Photoinitiated intramolecular proton transfer in deprotonated para-coumaric acid

Bull, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0953-1716, da Silva, Gabriel, Scholz, Michael S., Carrascosa, Eduardo and Bieske, Evan J. (2019) Photoinitiated intramolecular proton transfer in deprotonated para-coumaric acid. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 123 (20). pp. 4419-4430. ISSN 0022-3654

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Abstract

Deprotonated para-coumaric acid is commonly considered as a model for the chromophore in photoactive yellow protein, which undergoes E → Z isomerization following absorption of blue light. Here, tandem ion mobility mass spectrometry is coupled with laser excitation to study the photochemistry of deprotonated para-coumaric acid, to show that the E isomers of the phenoxide and carboxylate forms have distinct photochemical responses with maxima in their action spectra at 430 and 360 nm, respectively. The E isomer of the phenoxide anion undergoes efficient autodetachment upon excitation of its lowest ππ* transition. For the E isomer of the carboxylate deprotomer, a one-way photoinitiated proton transfer generates the phenoxide deprotomer through a mechanism postulated to involve an excited-state enol–keto tautomerism followed by a series of ground-state rearrangements including a second proton transfer. This mechanism is supported by experiments in which the relevant intermediate keto isomer is prepared and spectroscopically probed and through master equation modeling of possible ground-state isomerization processes. The Z isomer of the carboxylate deprotomer shows a weak Z → E photoisomerization response that occurs in competition with photodestruction (presumably electron detachment), demonstrating that the E and Z isomers undergo different processes in their excited states. The study highlights the utility of isomer-selective spectroscopy for characterizing the photochemistry of isolated anions possessing multiple deprotonation sites.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry (former - to 2024)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Light and Energy Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Photonics and Quantum Science
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	16 May 2019 11:30
Last Modified:	11 Nov 2024 00:50
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/71025
DOI:	10.1021/acs.jpca.9b02023

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