The doorstop proton: acid-controlled photoisomerization in pyridine-based azo dyes
Shea M. Martin, Zachary J. Knepp, Ing-Angsara Thongchai, Kiera Englehart, Keyri Sorto, Athina Jaffer, Lisa A. Fredin, Elizabeth R. Young
Abstract
A combination of experiment and theory rationalize the unexpected loss of photoisomerization upon azo dye protonation at a site that does not interact with the azo bond!
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryPhotoisomerizationPyridinePhotochemistryProtonOrganic chemistryIsomerizationCatalysisQuantum mechanicsPhysicsPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryPhotochemistry and Electron Transfer StudiesRadical Photochemical Reactions