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Clarke CJ, Verlet JRR. Dynamics of Anions: From Bound to Unbound States and Everything In Between. Annu Rev Phys Chem 2024; 75:89-110. [PMID: 38277700 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-090722-125031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2024]
Abstract
Gas-phase anions present an ideal playground for the exploration of excited-state dynamics. They offer control in terms of the mass, extent of solvation, internal temperature, and conformation. The application of a range of ion sources has opened the field to a vast array of anionic systems whose dynamics are important in areas ranging from biology to star formation. Here, we review recent experimental developments in the field of anion photodynamics, demonstrating the detailed insight into photodynamical and electron-capture processes that can be uncovered. We consider the electronic and nuclear ultrafast dynamics of electronically bound excited states along entire reaction coordinates; electronically unbound states showing that photochemical concepts, such as chromophores and Kasha's rule, are transferable to electron-driven chemistry; and nonvalence states that straddle the interface between bound and unbound states. Finally, we consider likely developments that are sure to keep the field of anion dynamics buoyant and impactful.
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- Connor J Clarke
- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom;
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom;
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Ameixa J, Arthur-Baidoo E, Pereira-da-Silva J, Ončák M, Ruivo J, Varella MDN, Ferreira da Silva F, Denifl S. Parent anion radical formation in coenzyme Q 0: Breaking ubiquinone family rules. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2022; 21:346-353. [PMID: 36582437 PMCID: PMC9792397 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2022.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
We report electron attachment (EA) measurements for the parent anion radical formation from coenzyme Q0 (CoQ0) at low electron energies (<2 eV) along with quantum chemical calculations. CoQ0 may be considered a prototype for the electron withdrawing properties of the larger CoQ n molecules, in particular ubiquinone (CoQ10), an electron carrier in aerobic cell respiration. Herein, we show that the mechanisms for the parent anion radical formation of CoQ0 and CoQ n (n = 1,2,4) are remarkably distinct. Reported EA data for CoQ1, CoQ2, CoQ4 and para-benzoquinone indicated stabilization of the parent anion radicals around 1.2-1.4 eV. In contrast, we observe for the yield of the parent anion radical of CoQ0 a sharp peak at ∼ 0 eV, a shoulder at 0.07 eV and a peak around 0.49 eV. Although the mechanisms for the latter feature remain unclear, our calculations suggest that a dipole bound state (DBS) would account for the lower energy signals. Additionally, the isoprenoid side chains in CoQ n (n = 1,2,4) molecules seem to influence the DBS formation for these compounds. In contrast, the side chains enhance the parent anion radical stabilization around 1.4 eV. The absence of parent anion radical formation around 1.4 eV for CoQ0 can be attributed to the short auto-ionization lifetimes. The present results shed light on the underappreciated role played by the side chains in the stabilization of the parent anion radical. The isoprenoid tails should be viewed as co-responsible for the electron-accepting properties of ubiquinone, not mere spectators of electron transfer reactions.
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- J. Ameixa
- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25/3, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria,CEFITEC, Department of Physics, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal,Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25/3, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25/3, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria,Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25/3, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- CEFITEC, Department of Physics, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25/3, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1731, 05508-090 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1731, 05508-090 São Paulo, Brazil,Corresponding authors at: Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25/3, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria (S. Denifl).
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- CEFITEC, Department of Physics, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal,Corresponding authors at: Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25/3, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria (S. Denifl).
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25/3, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria,Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25/3, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria,Corresponding authors at: Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25/3, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria (S. Denifl).
