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Fusè M, Mazzeo G, Bloino J, Longhi G, Abbate S. Pushing measurements and interpretation of VCD spectra in the IR, NIR and visible ranges to the detectability and computational complexity limits. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2024; 305:123496. [PMID: 37832448 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2023.123496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
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(R)-Limonene VCD and IR absorption spectra for neat liquid samples are considered from 900 to 16,000 cm-1, using mostly data by Nafie et al. up to 10,000 cm-1 and from previous investigations of the Brescia group. New VCD data are recorded in the merely overtone and combination region between 1800 and 2400 cm-1 and for the Δn= 6 overtone CH-stretching region above 15,000 cm-1. The GVPT2 anharmonic DFT calculations permit satisfactory interpretation of the fundamental + overtone/combination of deformation modes in the mid-IR up to 3500 cm-1. The GVPT2 approach is also used for the first CH-stretching overtone regions together with their combination with deformation modes up to 9000 cm-1. Then the local-mode approach developed within the DFT protocol is employed in all the CH-stretching regions (fundamental + overtones) and is found to satisfactorily account for the observed spectra, justifying the constant VCD pattern observed for all overtones. On the basis of the local-mode model the components of the bisignate VCD spectrum are attributed to the stretchings of the axial and equatorial CH bonds in α-position with respect to the ring CC double bond.
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- Marco Fusè
- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università di Brescia, Viale Europa 11, 25123, Brescia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università di Brescia, Viale Europa 11, 25123, Brescia, Italy
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- Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri, 56125, Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università di Brescia, Viale Europa 11, 25123, Brescia, Italy; Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO), CNR, Research Unit of Brescia, c/o CSMT, VIA Branze 45, 25123, Brescia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università di Brescia, Viale Europa 11, 25123, Brescia, Italy; Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO), CNR, Research Unit of Brescia, c/o CSMT, VIA Branze 45, 25123, Brescia, Italy.
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Sun W, Schnell M. Microwave Three-Wave Mixing Spectroscopy of Chiral Molecules in Weakly Bound Complexes. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:7389-7394. [PMID: 37566689 PMCID: PMC10461301 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
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Since the first experimental implementation in 2013, microwave three-wave mixing has emerged as a robust spectroscopic approach for analyzing and controlling chiral molecules in the gas phase. This resonant, coherent, and nonlinear technique is based on the three-dimensional light-matter interaction in the electric dipole approximation, allowing for isomer- and conformer-selective chiral analysis with high resolution. Here we demonstrate the utility of microwave three-wave mixing for analyzing a molecular complex, limonene-H2O, which serves as a compelling example of addressing its potential to improve the chiral sensitivity for only weakly polar chiral molecules. The use of molecular complexes can also extend the applicability of microwave three-wave mixing to chiral systems that are not in the C1 point group.
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- Wenhao Sun
- Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Institute
of Physical Chemistry, Christian-Albrechts-Universität
zu Kiel, Max-Eyth-Strasse
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Satterthwaite L, Koumarianou G, Carroll PB, Sedlik RJ, Wang I, McCarthy MC, Patterson D. Low-Temperature Gas-Phase Kinetics of Ethanol-Methanol Heterodimer Formation. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:4096-4102. [PMID: 37119198 PMCID: PMC10184117 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c01312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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The structures of gas-phase noncovalently bound clusters have long been studied in supersonic expansions. This method of study, while providing a wealth of information about the nature of noncovalent bonds, precludes observation of the formation of the cluster, as the clusters form just after the orifice of the pulsed valve. Here, we directly observe formation of ethanol-methanol dimers via microwave spectroscopy in a controlled cryogenic environment. Time profiles of the concentration of reagents in the cell yielded gas-phase reaction rate constants of kMe-g = (2.8 ± 1.4) × 10-13 cm3 molecule-1 s-1 and kMe-t = (1.6 ± 0.8) × 10-13 cm3 molecule-1 s-1 for the pseudo-second-order ethanol-methanol dimerization reaction at 8 K. The relaxation cross section between the gauche and trans conformers of ethanol was also measured using the same technique. In addition, thermodynamic relaxation between conformers of ethanol over time allowed for selection of conformer stoichiometry in the ethanol-methanol dimerization reaction, but no change in the ratio of dimer conformers was observed with changing ethanol monomer stoichiometry.
