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Schnack-Petersen AK, Moitra T, Folkestad SD, Coriani S. New Implementation of an Equation-of-Motion Coupled-Cluster Damped-Response Framework with Illustrative Applications to Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:1775-1793. [PMID: 36763003 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c08181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
Abstract
We present an implementation of a damped response framework for calculating resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) at the equation-of-motion coupled-cluster singles and doubles (CCSD) and second-order approximate coupled-cluster singles and doubles (CC2) levels of theory in the open-source program eT. This framework lays the foundation for future extension to higher excitation methods (notably, the coupled-cluster singles and doubles with perturbative triples, CC3) and to multilevel approaches. Our implementation adopts a fully relaxed ground state and different variants of the core-valence separation projection technique to address convergence issues. Illustrative results are compared with those obtained within the frozen-core core-valence separated approach, available in Q-Chem, as well as with experiment. The performance of the CC2 method is evaluated in comparison with that of CCSD. It is found that, while the CC2 method is noticeably inferior to CCSD for X-ray absorption spectra, the quality of the CC2 RIXS spectra is often comparable to that of the CCSD level of theory, when the same valence excited states are probed. Finally, we present preliminary RIXS results for a solvated molecule in aqueous solution.
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- DTU Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.,Hylleraas Centre for Quantum Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, UiTThe Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- DTU Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.,Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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Ochmann M, Vaz da Cruz V, Eckert S, Huse N, Föhlisch A. R-Group stabilization in methylated formamides observed by resonant inelastic X-ray scattering. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:8834-8837. [PMID: 35848855 PMCID: PMC9350990 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc00053a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
The inherent stability of methylated formamides is traced to a stabilization of the deep-lying σ-framework by resonant inelastic X-ray scattering at the nitrogen K-edge. Charge transfer from the amide nitrogen to the methyl groups underlie this stabilization mechanism that leaves the aldehyde group essentially unaltered and explains the stability of secondary and tertiary amides. The inherent stability of methylated formamides is traced to a stabilization of the deep-lying σ-framework by resonant inelastic X-ray scattering at the nitrogen K-edge.![]()
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- Miguel Ochmann
- Department of Physics, University of Hamburg and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany.
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation in Synchrotron Radiation Research G-ISRR, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation in Synchrotron Radiation Research G-ISRR, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Physics, University of Hamburg and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany.
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation in Synchrotron Radiation Research G-ISRR, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany. .,Institut für Physik and Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Büchner R, Vaz da Cruz V, Grover N, Charisiadis A, Fondell M, Haverkamp R, Senge MO, Föhlisch A. Fundamental electronic changes upon intersystem crossing in large aromatic photosensitizers: free base 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-carboxylatophenyl)porphyrin. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:7505-7511. [PMID: 35288726 PMCID: PMC8942076 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05420a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Free base 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-carboxylatophenyl)porphyrin stands for the class of powerful porphyrin photosensitizers for singlet oxygen generation and light-harvesting. The atomic level selectivity of dynamic UV pump – N K-edge probe X-ray absorption spectroscopy in combination with time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) gives direct access to the crucial excited molecular states within the unusual relaxation pathway. The efficient intersystem crossing, that is El-Sayed forbidden and not facilitated by a heavy atom is confirmed to be the result of the long singlet excited state lifetime (Qx 4.9 ns) and thermal effects. Overall, the interplay of stabilization by conservation of angular momenta and vibronic relaxation drive the de-excitation in these chromophores. The crucial transient states of free-base porphyrins are characterized by time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy unraveling their unusual relaxation pathway.![]()
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- Robby Büchner
- Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany. .,Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489, Berlin, Germany.
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489, Berlin, Germany.
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- School of Chemistry, Chair of Organic Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, 152-160 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry, Chair of Organic Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, 152-160 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489, Berlin, Germany.
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- Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany. .,Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489, Berlin, Germany.
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstrasse 2a, 85748 Munchen Garching, Germany.
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- Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany. .,Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489, Berlin, Germany.
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Vaz da Cruz V, Büchner R, Fondell M, Pietzsch A, Eckert S, Föhlisch A. Targeting Individual Tautomers in Equilibrium by Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:2459-2466. [PMID: 35266716 PMCID: PMC8935368 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Tautomerism is one of the most important forms of isomerism, owing to the facile interconversion between species and the large differences in chemical properties introduced by the proton transfer connecting the tautomers. Spectroscopic techniques are often used for the characterization of tautomers. In this context, separating the overlapping spectral response of coexisting tautomers is a long-standing challenge in chemistry. Here, we demonstrate that by using resonant inelastic X-ray scattering tuned to the core excited states at the site of proton exchange between tautomers one is able to experimentally disentangle the manifold of valence excited states of each tautomer in a mixture. The technique is applied to the prototypical keto-enol equilibrium of 3-hydroxypyridine in aqueous solution. We detect transitions from the occupied orbitals into the LUMO for each tautomer in solution, which report on intrinsic and hydrogen-bond-induced orbital polarization within the π and σ manifolds at the proton-transfer site.
