoms (i.e., carbon, nitrogen, fluorine, and hydrogen) belonging to respective alkyl or amino groups are involved in an exchange with atoms within the aromatic ring. This type of isomerization is not observed in other aromatic isomerization mechanisms. For small tyrosine chromophores, such as phenol, 4-methylphenol, and 4-ethylphenol, H-atom elimination from a repulsive excited state plays a key role. However, dissociation is quenched in large chromophores like 4-(2-aminoethyl)-phenol. Our work demonstrates the capability and high sensitivity of multimass ion imaging techniques in the study of aromatic compounds.     

The photodissociation dynamics of tetrachloroethylene

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丙烯酸分子的激发态超快预解离动力学

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