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- Lincoln Satterthwaite
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Building 232, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Building 232, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Physics Department, Broida Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Physics Department, Broida Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Physics Department, Broida Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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Dual-comb optical activity spectroscopy for the analysis of vibrational optical activity induced by external magnetic field. Nat Commun 2023; 14:883. [PMID: 36797264 PMCID: PMC9935641 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36509-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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Optical activity (OA) spectroscopy is a powerful tool to characterize molecular chirality, explore the stereo-specific structure and study the solution-state conformation of biomolecules, which is widely utilized in the fields of molecular chirality, pharmaceutics and analytical chemistry. Due to the considerably weak effect, OA spectral analysis has high demands on measurement speed and sensitivity, especially for organic biomolecules. Moreover, gas-phase OA measurements require higher resolution to resolve Doppler-limited profiles. Here, we show the unmatched potential of dual-comb spectroscopy (DCS) in magnetic optical activity spectroscopy (MOAS) of gas-phase molecules with the resolution of hundred-MHz level and the high-speed measurement of sub-millisecond level. As a demonstration, we achieved the rapid, high-precision and high-resolution MOAS measurement of the nitrogen dioxide [Formula: see text]+[Formula: see text] band and the nitric oxide overtone band, which can be used to analyze fine structure of molecules. Besides, the preliminary demonstration of liquid-phase chiroptical activity (as weak as 10-5) has been achieved with several seconds of sampling time, which could become a routine approach enabling ultrafast dynamics analysis of chiral structural conformations.
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A Scent of Peppermint—A Microwave Spectroscopy Analysis on the Composition of Peppermint Oil. Symmetry (Basel) 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/sym14061262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Essential oils have a vast number of applications in different areas of our daily life. Detailed chiral analysis and structural characterization of their constituents remains an important subject in analytical chemistry. Here, we report on a broadband rotational spectroscopy study of peppermint oil in the frequency range 2–8 GHz. We focus on an unambiguous determination of the excess enantiomers of the oil constituents menthone and isomenthone in the oil by applying chirality-sensitive rotational spectroscopy, the so-called microwave three-wave mixing (M3WM) technique. Additionally, a new menthol conformer, not previously characterized, was experimentally observed, and the gas-phase structures of the two conformers of menthol and menthone were determined experimentally based on the assignment of their 13C-isotopologues in natural abundance.
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Quesada-Moreno MM, Fatima M, Medel R, Pérez C, Schnell M. Sniffing out camphor: the fine balance between hydrogen bonding and London dispersion in the chirality recognition with α-fenchol. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:12849-12859. [PMID: 35532923 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp00308b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Binary complexes between the chiral monoterpenoids camphor and α-fenchol were explored with vibrational and rotational jet spectroscopy as well as density functional theory in order to explore how chirality can influence the binding preferences in gas-phase complexes. The global minimum structures of the two diastereomers were assigned. It is found that chirality recognition leads to different compromises in the fine balance between intermolecular interactions. While one isomer features a stronger hydrogen bond, the other one is more tightly arranged and stabilized by larger London dispersion interactions. These new spectroscopic results help understand the influence of chirality in molecular aggregation and unveil the kind of interactions involved between a chiral alcohol and a chiral ketone with large dispersion contributions.
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- María Mar Quesada-Moreno
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany. .,Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Avda. Fuentenueva s/n, 18071, Granada, Spain
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany. .,I. Institute of Physics, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Straße 77, 50937 Köln, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Göttingen, Tammannstr. 6, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany. .,Departamento de Química Física y Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias & I.U. CINQUIMA, Universidad de Valladolid, E-47011 Valladolid, Spain
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany. .,Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Max-Eyth-Straße 1, 24118 Kiel, Germany.
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Construction and Demonstration of a 6–18 GHz Microwave Three-Wave Mixing Experiment Using Multiple Synchronized Arbitrary Waveform Generators. Symmetry (Basel) 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/sym14050848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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This manuscript details the construction and demonstration of the first known microwave three-wave mixing (M3WM) experiment utilizing multiple arbitrary waveform generators (AWGs) completely operable in the 6–18 GHz frequency range for use in chirality determination and quantification. Many M3WM techniques, which involve two orthogonal, subsequent Rabi π/2 and π microwave pulses, suffer from flexibility in pulse types and timings as well as frequency due to most instruments only using one, one-channel AWG and the M3WM probability decreasing with an increasing quantum number, J. In this work, we presented an M3WM instrument that allows that flexibility by introducing multiple, synchronized AWGs and adheres to the high probability transition loop pathways in carvone. The functionality and reliability of the instrument were demonstrated using a series of experiments and mixtures of the R and S enantiomers and determined to be of similar accuracy to other reported M3WM setups with the additional benefit of flexibility in pulsing schemes.
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Singh H, Pinacho P, Obenchain DA, Quesada-Moreno MM, Schnell M. The many forms of alpha-methoxy phenylacetic acid in the gas phase: flexibility, internal dynamics, and their intramolecular interactions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:27312-27320. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp03962a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Five conformers of the flexible molecule alpha-methoxy phenylacetic acid were identified using rotational spectroscopy. The conformational landscape, internal dynamics, and intramolecular interactions were investigated.
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- Himanshi Singh
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Max-Eyth-Str. 1, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institut fur Physikalische Chemie, Universität Göttingen, Tammannstr. 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Avda. Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Max-Eyth-Str. 1, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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Murugachandran SI, Sanz ME. Interactions of limonene with the water dimer. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:26529-26538. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp04174j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The interactions of limonene with the water dimer have been characterised through the identification of seven different isomers.
