Rearrangements of a Water Molecule in Both Directions between Two Hydrogen-Bonding Sites of 5-Hydroxyindole Cation: Experimental Determination of the Energy Threshold for the Rearrangement
Rearrangements of a Water Molecule in Both Directions between Two Hydrogen-Bonding Sites of 5-Hydroxyindole Cation: Experimental Determination of the Energy Threshold for the Rearrangement
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5-羟基吲哚阳离子两个氢键位点之间水分子的双向重排:重排能量阈值的实验测定
DOI:
10.1021/acs.jpca.5b12111
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发表时间:
2016
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
H. Sekiya
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作者:
T. Ikeda;K. Sakota;H. Sekiya
Rearrangements of a water molecule in both directions between two hydrogen-bonding (H-bonding) sites of the 5-hydroxyindole (5HI) cation was investigated in the gas phase. IR-dip spectra of jet-cooled 5HI-(H2O)1revealed that two structural isomers, 5HI(OH)-(H2O)1and 5HI(NH)-(H2O)1, in which a water molecule is bound to either the OH group or the NH group of 5HI, were formed in the S0state. The IR photodissociation spectrum of [5HI-(H2O)1]+generated by two-color resonant two-photon ionization (2C-R2PI) via the S1–S0origin of 5HI(NH)-(H2O)1clearly showed that [5HI(OH)-(H2O)1]+and [5HI(NH)-(H2O)1]+coexist in the D0state. The appearance of [5HI(OH)-(H2O)1]+after R2PI via the S1–S0origin of 5HI(NH)-(H2O)1is explained by isomerization of [5HI(NH)-(H2O)1]+to [5HI(OH)-(H2O)1]+, which corresponds to the rearrangement of the water. In addition, isomerization in the opposite direction was also observed when [5HI-(H2O)1]+was generated via the S1–S0origin of 5HI(OH)-(H2O)1. The upper limit of the energy threshold for the rearrangement of the water in [5HI(NH)-(H2O)1]+was experimentally determined to be 2127 ± 30 cm–1from the adiabatic ionization energy of 5HI(NH)-(H2O)1. Above the energy threshold, the water molecule in [5HI-(H2O)1]+may fluctuate between the two preferential H-bonding sites of 5HI+.