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Ameixa J, Arthur‐Baidoo E, Pereira‐da‐Silva J, Ruivo JC, T. do N. Varella M, Beyer MK, Ončák M, Ferreira da Silva F, Denifl S. Formation of Temporary Negative Ions and Their Subsequent Fragmentation upon Electron Attachment to CoQ 0 and CoQ 0 H 2. Chemphyschem 2022; 23:e202100834. [PMID: 35146888 PMCID: PMC9306667 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202100834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
Ubiquinone molecules have a high biological relevance due to their action as electron carriers in the mitochondrial electron transport chain. Here, we studied the dissociative interaction of free electrons with CoQ0 , the smallest ubiquinone derivative with no isoprenyl units, and its fully reduced form, 2,3-dimethoxy-5-methylhydroquinone (CoQ0 H2 ), an ubiquinol derivative. The anionic products produced upon dissociative electron attachment (DEA) were detected by quadrupole mass spectrometry and studied theoretically through quantum chemical and electron scattering calculations. Despite the structural similarity of the two studied molecules, remarkably only a few DEA reactions are present for both compounds, such as abstraction of a neutral hydrogen atom or the release of a negatively charged methyl group. While the loss of a neutral methyl group represents the most abundant reaction observed in DEA to CoQ0 , this pathway is not observed for CoQ0 H2 . Instead, the loss of a neutral OH radical from the CoQ0 H2 temporary negative ion is observed as the most abundant reaction channel. Overall, this study gives insights into electron attachment properties of simple derivatives of more complex molecules found in biochemical pathways.
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- João Ameixa
- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte PhysikLeopold-Franzens Universität InnsbruckTechnikerstraße 256020InnsbruckAustria,Center for Biomolecular Sciences Innsbruck (CMBI)Leopold-Franzens Universität InnsbruckTechnikerstraße 256020InnsbruckAustria,Centre of Physics and Technological ResearchDepartamento de FísicaFaculdade de Ciências e TecnologiaUniversidade NOVA de Lisboa2829-516CaparicaPortugal
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte PhysikLeopold-Franzens Universität InnsbruckTechnikerstraße 256020InnsbruckAustria,Center for Biomolecular Sciences Innsbruck (CMBI)Leopold-Franzens Universität InnsbruckTechnikerstraße 256020InnsbruckAustria
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- Centre of Physics and Technological ResearchDepartamento de FísicaFaculdade de Ciências e TecnologiaUniversidade NOVA de Lisboa2829-516CaparicaPortugal
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- Instituto de FísicaUniversidade de São PauloRua do Matão 173105508-090São PauloBrazil
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte PhysikLeopold-Franzens Universität InnsbruckTechnikerstraße 256020InnsbruckAustria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte PhysikLeopold-Franzens Universität InnsbruckTechnikerstraße 256020InnsbruckAustria
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- Centre of Physics and Technological ResearchDepartamento de FísicaFaculdade de Ciências e TecnologiaUniversidade NOVA de Lisboa2829-516CaparicaPortugal
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte PhysikLeopold-Franzens Universität InnsbruckTechnikerstraße 256020InnsbruckAustria,Center for Biomolecular Sciences Innsbruck (CMBI)Leopold-Franzens Universität InnsbruckTechnikerstraße 256020InnsbruckAustria
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Pshenichnyuk SA, Modelli A, Asfandiarov NL, Komolov AS. Ionizing radiation and natural constituents of living cells: Low-energy electron interaction with coenzyme Q analogs. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:111103. [PMID: 32962391 DOI: 10.1063/5.0022188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Resonance electron attachment to short-tail analogs of coenzyme Q10 is investigated in the electron energy range 0 eV-14 eV under gas-phase conditions by means of dissociative electron attachment spectroscopy. Formation of long-lived (milliseconds) molecular negative ions is detected at 1.2 eV, but not at thermal energy. A huge increase in the electron detachment time as compared with the reference para-benzoquinone (40 µs) is ascribed to the presence of the isoprene side chains. Elimination of a neutral CH3 radical is found to be the most intense decay detected on the microsecond time scale. The results give some insight into the timescale of electron-driven processes stimulated in living tissues by high-energy radiation and are of importance in prospective fields of radiobiology and medicine.