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- Department of Chemistry, King's College London, London, SE1 1DB, UK
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Neeman EM, Avilés Moreno JR, Huet TR. Gas-phase hydration of nopinone: the interplay between theoretical methods and experiments unveils the conformational landscape. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:18137-18144. [PMID: 34612277 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02717d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The structure of microsolvated nopinone formed in the supersonic jet expansion is investigated in the gas phase. The rotational spectra of nopinone(H2O)n (n = 1, 2, 3) were analysed by means of Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy. In the present study, three monohydrates, two dihydrates and two trihydrates were observed and characterized. The observed structures are the lowest energy conformers predicted by quantum chemical calculations. In all the observed hydrates of nopinone, water was found to be linked to the ketone group (C[double bond, length as m-dash]O) with a strong hydrogen bond (ONOPHW) and finishing with a dispersive one (OWHNOP). The structure of nopinone was found to alter the structure of water dimer and water trimer, which make nopinone be surrounded with a chain of water molecules. A remarkable decrease in the H-bonding length was observed when the number of attached water molecules is increased. Different DFT and ab initio calculations at the equilibrium structure allowed the identification of the observed conformers. Evaluation of the B3LYP-D3 and ωB97X-D results revealed deficiencies in reproducing the structure of one observed monohydrated structure while MP2 and M06-2X reproduce all the three observed structures. A comparison with similar bicyclic ketones highlights how a small change in the bicyclic ring leads to different effects in the microsolvation of biogenic VOCs. This study presents the first step of molecular aggregation to understand the atmospheric formation of aerosols at the molecular scale.
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- Elias M Neeman
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523 - PhLAM - Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, F-59000 Lille, France.
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Hazrah AS, Al-Jabiri M, Speelman R, Jäger W. A rotational spectroscopic and ab initio study of cis- and trans-(-)-carveol: further insights into conformational dynamics in monoterpenes and monoterpenoids. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:15159-15168. [PMID: 34227619 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02101j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Broadband rotational spectra of cis- and trans-(-)-carveol were recorded using a chirped pulse Fourier transform microwave spectrometer in the 2-6 GHz region. To aid in spectroscopic assignments a theoretical conformational search was carried out using a combination of a two dimensional potential energy scan, scanning over the isopropenyl and hydroxyl groups torsional angles, and the Conformer-Rotamer Ensemble Sampling Tool. The theoretical results yielded a total of 23 conformers for the trans- and 19 for the cis-conformer. Utilizing these results, a total of five conformers could be assigned in the spectra, two for trans- and three for cis-(-)-carveol. In both conformers of trans-carveol, the isopropenyl group is in an equatorial position and adopts the gauche- conformation in one and the the antiperiplanar conformation in the other, with the hydroxyl group in the axial position and adopting the antiperiplanar conformation in both. For cis-carveol the analogous conformers were found but with the hydroxyl in a equatorial position, in addition to an axial isopropenyl conformer. To interpret the experimental intensity patterns and examine conformational cooling effects, transition states were identified using the Synchronous Transit Quasi-Newton method. We found that most of the higher energy conformers cool out to the five experimentally observed ones and the others are too high in energy to be sufficiently populated in the molecular expansion for an experimental observation. To investigate the interesting preference for the axial position of the isopropenyl group in cis-(-)-carveol, which has not been seen before in monoterpenoids, non-covalent interactions and quantum theory of atoms-in-molecules analyses were carried out. These analyses reveal a hydrogen bonding interaction between the hydroxyl group and the isopropenyl π-system. A natural bond orbital analysis of the hydrogen bond allowed us to decompose the interaction into its constituent natural bond orbitals, and to quantify its strength. Although relatively weak, the hydrogen bond tips the balance towards the axial position of the isopropenyl group.
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- Arsh S Hazrah
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada.
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Murugachandran SI, Tang J, Peña I, Loru D, Sanz ME. New Insights into Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation: Water Binding to Limonene. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:1081-1086. [PMID: 33471530 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Limonene is an abundant monoterpene in the atmosphere and one of the main precursors of secondary organic aerosol. Understanding its interactions with atmospheric molecules is crucial to explain aerosol formation and the various products obtained from competing reaction pathways. Here, using broadband rotational spectroscopy in combination with computational calculations, we show that limonene effectively interacts with water, forming a variety of complexes. Seven different isomers of limonene-H2O, where water and limonene are connected by O-H···π and C-H···O interactions, have been unambiguously identified. Water has been found to preferentially bind to the endocyclic double bond of limonene. Our findings demonstrate a striking ability of water to attach to limonene and enrich our knowledge on the possible interactions of limonene in the atmosphere.
