Photoinduced changes in the structure of a van der Waals complex. Three-dimensional inertial axis reorientation in the S1←S0 electronic spectrum of indole-Ar
Photoinduced changes in the structure of a van der Waals complex. Three-dimensional inertial axis reorientation in the S1←S0 electronic spectrum of indole-Ar
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吲哚-Ar S1←S0 电子谱中范德华配合物结构的光诱导变化。
DOI:
10.1063/1.479734
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发表时间:
1999
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
D. Pratt
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作者:
T. Korter;J. Küpper;D. Pratt
Rotationally resolved S1←S0 electronic spectra of the van der Waals complexes indole-Ar and N-deuterated-indole-Ar in the gas phase are described. Both spectra exhibit inertial axis reorientation. A comparison of the parameters derived from fits of the two spectra with those obtained from a previous study of the bare molecule [Berden et al., J. Chem. Phys. 103, 9596 (1995)] shows that the Ar atom in indole-Ar is attached above the indole plane, displaced toward the N atom in the five-membered ring, in both electronic states. However, the measured center-of-mass coordinates of the Ar atom in the principal axis frames of indole in the two states are different, leading to the observed axis reorientation in the high resolution spectra. The S1 state in indole itself is shown to be the 1Lb state, which has a different electronic distribution from that of the ground state. Thus, the Ar atom “moves” when the photon is absorbed because there are significant differences in the intermolecular potential energy surfac...