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Medhi B, Sarma M. Deciphering the Internal Conversion Processes Involved in the Photochemical Ring-Opening of 1,3-Cyclohexadiene by Symmetric sp 2-Carbon Substitutions. J Phys Chem A 2024; 128:2025-2037. [PMID: 38426433 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.4c00406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Chemical substituents hold the potential to markedly influence the photochemical behavior in molecular systems and assist in gaining a comprehensive understanding of nonadiabatic phenomena. In this study, we have conducted a comparative analysis of the influence of chemical substituents on the photochemical ring-opening of 1,3-cyclohexadiene (CHD), considering four systems: CHD, 2,3-dimethylcyclohexadiene (CHD-Me2-1), 1,4-dimethylcyclohexadiene (CHD-Me2-2), and 1,2,3,4-tetramethylcyclohexadiene (CHD-Me4), using electronic structure theory calculations and nonadiabatic molecular dynamics simulations. Employing extended multistate complete active space second-order perturbation (XMS-CASPT2) theory, we optimized reactants, S1 states, conical intersections (CIns), and products, revealing structural and energetic variations consistent with prior research. Nonadiabatic molecular dynamics simulation was used to gain insights into photochemical dynamics at state-averaged complete active space self-consistent field (SA-CASSCF) theory. CHD-Me4 exhibited reduced carbon-carbon single bond rupture rates, responsible for ring-opening, due to substituent proximity. Further, CHD-Me2-2 and CHD-Me4 displayed prolonged excited-state relaxation times, highlighting notable substituents' impact. Analysis of kinetic energy profiles of specific carbon atoms also revealed restrained atomic displacements, particularly in CHD-Me2-2 and CHD-Me4. These findings advance our understanding of how substituents modulate photochemical reactions in cyclohexadiene derivatives, guiding new molecular design and future research.
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- Biman Medhi
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781039, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781039, India
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Sekikawa T, Saito N, Kurimoto Y, Ishii N, Mizuno T, Kanai T, Itatani J, Saita K, Taketsugu T. Real-time observation of the Woodward-Hoffmann rule for 1,3-cyclohexadiene by femtosecond soft X-ray transient absorption. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:8497-8506. [PMID: 36883468 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp05268g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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The stereochemistry of pericyclic reactions is explained by orbital symmetry conservation, referred to as the Woodward-Hoffmann (WH) rule. Although this rule has been verified using the structures of reactants and products, the temporal evolution of the orbital symmetry during the reaction has not been clarified. Herein, we used femtosecond soft X-ray transient absorption spectroscopy to elucidate the thermal pericyclic reaction of 1,3-cyclohexadiene (CHD) molecules, i.e., their isomerization to 1,3,5-hexatriene. In the present experimental scheme, the ring-opening reaction is driven by the thermal vibrational energy induced by photoexcitation to the Rydberg states at 6.2 eV and subsequent femtosecond relaxation to the ground state of CHD molecules. The direction of the ring opening, which can be conrotatory or disrotatory, was the primary focus, and the WH rule predicts the disrotatory pathway in the thermal process. We observed the shifts in K-edge absorption of the carbon atom from the 1s orbital to vacant molecular orbitals around 285 eV at a delay between 340 and 600 fs. Furthermore, a theoretical investigation predicts that the shifts depend on the molecular structures along the reaction pathways and the observed shifts in induced absorption are attributed to the structural change in the disrotatory pathway. This confirms that the orbital symmetry is dynamically conserved in the ring-opening reaction of CHD molecules as predicted using the WH rule.
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- Taro Sekikawa
- Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan.
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan.