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- Department of Chemistry, King's College London, London SE1 1DB, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, King's College London, London SE1 1DB, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, King's College London, London SE1 1DB, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, King's College London, London SE1 1DB, U.K
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Neeman EM, Huet TR. Conformational changes in hydroxyl functional groups upon hydration: the case study of endo fenchol. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:2179-2185. [PMID: 33438689 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp06042a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The hydration of endo-fenchol has been studied in the gas phase using a combination of Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy coupled to a supersonic jet expansion and theoretical calculations in the 2 to 20 GHz range. An endo-fencholwater complex was observed. Multi-isotopic substitutions of deuterated species have also been studied in order to confirm the identity of the observed monohydrated endo-fenchol due to the flexibility of the OH group. Herein, the structure of the observed conformer was unveiled. Water induced an alteration in the arrangement of the hydroxyl group. The observed species is stabilized by a hydrogen bond between one water molecule and the highest energy conformer of endo-fenchol, which was not observed in our previous study of the fenchol monomer. This study highlights the flexibility of alcohol molecules and the effect of the strong (O-HO) and weak (C-HO) hydrogen bonds on the stabilization of the cluster with water.
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- Elias M Neeman
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523 - PhLAM - Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, F-59000 Lille, France.
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Chrayteh M, Huet TR, Dréan P. Microsolvation of myrtenal studied by microwave spectroscopy highlights the role of quasi-hydrogen bonds in the stabilization of its hydrates. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:104304. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0019957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Mhamad Chrayteh
- University of Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523 - PhLAM - Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules, F-59000 Lille, France
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- University of Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523 - PhLAM - Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules, F-59000 Lille, France
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- University of Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523 - PhLAM - Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules, F-59000 Lille, France
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Quesada-Moreno MM, Krin A, Schnell M. Analysis of thyme essential oils using gas-phase broadband rotational spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:26569-26579. [PMID: 31782453 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp05583e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A semi-quantitative analysis of the components of two natural essential oils has been carried out using broadband rotational spectroscopy, which is inherently molecule specific. The samples under study were two thyme essential oils from Spain with different compositions: (a) with thymol as the most abundant species (thyme I) and (b) with linalool and 4-carvomenthenol being the most abundant ones (thyme II). Relative intensity measurements of selected rotational transitions were carried out to estimate the abundances of the different species present in these complex mixtures, taking into account the square of the respective dipole moment components. One strength of rotational spectroscopy is its structure sensitivity. Here, we also re-investigated the microwave spectrum of linalool and determined the accurate experimental gas-phase structures of thymol and linalool through the assignment of all 13C isotopologues of their lowest energy conformers. A characteristic splitting pattern of the rotational transitions due to internal rotation of two non-equivalent methyl groups of linalool was observed in the thyme II spectrum. Their internal rotation barriers were experimentally determined to 4.7703(96) kJ mol-1 and 9.2581(74) kJ mol-1, respectively.
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Leibscher M, Giesen TF, Koch CP. Principles of enantio-selective excitation in three-wave mixing spectroscopy of chiral molecules. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:014302. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5097406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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- Monika Leibscher
- Theoretische Physik, Universität Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Straße 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany
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- Experimentalphysik, Universität Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Straße 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany
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- Theoretische Physik, Universität Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Straße 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany
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Yeh L, Satterthwaite L, Patterson D. Automated, context-free assignment of asymmetric rotor microwave spectra. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:204122. [PMID: 31153211 DOI: 10.1063/1.5085794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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We present a new algorithm, Robust Automated Assignment of Rigid Rotors (RAARR), for assigning rotational spectra of asymmetric tops. The RAARR algorithm can automatically assign experimental spectra under a broad range of conditions, including spectra comprised of multiple mixture components, in ≲100 s. The RAARR algorithm exploits constraints placed by the conservation of energy to find sets of connected lines in an unassigned spectrum. The highly constrained structure of these sets eliminates all but a handful of plausible assignments for a given set, greatly reducing the number of potential assignments that must be evaluated. We successfully apply our algorithm to automatically assign 15 experimental spectra, including 5 previously unassigned species, without prior estimation of molecular rotational constants. In 9 of the 15 cases, the RAARR algorithm successfully assigns two or more mixture components.
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- Lia Yeh
- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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Porterfield JP, Satterthwaite L, Eibenberger S, Patterson D, McCarthy MC. High sensitivity microwave spectroscopy in a cryogenic buffer gas cell. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2019; 90:053104. [PMID: 31153235 DOI: 10.1063/1.5091773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We describe an instrument which can be used to analyze complex chemical mixtures at high resolution and high sensitivity. Molecules are collisionally cooled with helium gas at cryogenic temperatures (∼4-7 K) and subsequently detected using chirped pulse microwave spectroscopy. Here, we demonstrate three significant improvements to the apparatus relative to an earlier version: (1) extension of its operating range by more than a factor of two, from 12-18 GHz to 12-26 GHz, which allows a much wider range of species to be characterized; (2) improved detection sensitivity owing to the use of cryogenically cooled low-noise amplifiers and protection switches; and (3) a versatile method of sample input that enables analysis of solids, liquids, gases, and solutions, without the need for chemical separation (as demonstrated with a 12-16 GHz spectrum of lemon oil). This instrument can record broadband microwave spectra at comparable sensitivity to high Q cavity spectrometers which use pulsed supersonic jets, but up to 3000 times faster with a modest increase in the sample consumption rate.
