Infrared spectroscopy of jet-cooled tautomeric dimer of 7-azaindole: a model system for the ground-state double proton transfer reaction

J Phys Chem A. 2010 Mar 11;114(9):3199-206. doi: 10.1021/jp909337w.

Abstract

To investigate the ground-state double proton transfer (GSDPT) reaction, we carried out a laser spectroscopic study on the tautomeric dimer of 7-azaindole in a supersonic jet. We have recorded an infrared (IR) spectrum of the tautomeric dimer in the S(0) state. The NH band exhibits a broad and less-structured pattern. The band pattern is discussed on the basis of the hierarchical vibrational interaction mechanism. As a result, much higher density of state (DOS) at the NH stretch level is expected than that of the normal dimer. Such a high DOS should be related to the anharmonicity of the potential energy surface near the barrier of the GSDPT reaction. To get more information, an N-D deuteration effect is examined. In the present experiment, five deuterated dimers are identified by visible-visible or IR-visible population labeling spectroscopy. The IR band pattern of the NH-ND dimer is very different from that of the NH-NH dimer. Among several N-D deuteration effects, a change in a condition between the inter- or intramolecular vibrational energy flows due to the single N-D deuteration is considered to be important.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation*
  • Dimerization
  • Fluorescence
  • Indoles / chemistry*
  • Models, Chemical*
  • Protons*
  • Quantum Theory*
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared

Substances

  • 7-azaindole dimer
  • Indoles
  • Protons