Journal article
Two-dimensional infrared study of 3-azidopyridine as a potential spectroscopic reporter of protonation state
The Journal of chemical physics, Vol.133(13), pp.134506-134506-8
10/07/2010
DOI: 10.1063/1.3483688
PMID: 20942545
Abstract
The lack of general spectroscopic probes that can be used in a range of systems to probe kinetics and dynamics is a major obstacle to the widespread application of two-dimensional infrared (2D IR) spectroscopy. We have studied 3-azidopyridine to characterize its potential as a probe of the protonation state of the pyridine ring. We find that the azido-stretching vibration is split by accidental Fermi resonance interactions with one or more overtones and combination states. Using 2D IR spectroscopy, we determine the state structure of the resulting eigenstates for complexes of 3-azidopyridine with formic acid and trifluoroacetic acid in which the pyridine ring is unprotonated and protonated, respectively. Based on the measurements, we develop a two-oscillator depurturbation model to determine the energies and couplings of the zeroth-order azido-stretching state and the perturbing dark state that couples to it. Based on these results, we conclude that the azido-stretching vibration is, in fact, sensitive to the protonation state of the pyridine shifting up in frequency by 8 cm(-1) in the complex with trifluoroacetic acid relative to the formic acid complex. These results suggest that, although 3-azidopyridine is not suitable as a spectroscopic probe, the approach of employing an organic azide as a remote probe of protonation state holds significant promise.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Two-dimensional infrared study of 3-azidopyridine as a potential spectroscopic reporter of protonation state
- Creators
- Michael W Nydegger - Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USASamrat DuttaChristopher M Cheatum
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of chemical physics, Vol.133(13), pp.134506-134506-8
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.3483688
- PMID
- 20942545
- ISSN
- 0021-9606
- eISSN
- 1089-7690
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/07/2010
- Academic Unit
- Core Research Facilities; Chemistry
- Record Identifier
- 9983985832102771
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