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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Loru D, Vigorito A, Santos AFM, Tang J, Sanz ME. The axial/equatorial conformational landscape and intramolecular dispersion: new insights from the rotational spectra of monoterpenoids. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:26111-26116. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp05264j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Using rotational spectroscopy and quantum chemistry calculations, we show that intramolecular dispersion stabilises the axial conformers of monoterpenoids, and that an accurate account of these interactions is challenging for theoretical methods.
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- Donatella Loru
- Department of Chemistry
- King's College London
- SE1 1DB London
- UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- King's College London
- SE1 1DB London
- UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- King's College London
- SE1 1DB London
- UK
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Beaulieu S, Comby A, Descamps D, Petit S, Légaré F, Fabre B, Blanchet V, Mairesse Y. Multiphoton photoelectron circular dichroism of limonene with independent polarization state control of the bound-bound and bound-continuum transitions. J Chem Phys 2018; 149:134301. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5042533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- S. Beaulieu
- Université de Bordeaux—CNRS—CEA, CELIA, UMR5107, F33405 Talence, France
- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre EMT, Varennes, Quebec J3X 1S2,
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- Université de Bordeaux—CNRS—CEA, CELIA, UMR5107, F33405 Talence, France
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- Université de Bordeaux—CNRS—CEA, CELIA, UMR5107, F33405 Talence, France
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- Université de Bordeaux—CNRS—CEA, CELIA, UMR5107, F33405 Talence, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre EMT, Varennes, Quebec J3X 1S2,
Canada
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- Université de Bordeaux—CNRS—CEA, CELIA, UMR5107, F33405 Talence, France
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- Université de Bordeaux—CNRS—CEA, CELIA, UMR5107, F33405 Talence, France
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- Université de Bordeaux—CNRS—CEA, CELIA, UMR5107, F33405 Talence, France
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Rafiee Fanood MM, Ganjitabar H, Garcia GA, Nahon L, Turchini S, Powis I. Intense Vibronic Modulation of the Chiral Photoelectron Angular Distribution Generated by Photoionization of Limonene Enantiomers with Circularly Polarized Synchrotron Radiation. Chemphyschem 2018; 19:921-933. [PMID: 29266631 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201701248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Photoionization of the chiral monoterpene limonene has been investigated using polarized synchrotron radiation between the adiabatic ionization threshold, 8.505 and 23.5 eV. A rich vibrational structure is seen in the threshold photoelectron spectrum and is interpreted using a variety of computational methods. The corresponding photoelectron circular dichroism-measured in the photoelectron angular distribution as a forward-backward asymmetry with respect to the photon direction-was found to be strongly dependent on the vibronic structure appearing in the photoelectron spectra, with the observed asymmetry even switching direction in between the major vibrational peaks. This effect can be ultimately attributed to the sensitivity of this dichroism to small phase shifts between adjacent partial waves of the outgoing photoelectron. These observations have implications for potential applications of this chiroptical technique, where the enantioselective analysis of monoterpene components is of particular interest.
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- Mohammad M Rafiee Fanood
- LaserLaB Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Current address: Department of Imaging Physics, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ, Delft, The Netherlands
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, l'Orme des Merisiers, Saint Aubin BP 48, 91192, Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, l'Orme des Merisiers, Saint Aubin BP 48, 91192, Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
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- Istituto Struttura della Materia-CNR (ISM-CNR), Via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133, Roma, Italy
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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Neeman EM, Avilés-Moreno JR, Huet TR. The quasi-unchanged gas-phase molecular structures of the atmospheric aerosol precursor β-pinene and its oxidation product nopinone. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 19:13819-13827. [PMID: 28508899 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp01298e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The rotational spectra of the two bicyclic molecules β-pinene and its oxidation product nopinone were investigated in the gas phase, using Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy coupled to a supersonic jet, in the 2-20 GHz range. The parent species and all heavy atom isotopologues have been observed in their natural abundance. The spectroscopic parameters of the ground states were determined from a Watson's Hamiltonian in the A reduction. The rotational constants were used together with geometrical parameters obtained from ab initio calculations to determine the r0 and r structures of the skeletons, without any structural assumption in the fit concerning the heavy atoms. Comparison with solid phase and other bicyclic monoterpenes unveiled an unprecedented complete set of geometrical parameters for the rigid cages. The structures of β-pinene and nopinone are very close, except for the substituents at C2. In the gas phase C2 is a centre of planarity in both molecules.
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- E M Neeman
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523 - PhLAM - Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, F-59000 Lille, France.
