Photochemistry of 3-hydroxyflavone inside superfluid helium nanodroplets

  • 3-hydroxyflavone is a prototype system for excited state intramolecular proton transfer which is one step of a closed loop photocycle. It was intensively studied for the bare molecule and for the influence of solvents. In the present paper this photocycle is investigated for 3-hydroxyflavone and some hydrated complexes when doped into superfluid helium droplets by the combined measurement of fluorescence excitation spectra and dispersed emission spectra. Significant discrepancies in the proton transfer behavior to gas phase experiments provide evidence for the presence of different complex configurations of the hydrated complexes in helium droplets. Moreover, for bare 3-hydroxyflavone and its hydrated complexes the proton transfer appears to be promoted by the helium environment.

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Author:R. Lehnig, Dominik Pentlehner, A. Vdovin, B. Dick, Alkwin Slenczka
Parent Title (English):The Journal of Chemical Physics
Document Type:Contribution to a Periodical
Language:English
Publication Year:2009
Tag:Atomic and molecular spectra; Helium nanodroplets; Photochemistry
Issue:131
faculties / departments:Fakultät für Chemische Technologie und Wirtschaft
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 54 Chemie
6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 62 Ingenieurwissenschaften / 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten