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Torres-Boy A, Taccone MI, Kirschbaum C, Ober K, Stein T, Meijer G, von Helden G. Investigation of the Proton-Bound Dimer of Dihydrogen Phosphate and Formate Using Infrared Spectroscopy in Helium Droplets. J Phys Chem A 2024; 128:4456-4466. [PMID: 38771224 PMCID: PMC11163467 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.4c01632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2024] [Revised: 05/03/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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Understanding the structural and dynamic properties of proton-bound complexes is crucial for elucidating fundamental aspects of chemical reactivity and molecular interactions. In this work, the proton-bound complex between dihydrogen phosphate and formate, and its deuterated counterparts, is investigated using IR action spectroscopy in helium droplets. Contrary to the initial expectation that the stronger phosphoric acid would donate a proton to formate, both experiment and theory show that all exchangeable protons are located in the phosphate moiety. The experimental spectra show good agreement with both scaled harmonic and VPT2 anharmonic calculations, indicating that anharmonic effects are small. Some H-bending modes of the nondeuterated complex are found to be sensitive to the helium environment. In the case of the partially deuterated complexes, the experiments indicate that internal dynamics leads to isomeric interconversion upon IR excitation.
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- Fritz
Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz
Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- Institute
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität
Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz
Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute
of Chemistry and Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Fritz
Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz
Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Spencer RJ, Zhanserkeev AA, Yang EL, Steele RP. The Near-Sightedness of Many-Body Interactions in Anharmonic Vibrational Couplings. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:15376-15392. [PMID: 38771156 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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Couplings between vibrational motions are driven by electronic interactions, and these couplings carry special significance in vibrational energy transfer, multidimensional spectroscopy experiments, and simulations of vibrational spectra. In this investigation, the many-body contributions to these couplings are analyzed computationally in the context of clathrate-like alkali metal cation hydrates, including Cs+(H2O)20, Rb+(H2O)20, and K+(H2O)20, using both analytic and quantum-chemistry potential energy surfaces. Although the harmonic spectra and one-dimensional anharmonic spectra depend strongly on these many-body interactions, the mode-pair couplings were, perhaps surprisingly, found to be dominated by one-body effects, even in cases of couplings to low-frequency modes that involved the motion of multiple water molecules. The origin of this effect was traced mainly to geometric distortion within water monomers and cancellation of many-body effects in differential couplings, and the effect was also shown to be agnostic to the identity of the ion. These outcomes provide new understanding of vibrational couplings and suggest the possibility of improved computational methods for the simulation of infrared and Raman spectra.
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- Ryan J Spencer
- Department of Chemistry and Henry Eyring Center for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Henry Eyring Center for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Henry Eyring Center for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Henry Eyring Center for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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Otaki H, Ishiuchi SI, Fujii M, Sugita Y, Yagi K. Similarity scores of vibrational spectra reveal the atomistic structure of pentapeptides in multiple basins. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:9906-9914. [PMID: 38477212 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp00064a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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Vibrational spectroscopy combined with theoretical calculations is a powerful tool for analyzing the interaction and conformation of peptides at the atomistic level. Nonetheless, identifying the structure becomes increasingly difficult as the peptide size grows large. One example is acetyl-SIVSF-N-methylamide, a capped pentapeptide, whose atomistic structure has remained unknown since its first observation [T. Sekiguchi, M. Tamura, H. Oba, P. Çarçarbal, R. R. Lozada-Garcia, A. Zehnacker-Rentien, G. Grégoire, S. Ishiuchi and M. Fujii, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 5626-5629]. Here, we propose a novel conformational search method, which exploits the structure-spectrum correlation using a similarity score that measures the agreement of theoretical and experimental spectra. Surprisingly, the two conformers have distinctly different energy and geometry. The second conformer is 25 kJ mol-1 higher in energy than the other, lowest-energy conformer. The result implies that there are multiple pathways in the early stage of the folding process: one to the global minimum and the other to a different basin. Once such a structure is established, the second conformer is unlikely to overcome the barrier to produce the most stable structure due to a vastly different hydrogen bond network of the backbone. Our proposed method can characterize the lowest-energy conformer and kinetically trapped, high-energy conformers of complex biomolecules.