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Domingos SR, Pérez C, Medcraft C, Pinacho P, Schnell M. Flexibility unleashed in acyclic monoterpenes: conformational space of citronellal revealed by broadband rotational spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 18:16682-9. [PMID: 27298210 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp02876d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Conformational flexibility is intrinsically related to the functionality of biomolecules. Elucidation of the potential energy surface is thus a necessary step towards understanding the mechanisms for molecular recognition such as docking of small organic molecules to larger macromolecular systems. In this work, we use broadband rotational spectroscopy in a molecular jet experiment to unravel the complex conformational space of citronellal. We observe fifteen conformations in the experimental conditions of the molecular jet, the highest number of conformers reported to date for a chiral molecule of this size using microwave spectroscopy. Studies of relative stability using different carrier gases in the supersonic expansion reveal conformational relaxation pathways that strongly favour ground-state structures with globular conformations. This study provides a blueprint of the complex conformational space of an important biosynthetic precursor and gives insights on the relation between its structure and biological functionality.
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- Sérgio R Domingos
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany. and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany and The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany. and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany and The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany.
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany. and Department of Physical Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany. and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany and The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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Neeman EM, Huet TR. Identification of the maze in the conformational landscape of fenchol. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:24708-24715. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp04011g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The conformational landscape of the bicyclic molecule fenchol (C10H18O, 1,3,3-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-ol) – a biogenic volatile organic compound – was identified thanks to rotational spectroscopy and quantum chemical modelling.
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- E. M. Neeman
- Univ. Lille
- CNRS, UMR 8523 – PhLAM – Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules
- F-59000 Lille
- France
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- Univ. Lille
- CNRS, UMR 8523 – PhLAM – Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules
- F-59000 Lille
- France
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Neeman EM, Avilés Moreno JR, Huet TR. The gas phase structure of α-pinene, a main biogenic volatile organic compound. J Chem Phys 2017; 147:214305. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5003726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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- Elias M. Neeman
- University of Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523–PhLAM–Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, F-59000 Lille, France
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- University of Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523–PhLAM–Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, F-59000 Lille, France
- Department of Physical, Chemical, and Natural Systems, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, E-41013 Seville, Spain
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- University of Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523–PhLAM–Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, F-59000 Lille, France
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Krin A, Pérez C, Pinacho P, Quesada-Moreno MM, López-González JJ, Avilés-Moreno JR, Blanco S, López JC, Schnell M. Structure Determination, Conformational Flexibility, Internal Dynamics, and Chiral Analysis of Pulegone and Its Complex with Water. Chemistry 2017; 24:721-729. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201704644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Anna Krin
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron; Notkestrasse 85 22607 Hamburg Germany
- Max-Planck Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie; Luruper Chaussee 149 22761 Hamburg Germany
- Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Institute of Physical Chemistry; Max-Eyth-Str. 1 24118 Kiel Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron; Notkestrasse 85 22607 Hamburg Germany
- Max-Planck Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie; Luruper Chaussee 149 22761 Hamburg Germany
- Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Institute of Physical Chemistry; Max-Eyth-Str. 1 24118 Kiel Germany
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- Departamento de Química Física y Química Inorgánica; Universidad de Valladolid; Paseo Belen 7 47011 Valladolid Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física y Analítica; Universidad de Jaén; Campus Las Lagunillas E-23071 Jaen Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física y Analítica; Universidad de Jaén; Campus Las Lagunillas E-23071 Jaen Spain
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- Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales; Universidad Pablo de Olavide Sevilla; Carretera de Utrera Km 1 E-41013 Seville Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física y Química Inorgánica; Universidad de Valladolid; Paseo Belen 7 47011 Valladolid Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física y Química Inorgánica; Universidad de Valladolid; Paseo Belen 7 47011 Valladolid Spain
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron; Notkestrasse 85 22607 Hamburg Germany
- Max-Planck Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie; Luruper Chaussee 149 22761 Hamburg Germany
- Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Institute of Physical Chemistry; Max-Eyth-Str. 1 24118 Kiel Germany
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Loru D, Bermúdez MA, Sanz ME. Structure of fenchone by broadband rotational spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2017; 145:074311. [PMID: 27544109 DOI: 10.1063/1.4961018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The bicyclic terpenoid fenchone (C10H16O, 1,3,3-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one) has been investigated by chirped pulse Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy in the 2-8 GHz frequency region. The parent species and all heavy atom isotopologues have been observed in their natural abundance. The experimental rotational constants of all isotopic species observed have been determined and used to obtain the substitution (rs) and effective (r0) structures of fenchone. Calculations at the B3LYP, M06-2X, and MP2 levels of theory with different basis sets were carried out to check their performance against experimental results. The structure of fenchone has been compared with those of norbornane (bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane) and the norbornane derivatives camphor (1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one) and camphene (3,3-dimethyl-2-methylenebicyclo[2.2.1]heptane), both with substituents at C2. The structure of fenchone is remarkably similar to those of camphor and camphene. Comparison with camphor allows identification of changes in ∠CCC angles due to the different position of the methyl groups. All norbornane derivatives display similar structural changes with respect to norbornane. These changes mainly affect the bond lengths and angles of the six-membered rings, indicating that the substituent at C2 drives structural adjustments to minimise ring strain after its introduction.
