Revealing the role of excited state proton transfer (ESPT) in excited state hydrogen transfer (ESHT): systematic study in phenol–(NH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>n</sub> clusters
Christophe Jouvet, Mitsuhiko Miyazaki, Masaaki Fujii
Abstract
clusters and related molecular systems. The dynamics has a significant dependence on the number of solvent molecules in the molecular cluster. Three-color picosecond time-resolved IR/near IR spectroscopy has revealed that ESHT becomes an electron transfer followed by a proton transfer in highly solvated clusters. The systematic change from ESHT to decoupled electron/proton transfer according to the number of solvent molecules is rationalized by a general model of ESHT including the role of ESPT.
Topics & Concepts
Excited stateProtonState (computer science)PhenolTransfer (computing)HydrogenChemistryAtomic physicsPhotochemistryPhysicsComputer scienceNuclear physicsOrganic chemistryParallel computingAlgorithmPhotochemistry and Electron Transfer StudiesAdvanced Chemical Physics StudiesSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies