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  • Title: Excited-state diproton transfer in [2,2'-bipyridyl]-3,3'-diol: the mechanism is sequential, not concerted.
    Author: Plasser F, Barbatti M, Aquino AJ, Lischka H.
    Journal: J Phys Chem A; 2009 Jul 30; 113(30):8490-9. PubMed ID: 19572684.
    Abstract:
    The excited-state mono- and diproton transfer has been investigated in the S(1) state of [2,2'-bipyridyl]-3,3'-diol using the quantum mechanical resolution-of-identity second-order approximate coupled-cluster (RI-CC2) and time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) methods. Static investigation of stationary points and scans of the pi pi* and n pi* energy surfaces have been performed. These calculations show that the concerted diproton transfer in S(1) proceeds along a ridge thus making this process highly unlikely since it will stabilize toward the unsymmetrical monoproton transfer. A small energy barrier of about 0.11 eV (RI-CC2 result) between the mono- and diketo structures is obtained allowing rapid continuation of the proton transfer to the diketo form. On-the-fly dynamics simulations performed at the RI-CC2 level confirm this picture. The first proton transfer step is so fast (7 fs) that it probably cannot be resolved by experimental techniques. Important participation of the n pi* state is predicted. The present results shed a completely new light on the interpretation of the experimental results. The simulations clearly show that what has been experimentally determined as concerted transfer is in fact a combination of two sequential proton transfers separated by a small delay below the present experimental resolution. Concerning the second step of the sequential proton transfer the dynamics calculations indicate the existence of a highly dynamic system. Both the forward and reverse reactions of a monoketo/diketo equilibrium were found within the 300 fs period of the simulation. Environmental effects will certainly lead to a substantial cooling of the initially hot molecule and a concomitant decrease in the monoketo/diketo conversion rates, which will result in the experimentally observed overall time scale of 10 ps for the second proton transfer step.
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