Issue 11, 2016

Fluorescence-detected circular dichroism spectroscopy of jet-cooled ephedrine

Abstract

The resonant two-photon ionization circular dichroism (R2PICD) spectrum represents the cumulative circular dichroism (CD) of one-photon excitation and the subsequent one-photon ionization, whereas the fluorescence-detected circular dichroism (FDCD) spectra exhibit only the CD of one-photon excitation, similar to conventional CD spectra. We obtained the FDCD spectra of jet-cooled ephedrine (EPD) near the origin band of the S0–S1 transition to measure the CD of one-photon absorption and thus the CD of the ionization process in R2PI in comparison with the R2PICD spectra. The CD effects of the ionization following excitation of the A (0–0) and C (930 cm−1) bands in the spectrum are small, whereas those of the B band (530 cm−1) are anomalously large, leading to opposite CD signs for the FDCD and R2PICD spectra. Based on the intermediate state-selective fragmentation patterns in the R2PI spectra, this large CD effect is attributed to the state-selective isomerization that occurs after excitation of the B band. By comparing the experimental and theoretical spectra, we determined that the B band corresponds to an asymmetric ring distortion mode that involves torsional motions of the side chain, which may facilitate the isomerization process. This study demonstrates that FDCD spectroscopy combined with R2PICD spectroscopy provides a powerful tool to measure the CD effects of the excitation and ionization processes separately in R2PI and thus probe the structural changes that occur during the ionization process following excitation to an intermediate state.

Graphical abstract: Fluorescence-detected circular dichroism spectroscopy of jet-cooled ephedrine

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Dec 2015
Accepted
04 Feb 2016
First published
08 Feb 2016

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016,18, 7762-7767

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Fluorescence-detected circular dichroism spectroscopy of jet-cooled ephedrine

A. Hong, C. Jeong, H. Jang, M. C. Choi, J. Heo and N. J. Kim, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 7762 DOI: 10.1039/C5CP07438J

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