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- Stanislav A Pshenichnyuk
- Institute of Molecule and Crystal Physics, Ufa Federal Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospekt Oktyabrya 151, 450075 Ufa, Russia
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- Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Molecule and Crystal Physics, Ufa Federal Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospekt Oktyabrya 151, 450075 Ufa, Russia
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- St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab. 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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Verlet JRR, Anstöter CS, Bull JN, Rogers JP. Role of Nonvalence States in the Ultrafast Dynamics of Isolated Anions. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:3507-3519. [PMID: 32233436 PMCID: PMC7212518 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c01260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nonvalence states
of neutral molecules (Rydberg states) play important
roles in nonadiabatic dynamics of excited states. In anions, such
nonadiabatic transitions between nonvalence and valence states have
been much less explored even though they are believed to play important
roles in electron capture and excited state dynamics of anions. The
aim of this Feature Article is to provide an overview of recent experimental
observations, based on time-resolved photoelectron imaging, of valence
to nonvalence and nonvalence to valence transitions in anions and
to demonstrate that such dynamics may be commonplace in the excited
state dynamics of molecular anions and cluster anions.
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- Jan R R Verlet
- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Norwich Research Park, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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da Costa RF, Ruivo JC, Kossoski F, Varella MTDN, Bettega MHF, Jones DB, Brunger MJ, Lima MAP. An ab initio investigation for elastic and electronically inelastic electron scattering from para-benzoquinone. J Chem Phys 2018; 149:174308. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5050622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- R. F. da Costa
- Centro de Ciências Exatas, Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 29075-910 Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin”, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1731, 05508-090 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin”, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1731, 05508-090 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin”, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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Kregel SJ, Garand E. Ground and low-lying excited states of phenoxy, 1-naphthoxy, and 2-naphthoxy radicals via anion photoelectron spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2018; 149:074309. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5045685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Steven J. Kregel
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Anstöter CS, Gartmann TE, Stanley LH, Bochenkova AV, Verlet JRR. Electronic structure of the para-dinitrobenzene radical anion: a combined 2D photoelectron imaging and computational study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:24019-24026. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp04877k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
2D photoelectron spectroscopy combined with high-level ab initio calculations provides insights into the dissociative electron attachment of para-dinitrobenzene.
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- Cate S. Anstöter
- Department of Chemistry
- Durham University
- Durham DH1 3LE
- UK
- Department of Chemistry
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Kunitsa AA, Granovsky AA, Bravaya KB. CAP-XMCQDPT2 method for molecular electronic resonances. J Chem Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4982950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Stanley LH, Anstöter CS, Verlet JRR. Resonances of the anthracenyl anion probed by frequency-resolved photoelectron imaging of collision-induced dissociated anthracene carboxylic acid. Chem Sci 2017; 8:3054-3061. [PMID: 28451374 PMCID: PMC5380881 DOI: 10.1039/c6sc05405f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2016] [Accepted: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The use of CID and photoelectron spectroscopy of organic carboxylic acid anions is discussed as a route to studying the dynamics of resonances in polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) anions.
Resonances in polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) anions are key intermediates in a number of processes such as electron transfer in organic electronics and electron attachment in the interstellar medium. Here we present a frequency- and angle-resolved photoelectron imaging study of the 9-anthracenyl anion generated through collision induced dissociation (CID) of its electrosprayed deprotonated anthracene carboxylic acid anion. We show that a number of π* resonances are active in the first 2.5 eV above the threshold. The photoelectron spectra and angular distributions revealed that nuclear dynamics compete with autodetachment for one of the resonances, while higher-lying resonances were dominated by prompt autodetachment. Based on electronic structure calculations, these observations were accounted for on the basis of the expected autodetachment rates of the resonances. Virtually no ground state recovery was observed, suggesting that the smallest deprotonated PAH that leads to ground state recovery is the tetracenyl anion, for which clear thermionic emission has been observed. The use of CID and photodissociation of organic carboxylic acid anions is discussed as a route to studying the dynamics of resonances in larger PAH anions.
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- Department of Chemistry , Durham University , Durham DH1 3LE , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , Durham University , Durham DH1 3LE , UK .
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Bull JN, Verlet JRR. Dynamics of π*-resonances in anionic clusters of para-toluquinone. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:26589-26595. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp03628k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Frequency-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy applied to mass-selected cluster anions is an insightful approach to characterise the dynamics of π*-resonances with microsolvation.
