Photoinduced amino-imino tautomerism: an infrared study of 2-amino-5-methylpyridine in a low-temperature argon matrix |
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Authors: | Akai Nobuyuki Harada Takanori Shin-Ya Kei Ohno Keiichi Aida Misako |
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Institution: | Center for Quantum Life Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan. rosso@hiroshima-u.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | The photoreaction of 2-amino-5-methylpyridine was investigated by matrix-isolation infrared spectroscopy and DFT calculation. Photoinduced reversible amino (N=C-NH(2))-imino (NH-C=NH) tautomerism was found between 2-amino-5-methylpyridine and 5-methyl-2(1H)-pyridinimine; the amino tautomer changes to the imino tautomer by UV irradiation (340>lambda>or= 300 nm) and the reverse change occurs by longer-wavelength light irradiation (420>lambda>or= 340 nm). The results of the CASSCF calculation revealed that the amino-imino tautomerism proceeds in vibrational relaxation process from electronic excited state to the ground state. The IR spectra of 2-amino-5-methylpyridine in the T(1) state and 5-methyl-2-pyridinamino radical were also obtained by UV irradiation (lambda>or= 300 nm). |
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