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- Vinícius Vaz da Cruz
- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Institute for Methods
and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Universität
Potsdam, Institut für Physik und Astronomie, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Institute for Methods
and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Institute for Methods
and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Institute for Methods
and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Institute for Methods
and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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Takahashi O, Yamamura R, Tokushima T, Harada Y. Interpretation of the X-Ray Emission Spectra of Liquid Water through Temperature and Isotope Dependence. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 128:086002. [PMID: 35275678 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.086002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The interpretation of x-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) spectra in terms of their sensitivity to the hydrogen bonding and the consequent microheterogeneity in liquid water has been debated over a decade. To shed a light on this problem, we report the theoretical reproduction of the debated 1b_{1} peaks observed in the XES spectra of liquid water using semiclassical Kramers-Heisenberg formula. The essence of the temperature and isotope dependence of the 1b_{1} double peaks is explained by molecular dynamics simulations including full vibrational (O─H stretching, bending, and) modes, rotational combined with the density functional theory and core-hole induced dynamics. Some inconsistencies exist with the experimental XES profile, which illustrates the need to employ a more precise theoretical calculations for both geometry sampling and electronic structure using a more sophisticated procedure.
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- Osamu Takahashi
- Basic Chemistry Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Fotongatan 2, 224 84 Lund, Sweden
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- Institute for Solid State Physics (ISSP), University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan
- Synchrotron Radiation Research Organization, University of Tokyo, Sayo-cho, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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Montorsi F, Segatta F, Nenov A, Mukamel S, Garavelli M. Soft X-ray Spectroscopy Simulations with Multiconfigurational Wave Function Theory: Spectrum Completeness, Sub-eV Accuracy, and Quantitative Reproduction of Line Shapes. J Chem Theory Comput 2022; 18:1003-1016. [PMID: 35073066 PMCID: PMC8830047 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Francesco Montorsi
- Department of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari”, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento, 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari”, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento, 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari”, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento, 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2025, United States
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- Department of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari”, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento, 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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Ohno K, Aoki T. Extended quasiparticle approach to non-resonant and resonant X-ray emission spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:16586-16595. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp00988a] [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]
Abstract
The initial state of X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) and resonant inelastic X-ray emission spectroscopy (RIXS) is a highly excited eigenstate with a deep core hole after a X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy...
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AbstractA genetic algorithm (GA) is developed and applied to make proper connections of final-state potential-energy surfaces and X-ray emission (XES) cross sections between steps in the time-propagation of H-bonded systems after a core–hole is created. We show that this modification results in significantly improved resolution of spectral features in XES with the semiclassical Kramers–Heisenberg approach which takes into account important interference effects. We demonstrate the effects on a water pentamer model as well as on two 17-molecules water clusters representing, respectively, tetrahedral (D2A2) and asymmetric (D1A1) H-bonding environments. For D2A2, the applied procedure improves significantly the obtained intensities, whereas for D1A1 the effects are smaller due to milder dynamics during the core–hole life-time as only one hydrogen is involved. We reinvestigate XES for liquid ethanol and, by properly disentangling the relevant states in the dense manifold of states using the GA, now resolve the important 3a′′ state as a peak rather than a shoulder. Furthermore, by applying the SpecSwap-RMC procedure, we reweigh the distribution of structures in the sampling of the liquid to fit to experiment and estimate the ratio between the main anti and gauche conformers in the liquid at room temperature. This combination of techniques will be generally applicable to challenging problems in liquid-phase spectroscopy.
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Büchner R, Fondell M, Haverkamp R, Pietzsch A, Vaz da Cruz V, Föhlisch A. The porphyrin center as a regulator for metal-ligand covalency and π hybridization in the entire molecule. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:24765-24772. [PMID: 34714305 PMCID: PMC8579471 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp03944j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
The central moiety of porphyrins is shown to control the charge state of the inner complex and links it by covalent interaction to the peripheral substituents. This link, which enables the versatile functions of porphyrins, is not picked up in the established, reduced four orbital picture [Gouterman, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1961, 6, 138]. X-ray absorption spectroscopy at the N K-edge with density functional theory approaches gives access to the full electronic structure, in particular the π* manifold beyond the Gouterman orbitals. Systematic variation of the central moiety highlights two linked, governing trends: The ionicity of the porphyrin center increases from the aminic N-H to N-Cu to N-Zn to N-Mg to the iminic N:. At the same time covalency with peripheral substituents increases and compensates the buildup of high charge density at the coordinated nitrogen sites.