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- James N. Bull
- Department of Chemistry
- Durham University
- Durham DH1 3LE
- UK
- School of Chemistry
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West CW, Bull JN, Verlet JRR. Charged Particle Imaging of the Deprotonated Octatrienoic Acid Anion: Evidence for a Photoinduced Cyclization Reaction. J Phys Chem Lett 2016; 7:4635-4640. [PMID: 27809535 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b02302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Photoelectron spectroscopy of the deprotonated octatrienoic acid anion, [C7H9-CO2]-, shows the formation of [C7H9]- and loss of H- at hν = 4.13 eV. Using velocity map imaging, the H- fragment was characterized to have a Boltzmann-like kinetic energy distribution consistent with dissociation on a ground electronic state. Similar dynamics were not observed at hν = 4.66 eV even though there is clear evidence for recovery of the ground electronic state of [C7H9-CO2]-. In accord with supporting electronic structure calculations, the production of H- at hν = 4.13 eV is explained by excited-state dissociation of CO2 to form [C7H9]-, which subsequently undergoes a ring-closure isomerization reaction to yield toluene and H-. These data represent the first evidence for a photoinduced ring-closing isomerization reaction in an anionic polyene and provides an interesting example of the rich anion dynamics that can occur in the detachment continuum and that can influence photochemistry.
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- Christopher W West
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University , Kitashirakawa Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne , Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Durham , Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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Anstöter CS, Bull JN, Verlet JR. Ultrafast dynamics of temporary anions probed through the prism of photodetachment. INT REV PHYS CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/0144235x.2016.1203522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Bull JN, West CW, Verlet JRR. Ultrafast dynamics of formation and autodetachment of a dipole-bound state in an open-shell π-stacked dimer anion. Chem Sci 2016; 7:5352-5361. [PMID: 30155188 PMCID: PMC6020752 DOI: 10.1039/c6sc01062h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2016] [Accepted: 04/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Isolated π-stacked dimer radical anions present the simplest model of an excess electron in a π-stacked environment. Here, frequency-, angle-, and time-resolved photoelectron imaging together with electronic structure calculations have been used to characterise the π-stacked coenzyme Q0 dimer radical anion and its exited state dynamics. In the ground electronic state, the excess electron is localised on one monomer with a planar para-quinone ring, which is solvated by the second monomer in which carbonyl groups are bent out of the para-quinone ring plane. Through the π-stacking interaction, the dimer anion exhibits a number of charge-transfer (intermolecular) valence-localised resonances situated in the detachment continuum that undergo efficient internal conversion to a cluster dipole-bound state (DBS) on a ∼60 fs timescale. In turn, the DBS undergoes vibration-mediated autodetachment on a 2.0 ± 0.2 ps timescale. Experimental vibrational structure and supporting calculations assign the intermolecular dynamics to be facilitated by vibrational wagging modes of the carbonyl groups on the non-planar monomer. At photon energies ∼0.6-1.0 eV above the detachment threshold, a competition between photoexcitation of an intermolecular resonance leading to the DBS, and photoexcitation of an intramolecular resonance leading to monomer-like dynamics further illustrates the π-stacking specific dynamics. Overall, this study provides the first direct observation of both internal conversion of resonances into a DBS, and characterisation of a vibration-mediated autodetachment in real-time.
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- James N Bull
- Department of Chemistry , Durham University , South Road , Durham DH1 3LE , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , Durham University , South Road , Durham DH1 3LE , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , Durham University , South Road , Durham DH1 3LE , UK .
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Kunitsa AA, Bravaya KB. Electronic structure of the para-benzoquinone radical anion revisited. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:3454-62. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp06476g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Photoinduced processes in para-benzoquinone anion are studied with multistate multireference perturbation theory: an interplay between autodetachment and internal conversion.
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- Alexander A. Kunitsa
- Department of Chemistry
- Boston University
- Boston
- USA
- Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics
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Bull JN, West CW, Verlet JRR. Internal conversion outcompetes autodetachment from resonances in the deprotonated tetracene anion continuum. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:32464-71. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp05388a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Resonances in deprotonated tetracene decay predominantly to the anion ground state.
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