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- Donatella Loru
- Department of Chemistry, King's College London, London SE1 1DB, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, King's College London, London SE1 1DB, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, King's College London, London SE1 1DB, United Kingdom
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Loru D, Quesada-Moreno MM, Avilés-Moreno JR, Jarman N, Huet TR, López-González JJ, Sanz ME. Conformational Flexibility of Limonene Oxide Studied By Microwave Spectroscopy. Chemphyschem 2016; 18:274-280. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201600991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2016] [Revised: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Donatella Loru
- Department of Chemistry; King's College London; London United Kingdom
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- University of Jaen; Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry; Campus Las Lagunillas E-23071 Jaen Spain
- PhLAM, UMR8523 CNRS-; Université Lille 1; Bâtiment P5 F-59655 Villeneuve D'Ascq Cedex France
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- Department of Chemistry; King's College London; London United Kingdom
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- PhLAM, UMR8523 CNRS-; Université Lille 1; Bâtiment P5 F-59655 Villeneuve D'Ascq Cedex France
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- University of Jaen; Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry; Campus Las Lagunillas E-23071 Jaen Spain
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- Department of Chemistry; King's College London; London United Kingdom
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Rafiee Fanood MM, Janssen MHM, Powis I. Wavelength dependent photoelectron circular dichroism of limonene studied by femtosecond multiphoton laser ionization and electron-ion coincidence imaging. J Chem Phys 2016; 145:124320. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4963229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- LaserLaB Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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Calabrese C, Gou Q, Maris A, Melandri S, Caminati W. Conformational Equilibrium and Internal Dynamics of E-Anethole: A Rotational Study. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:6587-91. [PMID: 27341010 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b04883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The rotational spectra of the two conformers of E-anethole have been investigated using the free jet broadband millimeter-wave spectroscopic technique combined with theoretical calculations. Anti and syn conformers differ for the relative orientation of the propenyl and methoxy chains, with all heavy atoms coplanar to the benzene ring. Relative intensity measurements prove that the anti form is the global minimum, about 2.0(5) kJ mol(-1) lower in energy with respect to the syn conformer, solving the contrasting results supplied by different theoretical methods. For both conformers, the barriers to internal rotation of the propenyl -CH3 group are low enough to generate fully resolved A-E splittings of the rotational transitions. The corresponding V3 barriers have been determined to be 7.080(5) and 6.978(4) kJ mol(-1), respectively.
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- Camilla Calabrese
- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician" dell'Università , Via Selmi 2, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician" dell'Università , Via Selmi 2, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician" dell'Università , Via Selmi 2, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician" dell'Università , Via Selmi 2, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician" dell'Università , Via Selmi 2, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
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Drayna GK, Hallas C, Wang K, Domingos SR, Eibenberger S, Doyle JM, Patterson D. Direct Time‐Domain Observation of Conformational Relaxation in Gas‐Phase Cold Collisions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:4957-61. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201600030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Garrett K. Drayna
- Department of Physics Harvard University Cambridge MA 02138 USA
- Department of Chemistry Harvard University Cambridge MA 02138 USA
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- Department of Physics Harvard University Cambridge MA 02138 USA
- Department of Chemistry Harvard University Cambridge MA 02138 USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie Luruper Chaussee 149 22761 Hamburg Germany
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science Notkestrasse 85 22607 Hamburg Germany
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- Department of Physics Harvard University Cambridge MA 02138 USA
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- Department of Physics Harvard University Cambridge MA 02138 USA
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Drayna GK, Hallas C, Wang K, Domingos SR, Eibenberger S, Doyle JM, Patterson D. Direct Time‐Domain Observation of Conformational Relaxation in Gas‐Phase Cold Collisions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201600030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Garrett K. Drayna
- Department of Physics Harvard University Cambridge MA 02138 USA
- Department of Chemistry Harvard University Cambridge MA 02138 USA
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- Department of Physics Harvard University Cambridge MA 02138 USA
- Department of Chemistry Harvard University Cambridge MA 02138 USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie Luruper Chaussee 149 22761 Hamburg Germany
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science Notkestrasse 85 22607 Hamburg Germany
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- Department of Physics Harvard University Cambridge MA 02138 USA
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- Department of Physics Harvard University Cambridge MA 02138 USA
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Shubert VA, Schmitz D, Pérez C, Medcraft C, Krin A, Domingos SR, Patterson D, Schnell M. Chiral Analysis Using Broadband Rotational Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem Lett 2016; 7:341-350. [PMID: 26745342 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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broadband microwave spectroscopy is a proven tool to precisely determine molecular properties of gas-phase molecules. Recent developments make it applicable to investigate chiral molecules. Enantiomers can be differentiated, and the enantiomeric excess and, indirectly, the absolute configuration can be determined in a molecule-selective manner. The resonant character and high resolution of rotational spectroscopy provide a unique mixture compatibility. Future directions, such as extending the technique to chemical analysis, are discussed.