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- Hiroki Otaki
- Center for Bioinformatics and Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan
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- Theoretical Molecular Science Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
- Computational Biophysics Research Team, RIKEN Center for Computational Science, 7-1-26 Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
- Laboratory for Biomolecular Function Simulation, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, 1-6-5 Minatojima-Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
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- Theoretical Molecular Science Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
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Martínez-Haya B, Avilés-Moreno JR, Gámez F, Martens J, Oomens J, Berden G. Correlated proton dynamics in hydrogen bonding networks: the benchmark case of 3-hydroxyglutaric acid. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 26:198-208. [PMID: 38053486 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp04514e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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Proton and hydrogen-bonded networks sustain a broad range of structural and charge transfer processes in supramolecular materials. The modelling of proton dynamics is however challenging and demands insights from prototypical benchmark systems. The intramolecular H-bonding networks induced by either protonation or deprotonation of 3-hydroxyglutaric acid provide intriguing case studies of correlated proton dynamics. The vibrational signatures associated with the fluxional proton bonding and its coupling with the hydroxyglutaric backbone are investigated here with infrared action ion spectroscopy experiments and Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics (BOMD) computations. Despite the formally similar symmetry of protonated and deprotonated hydroxyglutaric acid, the relative proton affinities of the oxygen centers of the carboxylic and carboxylate groups with respect to that of the central hydroxyl group lead to distinct proton dynamics. In the protonated acid, a tautomeric arrangement of the type HOCO·[HOH]+·OCOH is preferred with the proton binding tighter to the central hydroxyl moiety and the electronic density being shared between the two nearly symmetric H-bonds with the carboxylic end groups. In the deprotonated acid, the asymmetric [OCO]-·HO·HOCO configuration is more stable, with a stronger H-bonding on the bare carboxylate end. Both systems display active backbone dynamics and concerted Grothuss-like proton motions, leading to diffuse band structures in their vibrational spectra. These features are accurately reproduced by the BOMD computations.
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- Bruno Martínez-Haya
- Center for Nanoscience and Sustainable Technologies (CNATS), Universidad Pablo de Olavide, E-41013 Seville, Spain.
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- Department of Applied Physical Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física, Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Radboud University, Toernooiveld 7, 6525ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Radboud University, Toernooiveld 7, 6525ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Radboud University, Toernooiveld 7, 6525ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Tsybizova A, Fritsche L, Miloglyadova L, Kräutler B, Chen P. Cryogenic Ion Vibrational Predissociation (CIVP) Spectroscopy of Aryl Cobinamides in the Gas Phase: How Good Are the Calculations for Vitamin B 12 Derivatives? J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:19561-19570. [PMID: 37656981 PMCID: PMC10510309 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/03/2023]
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Aryl corrins represent a novel class of designed B12 derivatives with biological properties of "antivitamins B12". In our previous study, we experimentally determined bond strength in a series of aryl-corrins by the threshold collision-induced dissociation experiments (T-CID) and compared the measured bond dissociation energies (BDEs) with those calculated with density functional theory (DFT). We found that the BDEs are modulated by the side chains around the periphery of the corrin unit. Given that aryl cobinamides have many side chains that increase their conformational space and that the question of a specific structure, measured in the gas phase, was important for further evaluation of our T-CID experiment, we proceeded to analyze structural properties of aryl cobinamides using cryogenic ion vibrational predissociation (CIVP) spectroscopy, static DFT, and Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamic (BOMD) simulations. We found that none of the examined DFT models could reproduce the CIVP spectra convincingly; both "static" DFT calculations and "dynamic" BOMD simulations provide a surprisingly poor representation of the vibrational spectra, specifically of the number, position, and intensity of bands assigned to hydrogen-bonded versus non-hydrogen-bonded NH and OH moieties. We conclude that, for a flexible molecule with ca. 150 atoms, more accurate approaches are needed before definitive conclusions about computed properties, specifically the structure of the ground-state conformer, may be made.
