Water-Assisted Proton Transfer in the Monomer of 7-Azaindole†
2000
Ultrafast pump−probe spectroscopic studies on the hydrated 7-azaindole monomer are presented. The experiments provide evidence that excited-state proton transfer in the gas-phase hydrated 7-azaindole monomer may be possible, as predicted by theory, and can occur by means of a water proton bridge. As explained in the text, full tautomerization may not be occurring, but rather the transfer of a proton from the 7-azaindole monomer to the solvating water molecules. A calculated geometry for the structure of 7-azaindole clustered with four waters is presented and used to explain the rate increase observed in this species compared to the 7-azaindole monomer clustered with two and three waters.
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