Structural dynamics in floppy systems: ultrafast conformeric motions in Rydberg-excited triethylamine |
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Authors: | Deb Sanghamitra Bayes Brian A Minitti Michael P Weber Peter M |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA. |
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Abstract: | Rotations about its three carbon-nitrogen bonds give triethylamine a complex, 3-dimensional potential energy landscape of conformeric structures. Electronic excitation to Rydberg states prepares the molecule in a high-energy, nonequilibrium distribution of such conformers, initiating ultrafast transitions between them. Time-resolved Rydberg electron binding energy spectra, observed using photoionization-photoelectron spectroscopy with ultrashort laser pulses, reveal these time-evolving structures. The time-dependent structural fingerprint spectra are assigned with the aid of a computational analysis of the potential energy landscape. Upon 209 nm electronic excitation to the 3p Rydberg state, triethylamine decays to 3s with a 200 fs time constant. The initially prepared conformer reacts to a mixture of structures with a time constant of 232 fs and settles into a final geometry distribution on a further subpicosecond time scale. The binding energy of the Rydberg electron is found to be an important determinant of the conformeric energy landscape. |
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