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- Alexandra Tsybizova
- Laboratorium
für Organische Chemie, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium
für Organische Chemie, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium
für Organische Chemie, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80/82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Laboratorium
für Organische Chemie, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Yoshizawa K, Hirata K, Ishiuchi SI, Fujii M, Zehnacker A. Do Stereochemical Effects Overcome a Charge-Induced Perturbation in Isolated Protonated Cyclo(Tyr-Tyr)? J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:6387-6394. [PMID: 36098637 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c03789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Two diastereomers of the protonated diketopiperazine (DKP) dipeptide cyclo(Tyr-Tyr), namely, cyclo(LTyr-LTyr)H+ and cyclo(LTyr-DTyr)H+, are studied in a cryogenic ion trap by means of IR photodissociation spectroscopy combined with quantum chemical calculations. The two diastereomers have similar structures in which one of the rings is folded over the DKP ring and the other one is extended in a trans geometry, allowing a strong OH+···π interaction to take place. This contrasts to the observation of a stacked geometry for neutral cyclo(LTyr-LTyr) only under supersonic expansion conditions that do not exist for cyclo(LTyr-DTyr). In the protonated form, the strength of the OH+···π interaction is different for the two diastereomers, resulting in a ∼110 cm-1 difference in the ν(OH+) frequency and a smaller but clearly identifiable difference in the protonated amide ν(NH) frequency. Stereochemical effects are therefore still evidenced despite the strong perturbation due to the excess charge.
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- Koki Yoshizawa
- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan.,School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan.,Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan.,Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan.,School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan.,International Research Frontiers Initiative (IRFI), Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- International Research Frontiers Initiative (IRFI), Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan.,Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay (ISMO), CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay F-91405, France
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Albertini S, Gruber E, Zappa F, Krasnokutski S, Laimer F, Scheier P. Chemistry and physics of dopants embedded in helium droplets. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2022; 41:529-567. [PMID: 33993543 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Revised: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Helium droplets represent a cold inert matrix, free of walls with outstanding properties to grow complexes and clusters at conditions that are perfect to simulate cold and dense regions of the interstellar medium. At sub-Kelvin temperatures, barrierless reactions triggered by radicals or ions have been observed and studied by optical spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. The present review summarizes developments of experimental techniques and methods and recent results they enabled.
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- Simon Albertini
- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Laboratory Astrophysics Group of the MPI for Astronomy, University of Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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McNary CP, Demireva M, Martens J, Berden G, Oomens J, Hamlow LA, Rodgers MT, Armentrout PB. Infrared multiple photon dissociation action spectroscopy of protonated unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine and proton-bound dimers of hydrazine and unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:25877-25885. [PMID: 34766618 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp03781a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The gas-phase structures of protonated unsymmetrical 1,1-dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) and the proton-bound dimers of UDMH and hydrazine are examined by infrared multiple photon dissociation (IRMPD) action spectroscopy utilizing light generated by a free electron laser and an optical parametric oscillator laser system. To identify the structures present in the experimental studies, the measured IRMPD spectra are compared to spectra calculated at the B3LYP-GD3BJ/6-311+G(d,p) level of theory. These comparisons show that protonated UDMH binds the proton at the methylated nitrogen atom (α) with two low-lying α conformers probably being populated. For (UDMH)2H+, the proton is shared between the methylated nitrogen atoms with several low-lying α conformers likely to be populated. Higher-lying conformers of (UDMH)2H+ in which the proton is shared between α and β (unmethylated) nitrogen atoms cannot be ruled out on the basis of the IRPMD spectrum. For (N2H4)2H+, there are four low-lying conformers that all reproduce the IRMPD spectrum reasonably well. As hydrazine and UDMH see usage as fuels for rocket engines, such spectra are potentially useful as a means of remotely monitoring rocket launches, especially in cases of unsuccessful launches where environmental hazards need to be assessed.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
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- Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Toernooiveld 7, 6525ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Toernooiveld 7, 6525ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Toernooiveld 7, 6525ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
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Thomas DA, Taccone M, Ober K, Mucha E, Meijer G, von Helden G. Helium Nanodroplet Infrared Action Spectroscopy of the Proton-Bound Dimer of Hydrogen Sulfate and Formate: Examining Nuclear Quantum Effects. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:9279-9287. [PMID: 34652165 PMCID: PMC8558860 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c05705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The proton-bound dimer of hydrogen sulfate and formate is an archetypal structure for ionic hydrogen-bonding complexes that contribute to biogenic aerosol nucleation. Of central importance for the structure and properties of this complex is the location of the bridging proton connecting the two conjugate base moieties. The potential energy surface for bridging proton translocation features two local minima, with the proton localized at either the formate or hydrogen sulfate moiety. However, electronic structure methods reveal a shallow potential energy surface governing proton translocation, with a barrier on the order of the zero-point energy. This shallow potential complicates structural assignment and necessitates a consideration of nuclear quantum effects. In this work, we probe the structure of this complex and its isotopologues, utilizing infrared (IR) action spectroscopy of ions captured in helium nanodroplets. The IR spectra indicate a structure in which a proton is shared between the hydrogen sulfate and formate moieties, HSO4-···H+···-OOCH. However, because of the nuclear quantum effects and vibrational anharmonicities associated with the shallow potential for proton translocation, the extent of proton displacement from the formate moiety remains unclear, requiring further experiments or more advanced theoretical treatments for additional insight.
