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Sajeev Y. Prebiotic chemical origin of biomolecular complementarity. Commun Chem 2023; 6:259. [PMID: 38012323 PMCID: PMC10681984 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-023-01060-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023] Open
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The early Earth, devoid of the protective stratospheric ozone layer, must have sustained an ambient prebiotic physicochemical medium intensified by the co-existence of shortwave UV photons and very low energy electrons (vLEEs). Consequently, only intrinsically stable molecules against these two co-existing molecular destructors must have proliferated and thereby chemically evolved into the advanced molecules of life. Based on this view, we examined the stability inherent in nucleobases and their complementary pairs as resistance to the molecular damaging effects of shortwave UV photons and vLEEs. This leads to the conclusion that nucleobases could only proliferated as their complementary pairs under the unfavorable prebiotic conditions on early Earth. The complementary base pairing not only enhances but consolidates the intrinsic stability of nucleobases against short-range UV photons, vLEEs, and possibly many as-yet-unknown deleterious agents co-existed in the prebiotic conditions of the early Earth. In short, complementary base pairing is a manifestation of chemical evolution in the unfavorable prebiotic medium created by the absence of the stratospheric ozone layer.
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- Y Sajeev
- Theoretical Chemistry Section, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India.
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
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Jerosimić S, Milovanović M, Mitić M, Wester R, Gianturco FA. Investigating Possible Dipole-Bound States of Cyanopolyynes: the Case for the C 5 N - Anion Detected in Interstellar Space. Chemphyschem 2023; 24:e202300248. [PMID: 37585236 PMCID: PMC10962575 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202300248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Revised: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/17/2023]
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We present results of quantum structure calculations aimed at demonstrating the possible existence of dipole-bound states (DBS) for the anionC 5 N - ${{\rm{C}}_5 {\rm{N}}^ - }$ , a species already detected in the Interstellar medium (ISM). The positive demonstration of DBS existence using ab initio studies is an important step toward elucidating possible pathways for the formation of the more tightly bound valence bound states (VBS) in environments where free electrons from starlight ionization processes are known to be available to interact with the radical partner of the title molecule. Our current calculations show that such excited DBS states can exist inC 5 N - ${{\rm{C}}_5 {\rm{N}}^ - }$ , in agreement with what we had previously found for the smallercyanopolyyne in the series: theC 3 N - ${{\rm{C}}_3 {\rm{N}}^ - }$ anion. This system has a very weakly bound anion with binding energies of about 3 and 9 cm-1 for the1 Σ + ${^1 \Sigma ^ + }$ and3 Σ + ${^3 \Sigma ^ + }$ DBS, respectively.
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- Stanka Jerosimić
- University of Belgrade -Faculty of Physical ChemistryStu-dentski trg 12–1611158BelgradeSerbia
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- University of Belgrade -Faculty of Physical ChemistryStu-dentski trg 12–1611158BelgradeSerbia
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- University of Belgrade -Faculty of Physical ChemistryStu-dentski trg 12–1611158BelgradeSerbia
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte PhysikUniversitaet InnsbruckTechnikerstr. 25A-6020InnsbruckAustria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte PhysikUniversitaet InnsbruckTechnikerstr. 25A-6020InnsbruckAustria
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Rocha CMR, Linnartz H. High-level ab initio quartic force fields and spectroscopic characterization of C 2N . Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:26227-26240. [PMID: 34787132 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp03505c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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While it is now well established that large carbon chain species and radiative electron attachment (REA) are key ingredients triggering interstellar anion chemistry, the role played by smaller molecular anions, for which REA appears to be an unlikely formation pathway, is as yet elusive. Advancing this research undoubtedly requires the knowledge (and modeling) of their astronomical abundances which, for the case of C2N-, is largely hindered by a lack of accurate spectroscopic signatures. In this work, we provide such data for both ground -CCN-(3Σ-) and low-lying c-CNC-(1A1) isomers and their singly-substituted isotopologues by means of state-of-the-art rovibrational quantum chemical techniques. Their quartic force fields are herein calibrated using a high-level composite energy scheme that accounts for extrapolations to both one-particle and (approximate) -particle basis set limits, in addition to relativistic effects, with the final forms being subsequently subject to nuclear motion calculations. Besides standard spectroscopic attributes, the full set of computed properties includes fine and hyperfine interaction constants and can be readily introduced as guesses in conventional experimental data reduction analyses through effective Hamiltonians. On the basis of benchmark calculations performed anew for a minimal test set of prototypical triatomics and limited (low-resolution) experimental data for -CCN-(3Σ-), the target accuracies are determined to be better than 0.1% of experiment for rotational constants and 0.3% for vibrational fundamentals. Apart from laboratory investigations, the results here presented are expected to also prompt future astronomical surveys on C2N-. To this end and using the theoretically-predicted spectroscopic constants, the rotational spectra of both -CCN-(3Σ-) and c-CNC-(1A1) are derived and their likely detectability in the interstellar medium is further explored in connection with working frequency ranges of powerful astronomical facilities. Our best theoretical estimate places c-CNC-(1A1) at about 15.3 kcal mol-1 above the ground-state -CCN-(3Σ-) species.