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- V Alvin Shubert
- Max-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie , Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science , Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie , Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science , Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie , Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science , Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg , Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie , Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science , Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie , Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science , Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie , Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science , Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg , Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie , Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science , Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg , Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
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Schmitz D, Shubert VA, Giuliano BM, Schnell M. The broadband microwave spectra of the monoterpenoids thymol and carvacrol: conformational landscape and internal dynamics. J Chem Phys 2015; 141:034304. [PMID: 25053317 DOI: 10.1063/1.4887337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The rotational spectra of the monoterpenoids thymol and carvacrol are reported in the frequency range 2-8.5 GHz, obtained with broadband Fourier-transform microwave spectroscopy. For carvacrol four different conformations were identified in the cold conditions of the molecular jet, whereas only three conformations were observed for thymol. The rotational constants and other molecular parameters are reported and compared with quantum chemical calculations. For both molecules, line splittings due to methyl group internal rotation were observed and the resulting barrier heights could be determined. The experimental barrier heights, 4.0863(25) kJ/mol for trans-carvacrol-A, 4.4024(16) kJ/mol for trans-carvacrol-B, and 0.3699(11) kJ/mol for trans-thymol-A, are compared with similar molecules.
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- D Schmitz
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Astrobiology, INTA-CSIC, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg, Germany
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Schmitz D, Shubert VA, Betz T, Schnell M. Exploring the conformational landscape of menthol, menthone, and isomenthone: a microwave study. Front Chem 2015; 3:15. [PMID: 25815287 PMCID: PMC4355985 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2015.00015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2014] [Accepted: 02/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The rotational spectra of the monoterpenoids menthol, menthone, and isomenthone are reported in the frequency range of 2–8.5 GHz, obtained with broadband Fourier-transform microwave spectroscopy. For menthol only one conformation was identified under the cold conditions of the molecular jet, whereas three conformations were observed for menthone and one for isomenthone. The conformational space of the different molecules was extensively studied using quantum chemical calculations, and the results were compared with molecular parameters obtained by the measurements. Finally, a computer program is presented, which automatically identifies different species in a dense broadband microwave spectrum using calculated ab initio rotational constants as initial input parameters.
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- David Schmitz
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter Hamburg, Germany ; The Center for Free-Electron Laser Science Hamburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter Hamburg, Germany ; The Center for Free-Electron Laser Science Hamburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter Hamburg, Germany ; The Center for Free-Electron Laser Science Hamburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter Hamburg, Germany ; The Center for Free-Electron Laser Science Hamburg, Germany ; The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, Universität Hamburg Hamburg, Germany
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Rafiee Fanood MM, Janssen MHM, Powis I. Enantioselective femtosecond laser photoionization spectrometry of limonene using photoelectron circular dichroism. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:8614-7. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp00583c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Circularly polarized, femtosecond laser multiphoton ionization can clearly distinguish between the enantiomers of limonene from a 4% chiral asymmetry in the photoelectron angular distribution.
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- School of Chemistry
- University of Nottingham
- Nottingham NG7 2RD
- UK
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Interplay of thermochemistry and structural chemistry, the journal (volume 24, 2013, issues 3–4) and the discipline. Struct Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s11224-014-0492-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Risthaus T, Steinmetz M, Grimme S. Implementation of nuclear gradients of range-separated hybrid density functionals and benchmarking on rotational constants for organic molecules. J Comput Chem 2014; 35:1509-16. [DOI: 10.1002/jcc.23649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2014] [Revised: 05/16/2014] [Accepted: 05/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Tobias Risthaus
- Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Bonn; Beringstr. 4 D-53115 Bonn Germany
- International NRW Graduate School of Chemistry; Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10 D-48149 Münster Germany
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- Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Bonn; Beringstr. 4 D-53115 Bonn Germany
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- Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Bonn; Beringstr. 4 D-53115 Bonn Germany
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Patterson D, Schnell M. New studies on molecular chirality in the gas phase: enantiomer differentiation and determination of enantiomeric excess. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:11114-23. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp00417e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Shubert VA, Schmitz D, Patterson D, Doyle JM, Schnell M. Identifying Enantiomers in Mixtures of Chiral Molecules with Broadband Microwave Spectroscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 53:1152-5. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201306271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Shubert VA, Schmitz D, Patterson D, Doyle JM, Schnell M. Enantiomerenbestimmung chiraler Moleküle in Stoffgemischen mittels Breitband-Mikrowellenspektroskopie. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201306271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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