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- Daniel A Thomas
- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Gui S, Jiang L, Liu ZF. Evolution of the linker in microhydrated hydrogen dinitrate anions: From H + to H 5 O 2. J Comput Chem 2021; 42:1514-1525. [PMID: 33990989 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.26560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 04/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hydrogen dinitrate anion, HNO3 (NO3 - ), is a proton-bound dimer with a very strong hydrogen bond. By employing ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) method, we studied the effects of the proton transfer and the rotation of the nitrates on the vibrational profiles of HNO3 (NO3 - )(H2 O)n (n = 0-2). The AIMD results indicate that the structure of the n = 0 cluster is very flexible, even though its hydrogen bond is quite strong. Significant rotations around the hydrogen bond and frequent transfers of proton from HNO3 to NO3 - are observed in AIMD simulations. Dynamic changes are therefore an important factor in understanding the broadening of vibrational features. For n = 1, the extent of structural fluctuation increases further, as H2 O could move around the anion while the HNO3 (NO3 - ) core also goes through structural changes. Its vibrational spectrum can be understood as a mixture of many isomers visited during AIMD simulations. By n = 2, the structure is stabilized around one isomer, with the linker between the two nitrates being H5 O2 + , rather than H+ . Due to strong hydrogen bonds between nitrates and water molecules, this H5 O2 + takes the extraordinary structure with the H+ localized on one H2 O, rather than being shared. While this novel structure is stable during AIMD simulations, the dynamic fluctuations in hydrogen bond distances still produce significant broadening in its vibrational profile.
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- Shaojun Gui
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Scientific Modeling and Computation, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy and Materials (iChEM), Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Scientific Modeling and Computation, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.,CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
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Pascher TF, Ončák M, van der Linde C, Beyer MK. Infrared multiple photon dissociation spectroscopy of anionic copper formate clusters. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:184301. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0030034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Tobias F. Pascher
- Institut für Ionen und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionen und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionen und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionen und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Thomas DA, Chang R, Mucha E, Lettow M, Greis K, Gewinner S, Schöllkopf W, Meijer G, von Helden G. Probing the conformational landscape and thermochemistry of DNA dinucleotide anions via helium nanodroplet infrared action spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:18400-18413. [PMID: 32797142 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp02482a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Isolation of biomolecules in vacuum facilitates characterization of the intramolecular interactions that determine three-dimensional structure, but experimental quantification of conformer thermochemistry remains challenging. Infrared spectroscopy of molecules trapped in helium nanodroplets is a promising methodology for the measurement of thermochemical parameters. When molecules are captured in a helium nanodroplet, the rate of cooling to an equilibrium temperature of ca. 0.4 K is generally faster than the rate of isomerization, resulting in "shock-freezing" that kinetically traps molecules in local conformational minima. This unique property enables the study of temperature-dependent conformational equilibria via infrared spectroscopy at 0.4 K, thereby avoiding the deleterious effects of spectral broadening at higher temperatures. Herein, we demonstrate the first application of this approach to ionic species by coupling electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) with helium nanodroplet infrared action spectroscopy to probe the structure and thermochemistry of deprotonated DNA dinucleotides. Dinucleotide anions were generated by ESI, confined in an ion trap at temperatures between 90 and 350 K, and entrained in traversing helium nanodroplets. The infrared action spectra of the entrained ions show a strong dependence on pre-pickup ion temperature, consistent with the preservation of conformer population upon cooling to 0.4 K. Non-negative matrix factorization was utilized to identify component conformer infrared spectra and determine temperature-dependent conformer populations. Relative enthalpies and entropies of conformers were subsequently obtained from a van't Hoff analysis. IR spectra and conformer thermochemistry are compared to results from ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) and electronic structure methods. The implementation of ESI-MS as a source of dopant molecules expands the diversity of molecules accessible for thermochemical measurements, enabling the study of larger, non-volatile species.
