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Experimental and computational analysis of para-hydroxy methylcinnamate following photoexcitation
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Dalton, Jack, Richings, Gareth W., Woolley, Jack Matthew, Abiola, Temitope T., Habershon, Scott and Stavros, Vasilios G. (2021) Experimental and computational analysis of para-hydroxy methylcinnamate following photoexcitation. Molecules, 26 (24). e7621. doi:10.3390/molecules26247621 ISSN 1420-3049.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26247621
Abstract
Para-hydroxy methylcinnamate is part of the cinnamate family of molecules. Experimental and computational studies have suggested conflicting non-radiative decay routes after photoexcitation to its S1(ππ*) state. One non-radiative decay route involves intersystem crossing mediated by an optically dark singlet state, whilst the other involves direct intersystem crossing to a triplet state. Furthermore, irrespective of the decay mechanism, the lifetime of the initially populated S1(ππ*) state is yet to be accurately measured. In this study, we use time-resolved ion-yield and photoelectron spectroscopies to precisely determine the S1(ππ*) lifetime for the s-cis conformer of para-hydroxy methylcinnamate, combined with time-dependent density functional theory to determine the major non-radiative decay route. We find the S1(ππ*) state lifetime of s-cis para-hydroxy methylcinnamate to be ∼2.5 picoseconds, and the major non-radiative decay route to follow the [1ππ*→1nπ*→3ππ*→S0] pathway. These results also concur with previous photodynamical studies on structurally similar molecules, such as para-coumaric acid and methylcinnamate.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QD Chemistry | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Chemistry Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Chemistry > Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Centre |
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SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Laser spectroscopy , Density functionals , Photochemistry , Cinnamates | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Molecules | ||||||
Publisher: | MDPI | ||||||
ISSN: | 1420-3049 | ||||||
Official Date: | 15 December 2021 | ||||||
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Volume: | 26 | ||||||
Number: | 24 | ||||||
Article Number: | e7621 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.3390/molecules26247621 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 7 February 2022 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 8 February 2022 | ||||||
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