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- C M R Rocha
- Laboratory for Astrophysics, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9513, NL-2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
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- Laboratory for Astrophysics, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9513, NL-2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Simpson M, Nötzold M, Michaelsen T, Wild R, Gianturco FA, Wester R. Influence of a Supercritical Electric Dipole Moment on the Photodetachment of C_{3}N^{-}. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 127:043001. [PMID: 34355920 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.043001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Threshold photodetachment spectroscopy of the molecular ion C_{3}N^{-} has been performed at both 16(1) and 295(2) K in a 22-pole ion trap. The 295(2) K spectrum shows a large increase in the cross section with an onset about 200 cm^{-1} below threshold, which is explained by significant vibrational excitation of the trapped ions at room temperature. This excitation disappears at cryogenic temperatures leading to an almost steplike onset of the cross section at threshold, which cannot be adequately described with a Wigner threshold law. Instead, we show that the model developed by O'Malley for photodetachment from neutrals with large permanent dipoles [Phys. Rev. 137, A1668 (1965)PHRVAO0031-899X10.1103/PhysRev.137.A1668] fits very well to the data. A high-resolution scan of the threshold region yields additional features, which we assign to the rotational P and R branches of an electronic transition to a dipole-bound state with ^{1}Σ^{+} symmetry. This state is found 2(1) cm^{-1} below threshold in very good agreement with a recent computational prediction. We furthermore refine the value of the electron affinity of C_{3}N to be 34 727(1) cm^{-1}.
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- Malcolm Simpson
- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Simpson M, Nötzold M, Schmidt-May A, Michaelsen T, Bastian B, Meyer J, Wild R, Gianturco FA, Milovanović M, Kokoouline V, Wester R. Threshold photodetachment spectroscopy of the astrochemical anion CN . J Chem Phys 2020; 153:184309. [PMID: 33187436 DOI: 10.1063/5.0029841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Threshold photodetachment spectroscopy has been performed on the molecular anion CN- at both 16(1) K and 295(2) K in a 22-pole ion trap and at 295(2) K from a pulsed ion beam. The spectra show a typical energy dependence of the detachment cross section yielding a determination of the electron affinity of CN to greater precision than has previously been known at 31 163(16) cm-1 [3.864(2) eV]. Allowed s-wave detachment is observed for CN-, but the dependence of the photodetachment cross section near the threshold is perturbed by the long-range interaction between the permanent dipole moment of CN and the outgoing electron. Furthermore, we observe a temperature dependence of the cross section near the threshold, which we attribute to a reduction of the effective permanent dipole due to higher rotational excitation at higher temperatures.