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- Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Kizugawa 619-0215, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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Filatov M, Lee S, Nakata H, Choi CH. Signatures of Conical Intersection Dynamics in the Time-Resolved Photoelectron Spectrum of Furan: Theoretical Modeling with an Ensemble Density Functional Theory Method. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:4276. [PMID: 33924097 PMCID: PMC8074317 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22084276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The non-adiabatic dynamics of furan excited in the ππ* state (S2 in the Franck-Condon geometry) was studied using non-adiabatic molecular dynamics simulations in connection with an ensemble density functional method. The time-resolved photoelectron spectra were theoretically simulated in a wide range of electron binding energies that covered the valence as well as the core electrons. The dynamics of the decay (rise) of the photoelectron signal were compared with the excited-state population dynamics. It was observed that the photoelectron signal decay parameters at certain electron binding energies displayed a good correlation with the events occurring during the excited-state dynamics. Thus, the time profile of the photoelectron intensity of the K-shell electrons of oxygen (decay constant of 34 ± 3 fs) showed a reasonable correlation with the time of passage through conical intersections with the ground state (47 ± 2 fs). The ground-state recovery constant of the photoelectron signal (121 ± 30 fs) was in good agreement with the theoretically obtained excited-state lifetime (93 ± 9 fs), as well as with the experimentally estimated recovery time constant (ca. 110 fs). Hence, it is proposed to complement the traditional TRPES observations with the trXPS (or trNEXAFS) measurements to obtain more reliable estimates of the most mechanistically important events during the excited-state dynamics.
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- Michael Filatov
- Department of Chemistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA;
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- R & D Center Kagoshima, Kyocera, 1-4 Kokubu Yamashita-cho, Kirishima-shi, Kagoshima 899-4312, Japan;
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- Department of Chemistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea
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Nitta Y, Schalk O, Igarashi H, Wada S, Tsutsumi T, Saita K, Taketsugu T, Sekikawa T. Real-Time Probing of an Atmospheric Photochemical Reaction by Ultrashort Extreme Ultraviolet Pulses: Nitrous Acid Release from o-Nitrophenol. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:674-679. [PMID: 33393788 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Photolysis of o-nitrophenol, contained in brown carbon, is considered to be a major process for the generation of nitrous acid (HONO) in the atmosphere. In this Letter, we used time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy with 29.5 eV probe pulses and ab initio calculations to disentangle all reaction steps from the excitation to the dissociation of HONO. After excitation, intersystem crossing to the triplet manifold follows ultrafast excited-state intramolecular hydrogen transfer, where the molecules deplanarizes and finally splits off HONO after 0.5-1 ps.
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- Yuki Nitta
- Department of Applied Physics, Hokkaido University, Kita 13 Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Applied Physics, Hokkaido University, Kita 13 Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 10 Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 10 Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 10 Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 10 Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan
- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0021, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, Hokkaido University, Kita 13 Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
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Kotsina N, Townsend D. Improved insights in time-resolved photoelectron imaging. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:10736-10755. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cp00933h] [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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We review new light source developments and data analysis considerations relevant to the time-resolved photoelectron imaging technique. Case studies illustrate how these themes may enhance understanding in studies of excited state molecular dynamics.
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- Nikoleta Kotsina
- Institute of Photonics & Quantum Sciences
- Heriot-Watt University
- Edinburgh
- UK
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- Institute of Photonics & Quantum Sciences
- Heriot-Watt University
- Edinburgh
- UK
- Institute of Chemical Sciences
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Filatov M, Lee S, Nakata H, Choi CH. Structural or population dynamics: what is revealed by the time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of 1,3-cyclohexadiene? A study with an ensemble density functional theory method. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:17567-17573. [PMID: 32716454 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp02963g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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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Time-resolved photoelectron spectra during the photochemical ring-opening reaction of 1,3-cyclohexadiene (CHD) are modeled by an ensemble density functional theory (eDFT) method. The computational methodology employed in this work is capable of correctly describing the multi-reference effects arising in the ground and excited electronic states of molecules, which is important for the correct description of the ring-opening reaction of CHD. The geometries of molecular species along the non-adiabatic molecular dynamics (NAMD) trajectories reported in a previous study of the CHD photochemical ring-opening were used in this work to calculate the ionization energies and the respective Dyson orbitals for all possible ionization channels. The obtained theoretical time-resolved spectra display decay characteristics in a reasonable agreement with the experimental observations; i.e., the decay (and rise) of the most mechanistically significant signals occurs on the timescale of 100-150 fs. This is very different from the excited state population decay characteristics (τS1 = 234 ± 8 fs) obtained in the previous NAMD study. The difference between the population decay and the decay of the photoelectron signal intensity is traced back to the geometric transformation that the molecule undergoes during the photoreaction. This demonstrates the importance of including the geometric information in interpretation of the experimental observations.
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- Michael Filatov
- Department of Chemistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, South Korea.
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Tracking the ultraviolet-induced photochemistry of thiophenone during and after ultrafast ring opening. Nat Chem 2020; 12:795-800. [PMID: 32690894 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-020-0507-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2019] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Photoinduced isomerization reactions lie at the heart of many chemical processes in nature. The mechanisms of such reactions are determined by a delicate interplay of coupled electronic and nuclear dynamics occurring on the femtosecond scale, followed by the slower redistribution of energy into different vibrational degrees of freedom. Here we apply time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy with a seeded extreme ultraviolet free-electron laser to trace the ultrafast ring opening of gas-phase thiophenone molecules following ultraviolet photoexcitation. When combined with ab initio electronic structure and molecular dynamics calculations of the excited- and ground-state molecules, the results provide insights into both the electronic and nuclear dynamics of this fundamental class of reactions. The initial ring opening and non-adiabatic coupling to the electronic ground state are shown to be driven by ballistic S-C bond extension and to be complete within 350 fs. Theory and experiment also enable visualization of the rich ground-state dynamics that involve the formation of, and interconversion between, ring-opened isomers and the cyclic structure, as well as fragmentation over much longer timescales.
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Kotsina N, Candelaresi M, Saalbach L, Zawadzki MM, Crane SW, Sparling C, Townsend D. Short-wavelength probes in time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy: an extended view of the excited state dynamics in acetylacetone. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:4647-4658. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00068j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy using a vacuum ultraviolet probe brings new insight to the excited state dynamics operating in acetylacetone.
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- Nikoleta Kotsina
- Institute of Photonics & Quantum Sciences
- Heriot-Watt University
- Edinburgh
- UK
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- Institute of Photonics & Quantum Sciences
- Heriot-Watt University
- Edinburgh
- UK
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- Institute of Photonics & Quantum Sciences
- Heriot-Watt University
- Edinburgh
- UK
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- Institute of Photonics & Quantum Sciences
- Heriot-Watt University
- Edinburgh
- UK
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- Institute of Photonics & Quantum Sciences
- Heriot-Watt University
- Edinburgh
- UK
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- Institute of Photonics & Quantum Sciences
- Heriot-Watt University
- Edinburgh
- UK
- Institute of Chemical Sciences
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Ito K, Haraguchi E, Kaneshima K, Sekikawa T. Polarimetry of a single-order circularly polarized high harmonic separated by a time-delay compensated monochromator. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:38735-38743. [PMID: 31878635 DOI: 10.1364/oe.382423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 12/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Monochromatic elliptically polarized (CP) ultrashort extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source with higher ellipticity than 0.80 is developed for the investigation of molecular chirality and electromagnetic phenomena. Elliptically polarized 47-nm high harmonic (HH) is monochromatized from the comb spectrum of HHs by a time-delay compensated monochromator (TDCM) consisting of a pair of Pt-coated toroidal gratings. The ellipticity of EUV light, which is higher than 0.10 at high harmonic generation, is compensated by the anisotropies of the diffraction efficiency and of the phase shift of the toroidal gratings. The degree of polarization is also improved by the diffraction on the gratings. Prior to the polarization compensation, the unknown optical parameters of the toroidal grating at 47 and 50 nm were determined using CP light source and Mueller matrices. The optical parameters were found to be close to those of coated substance Pt. The single-order CP HH light source will be versatile both for spectroscopy and for diffractive imaging.
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Ruddock JM, Yong H, Stankus B, Du W, Goff N, Chang Y, Odate A, Carrascosa AM, Bellshaw D, Zotev N, Liang M, Carbajo S, Koglin J, Robinson JS, Boutet S, Kirrander A, Minitti MP, Weber PM. A deep UV trigger for ground-state ring-opening dynamics of 1,3-cyclohexadiene. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2019; 5:eaax6625. [PMID: 31523713 PMCID: PMC6731073 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax6625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Accepted: 08/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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We explore the photo-induced kinetics of 1,3-cyclohexadiene upon excitation at 200 nm to the 3p state by ultrafast time-resolved, gas-phase x-ray scattering using the Linac Coherent Light Source. Analysis of the scattering anisotropy reveals that the excitation leads to the 3px and 3py Rydberg electronic states, which relax to the ground state with a time constant of 208 ± 11 fs. In contrast to the well-studied 266 nm excitation, at 200 nm the majority of the molecules (76 ± 3%) relax to vibrationally hot cyclohexadiene in the ground electronic state. A subsequent reaction on the ground electronic state surface leads from the hot cyclohexadiene to 1,3,5-hexatriene, with rates for the forward and backward reactions of 174 ± 13 and 355 ± 45 ps, respectively. The scattering pattern of the final hexatriene product reveals a thermal distribution of rotamers about the carbon-carbon single bonds.
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- Jennifer M. Ruddock
- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, 324 Brook St., Providence, RI 02912, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd., Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, 324 Brook St., Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, 324 Brook St., Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, 324 Brook St., Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, 324 Brook St., Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, 324 Brook St., Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, 324 Brook St., Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, UK
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- EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, UK
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- EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, UK
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd., Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd., Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd., Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd., Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd., Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, UK
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd., Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, 324 Brook St., Providence, RI 02912, USA
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Polyak I, Hutton L, Crespo-Otero R, Barbatti M, Knowles PJ. Ultrafast Photoinduced Dynamics of 1,3-Cyclohexadiene Using XMS-CASPT2 Surface Hopping. J Chem Theory Comput 2019; 15:3929-3940. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.9b00396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Iakov Polyak
- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom
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Kaneshima K, Ninota Y, Sekikawa T. Time-resolved high-harmonic spectroscopy of ultrafast photoisomerization dynamics. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:31039-31054. [PMID: 30469991 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.031039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We report the first time-resolved high-harmonic spectroscopy (TR-HHS) study of a chemical bond rearrangement. We investigate the transient change of the high-harmonic signal from 1,3-cyclohexadiene (CHD), which undergoes ring-opening and isomerizes to 1,3,5-hexatriene (HT) upon photoexcitation. We associated the harmonic yield variation with the changes in the molecule's electronic state and vibrational frequencies, which are caused by isomerization. This showed us that the electronic excited state of CHD created through two-photon absorption of 3.1 eV photons relaxes almost completely within 100 fs to the electronic ground state of CHD with vibrational excitation. Subsequently, the molecule isomerizes to HT (i.e., ring-opening occurs, around 400 fs after the excitation). The present results demonstrate that TR-HHS, which can track both electronic and nuclear dynamics, is a powerful tool for studying ultrafast photochemical reactions.
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Tudorovskaya M, Minns RS, Kirrander A. Effects of probe energy and competing pathways on time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy: the ring-opening of 1,3-cyclohexadiene. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:17714-17726. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp02397b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Photoelectron spectra for the ring-opening dynamics of 1,3-cyclohexadiene are studied using a model based on quantum molecular dynamics and the Dyson orbital approach.
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- EaStCHEM
- School of Chemistry
- University of Edinburgh
- Edinburgh
- UK
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Nishitani J, West CW, Higashimura C, Suzuki T. Time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of polyatomic molecules using 42-nm vacuum ultraviolet laser based on high harmonics generation. Chem Phys Lett 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2017.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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