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- Robby Büchner
- Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
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- Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany. .,Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
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Hohenstein EG, Yu JK, Bannwarth C, List NH, Paul AC, Folkestad SD, Koch H, Martínez TJ. Predictions of Pre-edge Features in Time-Resolved Near-Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy from Hole-Hole Tamm-Dancoff-Approximated Density Functional Theory. J Chem Theory Comput 2021; 17:7120-7133. [PMID: 34623139 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Time-resolved near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (TR-NEXAFS) spectroscopy is a powerful technique for studying photochemical reaction dynamics with femtosecond time resolution. In order to avoid ambiguity in TR-NEXAFS spectra from nonadiabatic dynamics simulations, core- and valence-excited states must be evaluated on equal footing and those valence states must also define the potential energy surfaces used in the nonadiabatic dynamics simulation. In this work, we demonstrate that hole-hole Tamm-Dancoff-approximated density functional theory (hh-TDA) is capable of directly simulating TR-NEXAFS spectroscopies. We apply hh-TDA to the excited-state dynamics of acrolein. We identify two pre-edge features in the oxygen K-edge TR-NEXAFS spectrum associated with the S2 (ππ*) and S1 (nπ*) excited states. We show that these features can be used to follow the internal conversion dynamics between the lowest three electronic states of acrolein. Due to the low, O(N2) apparent computational complexity of hh-TDA and our GPU-accelerated implementation, this method is promising for the simulation of pre-edge features in TR-NEXAFS spectra of large molecules and molecules in the condensed phase.
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- Edward G Hohenstein
- Department of Chemistry and The PULSE Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.,SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and The PULSE Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.,SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States.,Biophysics Program, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and The PULSE Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.,SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and The PULSE Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.,SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.,Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavaleri 7, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and The PULSE Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.,SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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Eckert S, Vaz da Cruz V, Ochmann M, von Ahnen I, Föhlisch A, Huse N. Breaking the Symmetry of Pyrimidine: Solvent Effects and Core-Excited State Dynamics. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:8637-8643. [PMID: 34472857 PMCID: PMC8436212 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Symmetry and its breaking crucially define the chemical properties of molecules and their functionality. Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering is a local electronic structure probe reporting on molecular symmetry and its dynamical breaking within the femtosecond scattering duration. Here, we study pyrimidine, a system from the C2v point group, in an aqueous solution environment, using scattering though its 2a2 resonance. Despite the absence of clean parity selection rules for decay transitions from in-plane orbitals, scattering channels including decay from the 7b2 and 11a1 orbitals with nitrogen lone pair character are a direct probe for molecular symmetry. Computed spectra of explicitly solvated molecules sampled from a molecular dynamics simulation are combined with the results of a quantum dynamical description of the X-ray scattering process. We observe dominant signatures of core-excited Jahn-Teller induced symmetry breaking for resonant excitation. Solvent contributions are separable by shortening of the effective scattering duration through excitation energy detuning.
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- Sebastian Eckert
- Institute
for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und
Energie GmbH, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute
for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und
Energie GmbH, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Center
for Free-Electron Laser Science, Institute for Nanostructure and Solid
State Physics, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center
for Free-Electron Laser Science, Institute for Nanostructure and Solid
State Physics, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute
for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und
Energie GmbH, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Institut
für Physik und Astronomie,Universität
Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Center
for Free-Electron Laser Science, Institute for Nanostructure and Solid
State Physics, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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Savchenko V, Ekholm V, Brumboiu IE, Norman P, Pietzsch A, Föhlisch A, Rubensson JE, Gråsjö J, Björneholm O, Såthe C, Dong M, Schmitt T, McNally D, Lu X, Krasnov P, Polyutov SP, Gel'mukhanov F, Odelius M, Kimberg V. Hydrogen bond effects in multimode nuclear dynamics of acetic acid observed via resonant x-ray scattering. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:214304. [PMID: 34240997 DOI: 10.1063/5.0049966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
A theoretical and experimental study of the gas phase and liquid acetic acid based on resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) spectroscopy is presented. We combine and compare different levels of theory for an isolated molecule for a comprehensive analysis, including electronic and vibrational degrees of freedom. The excitation energy scan over the oxygen K-edge absorption reveals nuclear dynamic effects in the core-excited and final electronic states. The theoretical simulations for the monomer and two different forms of the dimer are compared against high-resolution experimental data for pure liquid acetic acid. We show that the theoretical model based on a dimer describes the hydrogen bond formation in the liquid phase well and that this bond formation sufficiently alters the RIXS spectra, allowing us to trace these effects directly from the experiment. Multimode vibrational dynamics is accounted for in our simulations by using a hybrid time-dependent stationary approach for the quantum nuclear wave packet simulations, showing the important role it plays in RIXS.