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- Malcolm Simpson
- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- University of Belgrade, Faculty of Physical Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, P.O. Box 47, 11158 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, 4111 Libra Drive, Physical Sciences Bldg. 430, Orlando, Florida 32816-2385, USA
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Jerosimić S, Milovanović M, Koprivica D, Wester R, Gianturco FA. Structural properties of possible interstellar valence anions of the series HC nN - (n = 3, 5, 7, 9). Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:17263-17274. [PMID: 32685945 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp02666b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In this contribution we investigate the structural properties of stable anions of small carbon clusters, with one nitrogen and one hydrogen atoms attached to the C-cluster, to surmise their possible existence in the Interstellar Medium (ISM). Many possible configurational (geometrical) isomers with positive vertical electron detachment values are presented, and arranged according to their relative energy. Specific attention is paid to the structures of the lowest-energy valence isomers, the chain-structures of HC7N- and HC9N- anions with quasilinear and linear geometry, respectively. They exhibit relatively large permanent dipole moments (2.697 and 5.034 Debye) and adiabatic electron affinities (AEAs) of 1.13 and 1.35 eV. Isomers of the HNCn- family and many branched structures are possible stable species viable for detection in the ISM.
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- Stanka Jerosimić
- University of Belgrade, Faculty of Physical Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, PAC 105305, 11158 Belgrade, Serbia.
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Gulania S, Jagau TC, Sanov A, Krylov AI. The quest to uncover the nature of benzonitrile anion. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:5002-5010. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp06484b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Anionic states of benzonitrile are investigated by high-level electronic structure methods.
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- Sahil Gulania
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Southern California
- Los Angeles
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Arizona
- Tucson
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Southern California
- Los Angeles
- USA
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Kairalapova A, Jordan KD, Maienshein DN, Fair MC, Falcetta MF. Prediction of a Nonvalence Temporary Anion Shape Resonance for a Model (H2O)4 System. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:2719-2726. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b11881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Arailym Kairalapova
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Grove City College, Grove City, Pennsylvania 16127, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Grove City College, Grove City, Pennsylvania 16127, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Grove City College, Grove City, Pennsylvania 16127, United States
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Jerosimić SV, Milovanović MZ, Wester R, Gianturco FA. Dipole-bound states contribution to the formation of anionic carbonitriles in the ISM: Calculations using multireference methods for C3N−. ADVANCES IN QUANTUM CHEMISTRY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.aiq.2019.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Davis D, Bhushan KG, Sajeev Y, Cederbaum LS. A Concerted Synchronous [2 + 2] Cycloreversion Repair Catalyzed by Two Electrons. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:6973-6977. [PMID: 30481035 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b03256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The current understanding of photoenzyme-catalyzed [2 + 2] cycloreversion repair of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD) is that a photogenerated electron from the photolyase enzyme catalyzes the repair. This one-electron catalyzed repair is a sequential two-bond breaking cycloreversion of the cyclobutane center and involves a negative ion radical as an intermediate. Here, by resonantly capturing two exogenous low-energy electrons into the molecular field of a CPD, we show that the concerted synchronous two-bond breaking reaction, which is intermediate-free, and hence a safe repair, is feasible through two-electron catalysis.
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- Theoretische Chemie, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut , Universität Heidelberg , Im Neuenheimer Feld 229 , D-69120 Heidelberg , Germany
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Trabelsi T, Hochlaf M, Francisco JS. Toward the detection of the triatomic negative ion SPN −: Spectroscopy and potential energy surfaces. J Chem Phys 2018; 148:164305. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5029275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Tarek Trabelsi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA
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- Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire Modélisation et Simulation Multi Echelle, MSME UMR 8208 CNRS, 5 Blvd. Descartes, 77454 Marne-la-Vallée, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA
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Skomorowski W, Gulania S, Krylov AI. Bound and continuum-embedded states of cyanopolyyne anions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:4805-4817. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp08227d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Equation-of-motion coupled-cluster calculations reveal systematic trends across bound and continuum-embedded excited states in cyanopolyyne anions.
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Southern California
- Los Angeles
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Southern California
- Los Angeles
- USA
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Bassett MK, Fortenberry RC. Symmetry breaking and spectral considerations of the surprisingly floppy c-C 3H radical and the related dipole-bound excited state of c-C 3H . J Chem Phys 2017; 146:224303. [PMID: 29166048 DOI: 10.1063/1.4985095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The C3H radical is believed to be prevalent throughout the interstellar medium and may be involved in the formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. C3H exists as both a linear and a cyclic isomer. The C2v cyclopropenylidenyl radical isomer was detected in the dark molecular cloud TMC-1, and the linear propenylidenyl radical isomer has been observed in various dark molecular clouds. Even though the c-C3H radical has been classified rotationally, the vibrational frequencies of this seemingly important interstellar molecule have never been directly observed. Established, highly accurate quartic force field methodologies are employed here to compute useful geometrical data, spectroscopic constants, and vibrational frequencies. The computed rotational constants are consistent with the experimental results. Consequently, the three a1 (ν1, ν2, and ν3) and one b1 (ν6) anharmonic vibrational frequencies at 3117.7 cm-1, 1564.3 cm-1, 1198.5 cm-1, and 826.7 cm-1, respectively, are reliable predictions for these, as of yet unseen, observables. Unfortunately, the two b2 fundamentals (ν4 and ν5) cannot be treated adequately in the current approach due to a flat and possible double-well potential described in detail herein. The dipole-bound excited state of the anion suffers from the same issues and may not even be bound. However, the trusted fundamental vibrational frequencies described for the neutral radical should not be affected by this deformity and are the first robustly produced for c-C3H. The insights gained here will also be applicable to other structures containing three-membered bare and exposed carbon rings that are surprisingly floppy in nature.
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- Matthew K Bassett
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30460, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30460, USA
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Jagau TC, Bravaya KB, Krylov AI. Extending Quantum Chemistry of Bound States to Electronic Resonances. Annu Rev Phys Chem 2017; 68:525-553. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-052516-050622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Thomas-C. Jagau
- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089
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Cartoni A, Catone D, Bolognesi P, Satta M, Markus P, Avaldi L. HSO2
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Formation from Ion-Molecule Reactions of SO2
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with Water and Methane: Two Fast Reactions with Reverse Temperature-Dependent Kinetic Trend. Chemistry 2017; 23:6772-6780. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201700028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Antonella Cartoni
- Dipartimento di Chimica; Sapienza Università di Roma; Pl.e Aldo Moro 5 00185 Roma Italy
- Istituto di Struttura della Materia (ISM); Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma 1; via Salaria Km 29,300 Monterotondo Scalo (RM) 00016 Italy
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- Istituto di Struttura della Materia (ISM); Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma 2; via del Fosso del Cavaliere 10 00133 Roma Italy
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- Istituto di Struttura della Materia (ISM); Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma 1; via Salaria Km 29,300 Monterotondo Scalo (RM) 00016 Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (ISMN); Dipartimento di Chimica; Sapienza Università di Roma; P.le Aldo Moro 5 00185 Roma Italy
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- Istituto di Struttura della Materia (ISM); Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma 1; via Salaria Km 29,300 Monterotondo Scalo (RM) 00016 Italy
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- Istituto di Struttura della Materia (ISM); Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma 1; via Salaria Km 29,300 Monterotondo Scalo (RM) 00016 Italy
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- Leiden
Observatory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
- School
of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K
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Khamesian M, Douguet N, Fonseca Dos Santos S, Dulieu O, Raoult M, Brigg WJ, Kokoouline V. Formation of CN^{-}, C_{3}N^{-}, and C_{5}N^{-} Molecules by Radiative Electron Attachment and their Destruction by Photodetachment. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2016; 117:123001. [PMID: 27689267 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.123001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The existence of negative ions in interstellar clouds has been associated for several decades with the process of radiative electron attachment. In this Letter, we report compelling evidence supporting the fact that the radiative attachment of a low-energy electron is inefficient to form the carbon chain anions CN^{-}, C_{3}N^{-}, and C_{5}N^{-} detected in interstellar clouds. The validity of the approach is confirmed by good agreement with experimental data obtained for the inverse photodetachment process, which represents the major cause of anion destruction in interstellar space. As a consequence, we suggest alternative models that could explain the formation of anions.
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- Marjan Khamesian
- Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa 50311, USA
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- Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, ENS Cachan, Université Paris-Saclay, bâtiment 505, Campus d'Orsay, 91405 Orsay cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, ENS Cachan, Université Paris-Saclay, bâtiment 505, Campus d'Orsay, 91405 Orsay cedex, France
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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Stephansen AB, King SB, Yokoi Y, Minoshima Y, Li WL, Kunin A, Takayanagi T, Neumark DM. Dynamics of dipole- and valence bound anions in iodide-adenine binary complexes: A time-resolved photoelectron imaging and quantum mechanical investigation. J Chem Phys 2016; 143:104308. [PMID: 26374036 DOI: 10.1063/1.4929995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Dipole bound (DB) and valence bound (VB) anions of binary iodide-adenine complexes have been studied using one-color and time-resolved photoelectron imaging at excitation energies near the vertical detachment energy. The experiments are complemented by quantum chemical calculations. One-color spectra show evidence for two adenine tautomers, the canonical, biologically relevant A9 tautomer and the A3 tautomer. In the UV-pump/IR-probe time-resolved experiments, transient adenine anions can be formed by electron transfer from the iodide. These experiments show signals from both DB and VB states of adenine anions formed on femto- and picosecond time scales, respectively. Analysis of the spectra and comparison with calculations suggest that while both the A9 and A3 tautomers contribute to the DB signal, only the DB state of the A3 tautomer undergoes a transition to the VB anion. The VB anion of A9 is higher in energy than both the DB anion and the neutral, and the VB anion is therefore not accessible through the DB state. Experimental evidence of the metastable A9 VB anion is instead observed as a shape resonance in the one-color photoelectron spectra, as a result of UV absorption by A9 and subsequent electron transfer from iodide into the empty π-orbital. In contrast, the iodide-A3 complex constitutes an excellent example of how DB states can act as doorway state for VB anion formation when the VB state is energetically available.
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- Anne B Stephansen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 København Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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King SB, Stephansen AB, Yokoi Y, Yandell MA, Kunin A, Takayanagi T, Neumark DM. Electron accommodation dynamics in the DNA base thymine. J Chem Phys 2016; 143:024312. [PMID: 26178110 DOI: 10.1063/1.4923343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The dynamics of electron attachment to the DNA base thymine are investigated using femtosecond time-resolved photoelectron imaging of the gas phase iodide-thymine (I(-)T) complex. An ultraviolet pump pulse ejects an electron from the iodide and prepares an iodine-thymine temporary negative ion that is photodetached with a near-IR probe pulse. The resulting photoelectrons are analyzed with velocity-map imaging. At excitation energies ranging from -120 meV to +90 meV with respect to the vertical detachment energy (VDE) of 4.05 eV for I(-)T, both the dipole-bound and valence-bound negative ions of thymine are observed. A slightly longer rise time for the valence-bound state than the dipole-bound state suggests that some of the dipole-bound anions convert to valence-bound species. No evidence is seen for a dipole-bound anion of thymine at higher excitation energies, in the range of 0.6 eV above the I(-)T VDE, which suggests that if the dipole-bound anion acts as a "doorway" to the valence-bound anion, it only does so at excitation energies near the VDE of the complex.
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- Sarah B King
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 København Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Fortenberry RC, Francisco JS. Energetics, structure, and rovibrational spectroscopic properties of the sulfurous anions SNO− and OSN−. J Chem Phys 2015; 143:184301. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4935056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Ryan C. Fortenberry
- Department of Chemistry, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30460, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA
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- Ryan C. Fortenberry
- Georgia Southern University, Department of Chemistry, Statesboro, Georgia 30460, United States
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- MS 245-1, Division of Space Science and Astrobiology, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
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Theis ML, Candian A, Tielens AGGM, Lee TJ, Fortenberry RC. Electronically excited states of PANH anions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:14761-72. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp01354b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The singly deprotonated anion derivatives of nitrogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are shown likely to possess dipole-bound and even valence excited states for the larger systems.
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- Mail Stop 245-1 NASA Ames Research Center
- California 94035-1000
- USA
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Fortenberry RC, Morgan WJ, Enyard JD. Predictable Valence Excited States of Anions. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:10763-9. [PMID: 25333194 DOI: 10.1021/jp509512u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Ryan C. Fortenberry
- Department of Chemistry, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30460, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30460, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30460, United States
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