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Heo I, Lee JC, Özer BR, Schultz T. Mass-Correlated High-Resolution Spectra and the Structure of Benzene. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:8278-8283. [PMID: 36036614 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Mass-correlated rotational alignment spectroscopy resolved the rotational Raman spectra for 5 benzene isotopologues with unprecedented resolution. 13-C isotopologues were characterized at natural abundance. Fitted rotational constants allowed the analysis of effective and equilibrium bond lengths for benzene with sub-mÅ uncertainties. We found that previously reported experimental structures were wrong by multiple mÅ, due to unrecognized H/D isotope effects. Our results also refute recent experimental and theoretical literature claims of identical effective C-H and C-D bond lengths in benzene and reveal an isotope effect similar to that in other small molecules.
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Affiliation(s)
- In Heo
- Advanced Materials Research Building 103-413, 50 UNIST-gil, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan 44919, South Korea
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- Advanced Materials Research Building 103-413, 50 UNIST-gil, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan 44919, South Korea
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- Advanced Materials Research Building 103-413, 50 UNIST-gil, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan 44919, South Korea
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- Advanced Materials Research Building 103-413, 50 UNIST-gil, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan 44919, South Korea
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Pogonin AE, Otlyotov AA, Minenkov Y, Semeikin AS, Zhabanov YA, Shlykov SA, Girichev GV. Molecular Structure of Nickel Octamethylporphyrin—Rare Experimental Evidence of a Ruffling Effect in Gas Phase. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 23:ijms23010320. [PMID: 35008747 PMCID: PMC8745403 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23010320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The structure of a free nickel (II) octamethylporphyrin (NiOMP) molecule was determined for the first time through a combined gas-phase electron diffraction (GED) and mass spectrometry (MS) experiment, as well as through quantum chemical (QC) calculations. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations do not provide an unambiguous answer about the planarity or non-planar distortion of the NiOMP skeleton. The GED refinement in such cases is non-trivial. Several approaches to the inverse problem solution were used. The obtained results allow us to argue that the ruffling effect is manifested in the NiOMP molecule. The minimal critical distance between the central atom of the metal and nitrogen atoms of the coordination cavity that provokes ruffling distortion in metal porphyrins is about 1.96 Å.
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- Alexander E. Pogonin
- Department of Nanomaterials and Ceramic Technology, Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Sheremetevsky Avenue 7, 153000 Ivanovo, Russia
- Correspondence: (A.E.P.); (G.V.G.); Tel.: +7-4932-30-0960 (A.E.P.); +7-4932-35-9874 (G.V.G.)
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- Department of Physics, Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Sheremetevsky Avenue 7, 153000 Ivanovo, Russia; (A.A.O.); (Y.A.Z.)
- N.N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kosygina Street 4, 119991 Moscow, Russia;
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- N.N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kosygina Street 4, 119991 Moscow, Russia;
- Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, 13-2 Izhorskaya Street, 125412 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Sheremetevsky Avenue 7, 153000 Ivanovo, Russia;
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- Department of Physics, Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Sheremetevsky Avenue 7, 153000 Ivanovo, Russia; (A.A.O.); (Y.A.Z.)
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- Department of Physical and Colloidal Chemistry, Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Sheremetevsky Avenue 7, 153000 Ivanovo, Russia;
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- Department of Physics, Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Sheremetevsky Avenue 7, 153000 Ivanovo, Russia; (A.A.O.); (Y.A.Z.)
- Correspondence: (A.E.P.); (G.V.G.); Tel.: +7-4932-30-0960 (A.E.P.); +7-4932-35-9874 (G.V.G.)
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