DISPERSION-DOMINATED ﾹ-STACKED COMPLEXES CONSTRUCTED ON A DYNAMIC SCAFFOLD

Nemchick, Deacon

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Title

DISPERSION-DOMINATED ﾹ-STACKED COMPLEXES CONSTRUCTED ON A DYNAMIC SCAFFOLD

Author(s)

Nemchick, Deacon

Contributor(s)

• Vaccaro, Patrick
• Cohen, Michael

Issue Date

24-Jun-15

Keyword(s)

Clusters/Complexes

Abstract

The non-covalent interactions responsible for $pi$-stacking play crucial roles in many fields of modern chemistry, influencing topics ranging from assembly and recognition in biomolecular systems to the design and function of nano-materials. Owing to the propensity for stronger non-aryl forces (textit{e.g.}, hydrogen bonding) to dominate complex formation, the number of detailed laser-spectroscopic studies on $pi$-bound species is surprisingly limited, with most reported examples focusing on adducts involving combinations of benzene (Bz) and/or substituted-benzene derivatives. A concerted experimental and theoretical effort has been undertaken to explore novel $pi$-stacking motifs based on the non-benzoidal framework of tropolone (TrOH), where the potentially frustrated (tunneling-mediated) transfer of a proton between donor and acceptor sites can afford an textit{in situ} probe of non-covalent binding. Laser-induced fluorescence spectra acquired for the binary TrOH$cdot$Bz complex synthesized under cryogenic free-jet expansion conditions show extensive vibronic features that are red-shifted from the intense textit{~{A}$^{1}$}B$_{2}$$-$textit{~{X}$^{1}$}{A}$_{1}$ absorption resonance of the bare TrOH substrate and display intensity patterns indicative of changing textit{intermolecular} potential-surface topography upon $pi ^{*}leftarrowpi$ electron promotion. These results, as well as spectral signatures from textit{intramolecular} TrOH reaction dynamics, will be discussed, with complimentary quantum-chemical calculations serving to provide new insights into the nature of weak, dispersion-dominated interactions.

Publisher

International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy

Type of Resource

text

Language

English

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