Intramolecular electron-induced proton transfer and its correlation with excited-state intramolecular proton transfer.

ABSTRACT: Electron-induced proton transfer depicts the proton motion coupled with the attachment of a low-energy electron to a molecule, which helps to understand copious fundamental chemical processes. Intramolecular electron-induced proton transfer is a similar process that occurs within a single molecule. To date, there is only one known intramolecular example, to the best of our knowledge. By studying the 10-hydroxybenzo[h]quinoline and 8-hydroxyquinoline molecules using anion photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory, and by theoretical screening of six other molecules, here we show the intramolecular electron-induced proton transfer capability of a long list of molecules that meanwhile have the excited-state intramolecular proton transfer property. Careful examination of the int

SUBMITTER: Wang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6414547 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature