Excited-state proton transfer in syn-2-(2′-pyridyl)pyrrole occurs on the nanosecond time scale in the gas phase

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2114-2117

  Morgan, Philip J ^a   Fleisher, Adam J ^a   Vaquero Vara, Vanesa ^a   Pratt, David W ^a   Thummel, Randolph P ^b   Kijak, Michał ^c   Waluk, Jacek ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Clusters; Dynamics; Excited States

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERS; ELECTRONIC CHARGES; EXCITED-STATE PROTON TRANSFER; GASPHASE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HOMOGENEOUS LINE BROADENING; IN-PLANE; PLANAR MOLECULES; PYRIDINE RINGS; PYRIDYL; PYRROLE RING; SIMULTANEOUS TRANSFER; SOLVENT FREE CONDITIONS; SYN CONFORMERS; TIME-SCALES; UV EXCITATION; UV SPECTRUM; VIBRATIONAL MODES;

GASES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PROTON TRANSFER; SLOW LIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 80052387018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz2008787     Document Type: Article

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