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- Viktoriia Savchenko
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 516, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation in Synchrotron Radiation Research PS-ISRR, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, Berlin 12489, Germany
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation in Synchrotron Radiation Research PS-ISRR, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, Berlin 12489, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 516, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 516, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 516, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 516, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Swiss Light Source, Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source, Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source, Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- International Research Center of Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemistry-IRC SQC, Siberian Federal University, 660041 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- International Research Center of Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemistry-IRC SQC, Siberian Federal University, 660041 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Thürmer S, Shinno T, Suzuki T. Valence Photoelectron Spectra of Liquid Methanol and Ethanol Measured Using He II Radiation. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:2492-2503. [PMID: 33755491 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c00288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
High-resolution photoelectron (PE) spectra of liquid methanol and ethanol were measured using a liquid microjet and He IIα radiation (40.813 eV). The vertical ionization energy and the ionization threshold were determined as 9.70 ± 0.07 and 8.69 ± 0.07 eV for methanol and 9.52 ± 0.07 and 8.52 ± 0.07 eV for ethanol, respectively. Individual photoemission bands observed for the liquids are well correlated with those in PE spectra of the gaseous samples also measured in the present study, except that the liquid band positions were shifted on average by -1.23 eV for methanol and -1.10 eV for ethanol as compared to the gas. The 5a' and 7a' bands of liquid methanol exhibit specifically larger broadening than other bands, for which we attempted spectral fitting with two components, similarly with the case of the 3a1 band of liquid water. PE spectra of both liquid and gaseous ethanol are congested partly due to the presence of the trans and gauche isomers; however, the overall band positions are generally in good agreement with predictions based on quantum chemical calculations. Comparison of the measured PE spectra with experimental and simulated X-ray emission spectra indicate that spectral differences in the lowest ionization band of both methanol and ethanol originate from involvement of nuclear dynamics in the X-ray emission process.
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- Stephan Thürmer
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Büchner R, Fondell M, Mascarenhas EJ, Pietzsch A, Vaz da Cruz V, Föhlisch A. How Hydrogen Bonding Amplifies Isomeric Differences in Pyridones toward Strong Changes in Acidity and Tautomerism. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:2372-2379. [PMID: 33562959 PMCID: PMC7957858 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c10873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Steric hindrance
of hydration and hydrogen bond enhancement by
localized charges have been identified as key factors for the massive
chemical differences between the hydroxypyridine/pyridone isomers
in aqueous solution. While all isomers occur mainly in the hydroxypyridine
form in the gas phase, they differ by more than 3 orders of magnitude
both in their acidity and tautomeric equilibrium constants upon hydration.
By monitoring the electronic and solvation structures as a function
of the protonation state and the O– substitution
position on the pyridine ring, the amplification of the isomeric differences
in aqueous solution has been investigated. Near-edge X-ray absorption
fine structure (NEXAFS) measurements at the N K-edge served as the
probe of the chemical state. The combination of molecular dynamics
simulations, complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF),
and time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) spectral calculations
contributes to unraveling the principles of tautomerism and acidity
in multiple biochemical systems based on tautomerism.
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- Robby Büchner
- Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.,Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.,Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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Vibrational resonant inelastic X-ray scattering in liquid acetic acid: a ruler for molecular chain lengths. Sci Rep 2021; 11:4098. [PMID: 33602972 PMCID: PMC7893077 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83248-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
Abstract
Quenching of vibrational excitations in resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) spectra of liquid acetic acid is observed. At the oxygen core resonance associated with localized excitations at the O-H bond, the spectra lack the typical progression of vibrational excitations observed in RIXS spectra of comparable systems. We interpret this phenomenon as due to strong rehybridization of the unoccupied molecular orbitals as a result of hydrogen bonding, which however cannot be observed in x-ray absorption but only by means of RIXS. This allows us to address the molecular structure of the liquid, and to determine a lower limit for the average molecular chain length.
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Vaz da Cruz V, Eckert S, Föhlisch A. TD-DFT simulations of K-edge resonant inelastic X-ray scattering within the restricted subspace approximation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:1835-1848. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp04726k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Abstract
Truncation of orbital subspaces in TD-DFT yields an accurate description of RIXS spectra for soft X-ray K-edges.
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- Vinícius Vaz da Cruz
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH
- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research
- 12489 Berlin
- Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH
- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research
- 12489 Berlin
- Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH
- Institute for Methods and Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Research
- 12489 Berlin
- Germany
- Universität Potsdam
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Khalil M, Mukamel S. Ultrafast spectroscopy and diffraction from XUV to x-ray. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:100401. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0026054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Munira Khalil
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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