Gas-phase structures of solution-phase zwitterions: Charge solvation or salt bridge?
Gas-phase structures of solution-phase zwitterions: Charge solvation or salt bridge?
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ijms.2008.12.011
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发表时间:
2009-03-15
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1.8
通讯作者:
Schaefer, Mathias
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作者:
Drayss, Miriam K.;Blunk, Dirk;Schaefer, Mathias
Sodium and lithium adduct ions of a synthetic guanidiniocarbonylpyrrole-derivative are examined in the gas phase. A wavelength tunable free electron laser (FEL) was used for photo-dissociation spectroscopy experiments in the infrared (1400-1800 cm(-1)). The photo-dissociation spectra are compared to calculated IR spectra of structures identified by theory. All photo-dissociation spectra acquired are strikingly similar, indicating that all ions adopt analogous gas-phase structures. Additionally, the respective sodium adduct ions were examined with ion mobility mass spectrometry (IMS). Although computational efforts succeeded in finding a charge solvated conformer that matched both the photo-dissociation spectra and the IMS data, the predicted global minimum was a salt-bridge structure. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.