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- Daniel A Thomas
- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
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Lettow M, Grabarics M, Greis K, Mucha E, Thomas DA, Chopra P, Boons GJ, Karlsson R, Turnbull JE, Meijer G, Miller RL, von Helden G, Pagel K. Cryogenic Infrared Spectroscopy Reveals Structural Modularity in the Vibrational Fingerprints of Heparan Sulfate Diastereomers. Anal Chem 2020; 92:10228-10232. [PMID: 32658472 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c02048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Heparan sulfate and heparin are highly acidic polysaccharides with a linear sequence, consisting of alternating glucosamine and hexuronic acid building blocks. The identity of hexuronic acid units shows a variability along their sequence, as d-glucuronic acid and its C5 epimer, l-iduronic acid, can both occur. The resulting backbone diversity represents a major challenge for an unambiguous structural assignment by mass spectrometry-based techniques. Here, we employ cryogenic infrared spectroscopy on mass-selected ions to overcome this challenge and distinguish isomeric heparan sulfate tetrasaccharides that differ only in the configuration of their hexuronic acid building blocks. High-resolution infrared spectra of a systematic set of synthetic heparan sulfate stereoisomers were recorded in the fingerprint region from 1000 to 1800 cm-1. The experiments reveal a characteristic combination of spectral features for each of the four diastereomers studied and imply structural modularity in the vibrational fingerprints. Strong spectrum-structure correlations were found and rationalized by state-of-the-art quantum chemical calculations. The findings demonstrate the potential of cryogenic infrared spectroscopy to extend the mass spectrometry-based toolkit for the sequencing of heparan sulfate and structurally related biomolecules.
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- Maike Lettow
- Department of Molecular Physics, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany.,Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Physics, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany.,Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Physics, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany.,Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Physics, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Physics, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States.,Department of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Science, and Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Copenhagen Centre for Glycomics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N 2200, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Centre for Glycomics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N 2200, Denmark.,Centre for Glycobiology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Physics, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Copenhagen Centre for Glycomics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N 2200, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Physics, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Physics, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany.,Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Pascher TF, Ončák M, van der Linde C, Beyer MK. UV/Vis Spectroscopy of Copper Formate Clusters: Insight into Metal-Ligand Photochemistry. Chemistry 2020; 26:8286-8295. [PMID: 32155292 PMCID: PMC7384192 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202000280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The electronic structure and photochemistry of copper formate clusters, CuI2(HCO2)3− and CuIIn(HCO2)2n+1−, n≤8, are investigated in the gas phase by using UV/Vis spectroscopy in combination with quantum chemical calculations. A clear difference in the spectra of clusters with CuI and CuII copper ions is observed. For the CuI species, transitions between copper d and s/p orbitals are recorded. For stoichiometric CuII formate clusters, the spectra are dominated by copper d–d transitions and charge‐transfer excitations from formate to the vacant copper d orbital. Calculations reveal the existence of several energetically low‐lying isomers, and the energetic position of the electronic transitions depends strongly on the specific isomer. The oxidation state of the copper centers governs the photochemistry. In CuII(HCO2)3−, fast internal conversion into the electronic ground state is observed, leading to statistical dissociation; for charge‐transfer excitations, specific excited‐state reaction channels are observed in addition, such as formyloxyl radical loss. In CuI2(HCO2)3−, the system relaxes to a local minimum on an excited‐state potential‐energy surface and might undergo fluorescence or reach a conical intersection to the ground state; in both cases, this provides substantial energy for statistical decomposition. Alternatively, a CuII(HCO2)3Cu0− biradical structure is formed in the excited state, which gives rise to the photochemical loss of a neutral copper atom.
