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Substitution effects on the excited-state intramolecular proton transfer of salicylic acid: an infrared spectroscopic study on the OH stretching vibrations of jet-cooled 5-methoxysalicylic acid

✍ Scribed by Eman Abd El-Hakam Abou El-Nasr; Asuka Fujii; Takayuki Ebata; Naohiko Mikami


Book ID
104108329
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
201 KB
Volume
376
Category
Article
ISSN
0009-2614

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✦ Synopsis


Infrared spectra of jet-cooled 5-methoxysalicylic acid in the 3-lm region were measured for both the electronic ground (S 0 ) and first excited (S 1 ) states. Effects of the methoxy-substitution were investigated in relation to the excitedstate intramolecular proton transfer of salicylic acid. Though the electronic absorption-emission spectra exhibit the mirror-image relation, which has been regarded as evidence for the suppression of excited-state intramolecular proton transfer, the infrared spectra showed an extremely large elongation of the phenolic O-H bond upon photoexcitation. The results represent that the significant enhancement of the intramolecular hydrogen bond does occur in S 1 of 5methoxysalicylic.