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- Tobias F Pascher
- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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Lee JS, Cinanni N, Di Cristofaro N, Lee S, Dillenburg R, Adamo KB, Mondal T, Barrowman N, Shanmugam G, Timmons BW, Longmuir PW. Parents of Very Young Children with Congenital Heart Defects Report Good Quality of Life for Their Children and Families Regardless of Defect Severity. Pediatr Cardiol 2020; 41:46-53. [PMID: 31701166 DOI: 10.1007/s00246-019-02220-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate parent reports of quality of life for their very young children with congenital heart defects (CHD) and to compare their scores to previously published data. Parents of children 1-3 years old with CHD or innocent heart murmurs completed the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) core, cardiac, and family impact modules. Multivariable regression analyses assessed the impact of age, sex, family income, and CHD treatment history (study group) on PedsQL scores. Correlations between family impact and core/cardiac modules were examined. PedsQL scores were compared to healthy norms. 140 parents of young children participated within four study groups: CHD no treatment (n = 44), CHD treatment without bypass (n = 26), CHD treatment with bypass (n = 42) ,and innocent heart murmurs (n = 28). Male sex was associated with higher core (F = 4.16, p = 0.04, σ2 = .03) and cardiac quality of life (F = 4.41, p = .04, σ2 = 0.04). Higher family income was associated with higher family quality of life (F = 8.89, p < .01, σ2 = 0.13). Parents of children with innocent heart murmurs and children with CHD not requiring treatment had higher core quality of life compared to young healthy children. Cardiac-related quality of life scores were associated with family impact (r = 0.68) and core module (r = 0.63) quality of life scores. Parents of very young children with CHD report good quality of life for their children and families. Quality of life exceeds in children with innocent murmurs or CHD not requiring repair. Parents report a lower quality of life among girls, and lower family quality of life is associated with lower family income.
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- J S Lee
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, RI#1-214, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1, Canada. .,Faculty of Health Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, RI#1-214, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1, Canada
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, RI#1-214, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1, Canada.,Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.,McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, Canada
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, RI#1-214, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1, Canada.,Faculty of Health Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.,McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, Canada
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, RI#1-214, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1, Canada
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.,McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, Canada
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, RI#1-214, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L1, Canada.,Faculty of Health Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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AbstractFormic acid dimer as the prototypical doubly hydrogen-bonded gas-phase species is discussed from the perspective of the three translational and the three rotational degrees of freedom which are lost when two formic acid molecules form a stable complex. The experimental characterisation of these strongly hindered translations and rotations is reviewed, as are attempts to describe the associated fundamental vibrations, their combinations, and their thermal shifts by different electronic structure calculations and vibrational models. A remarkable match is confirmed for the combination of a CCSD(T)-level harmonic treatment and an MP2-level anharmonic VPT2 correction. Qualitatively correct thermal shifts of the vibrational spectra can be obtained from classical molecular dynamics in CCSD(T)-quality force fields. A detailed analysis suggests that this agreement between experiment and composite theoretical treatment is not strongly affected by fortuitous error cancellation but fully converged variational treatments of the six pair or intermolecular modes and their overtones and combinations in this model system would be welcome.
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Tabacchi G, Fabbiani M, Mino L, Martra G, Fois E. The Case of Formic Acid on Anatase TiO 2 (101): Where is the Acid Proton? Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:12431-12434. [PMID: 31310450 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201906709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Carboxylic-acid adsorption on anatase TiO2 is a relevant process in many technological applications. Yet, despite several decades of investigations, the acid-proton localization-either on the molecule or on the surface-is still an open issue. By modeling the adsorption of formic acid on top of anatase(101) surfaces, we highlight the formation of a short strong hydrogen bond. In the 0 K limit, the acid-proton behavior is ruled by quantum delocalization effects in a single potential well, while at ambient conditions, the proton undergoes a rapid classical shuttling in a shallow two-well free-energy profile. This picture, supported by agreement with available experiments, shows that the anatase surface acts like a protecting group for the carboxylic acid functionality. Such a new conceptual insight might help rationalize chemical processes involving carboxylic acids on oxide surfaces.
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- Gloria Tabacchi
- Department of Science and High Technology, University of Insubria and INSTM, via Valleggio 9, I-22100, Como, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanostructured Interfaces and Surfaces NIS interdepartmental centre, University of Torino, via P. Giuria 7, I-10125, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanostructured Interfaces and Surfaces NIS interdepartmental centre, University of Torino, via P. Giuria 7, I-10125, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanostructured Interfaces and Surfaces NIS interdepartmental centre, University of Torino, via P. Giuria 7, I-10125, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Science and High Technology, University of Insubria and INSTM, via Valleggio 9, I-22100, Como, Italy
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Tabacchi G, Fabbiani M, Mino L, Martra G, Fois E. The Case of Formic Acid on Anatase TiO
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(101): Where is the Acid Proton? Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201906709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Gloria Tabacchi
- Department of Science and High TechnologyUniversity of Insubria and INSTM via Valleggio 9 I-22100 Como Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanostructured Interfaces and Surfaces NIS interdepartmental centreUniversity of Torino via P. Giuria 7 I-10125 Torino Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanostructured Interfaces and Surfaces NIS interdepartmental centreUniversity of Torino via P. Giuria 7 I-10125 Torino Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Nanostructured Interfaces and Surfaces NIS interdepartmental centreUniversity of Torino via P. Giuria 7 I-10125 Torino Italy
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- Department of Science and High TechnologyUniversity of Insubria and INSTM via Valleggio 9 I-22100 Como Italy
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Thaunay F, Calvo F, Nicol E, Ohanessian G, Clavaguéra C. Infrared Spectra of Deprotonated Dicarboxylic Acids: IRMPD Spectroscopy and Empirical Valence‐Bond Modeling. Chemphyschem 2019; 20:803-814. [PMID: 30695125 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201800947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Revised: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Experimental infrared multiple-photon dissociation (IRMPD) spectra recorded for a series of deprotonated dicarboxylic acids, HO2 (CH2 )n CO 2 - (n=2-4), are interpreted using a variety of computational methods. The broad bands centered near 1600 cm-1 can be reproduced neither by static vibrational calculations based on quantum chemistry nor by a dynamical description of individual structures using the many-body polarizable AMOEBA force field, strongly suggesting that these molecules experience dynamical proton sharing between the two carboxylic ends. To confirm this assumption, AMOEBA was combined with a two-state empirical valence-bond (EVB) model to allow for proton transfer in classical molecular dynamics simulations. Upon suitable parametrization based on ab initio reference data, the EVB-AMOEBA model satisfactorily reproduces the experimental infrared spectra, and the finite temperature dynamics reveals a significant amount of proton sharing in such systems.
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- LIPhyUniversité Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LiPhy 38000 Grenoble France
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- LCM, CNRSEcole Polytechnique 91128 Palaiseau Cedex France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie PhysiqueCNRS – Université Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay 15 avenue Jean Perrin 91405 Orsay Cedex France
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Schwarz H, Asmis KR. Identification of Active Sites and Structural Characterization of Reactive Ionic Intermediates by Cryogenic Ion Trap Vibrational Spectroscopy. Chemistry 2019; 25:2112-2126. [PMID: 30623993 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201805836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2018] [Revised: 01/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Cryogenic ion trap vibrational spectroscopy paired with quantum chemistry currently represents the most generally applicable approach for the structural investigation of gaseous cluster ions that are not amenable to direct absorption spectroscopy. Here, we give an overview of the most popular variants of infrared action spectroscopy and describe the advantages of using cryogenic ion traps in combination with messenger tagging and vibrational predissociation spectroscopy. We then highlight a few recent studies that apply this technique to identify highly reactive ionic intermediates and to characterize their reactive sites. We conclude by commenting on future challenges and potential developments in the field.
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- Helmut Schwarz
- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Wilhelm-Ostwald Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Leipzig, Linnéstr. 2, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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Zou L, Qiao Y, Li CM. Boosting Microbial Electrocatalytic Kinetics for High Power Density: Insights into Synthetic Biology and Advanced Nanoscience. ELECTROCHEM ENERGY R 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s41918-018-0020-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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