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Conformational Structures of Neutral and Cationic Pivaldehyde Revealed by IR-Resonant VUV-MATI Mass Spectroscopy
Pivaldehyde, which is an unwanted by-product released with engine exhaust, has received considerable research attention because of its hydrocarbon oxidations at atmospheric temperature. To gain insight into the conformer-specific reaction dynamics, we investigated the conformational structures of th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9735833/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36499105 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms232314777 |
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author | Park, Sung Man Lee, Yu Ran Kwon, Chan Ho |
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description | Pivaldehyde, which is an unwanted by-product released with engine exhaust, has received considerable research attention because of its hydrocarbon oxidations at atmospheric temperature. To gain insight into the conformer-specific reaction dynamics, we investigated the conformational structures of the pivaldehyde molecule in neutral (S(0)) and cationic (D(0)) states using the recently invented IR-resonant VUV-MATI mass spectroscopy. Additionally, we constructed the two-dimensional potential energy surfaces (2D PESs) associated with the conformational transformations in the S(0) and D(0) states to deduce the conformations corresponding to the measured vibrational spectra. The 2D PESs indicated the presence of only the eclipsed conformation in the global minima of both states, unlike those in propanal and isobutanal. However, comparing the IR-dip VUV-MATI spectra from two intense peaks in the VUV-MATI spectrum with the anharmonic IR simulations revealed the correspondence between the gauche conformer on the S(0) state and the measured IR spectra. Furthermore, Franck–Condon analysis confirmed that most peaks in the VUV-MATI spectrum are attributed to the adiabatic ionic transitions between the neutral gauche and cationic eclipsed conformers in pivaldehyde. Consequently, electron removal from the highest occupied molecular orbital, consisting of the nonbonding orbital of the oxygen atom in pivaldehyde, promoted the formyl-relevant modes in the induced cationic eclipsed conformer. |
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spelling | pubmed-97358332022-12-11 Conformational Structures of Neutral and Cationic Pivaldehyde Revealed by IR-Resonant VUV-MATI Mass Spectroscopy Park, Sung Man Lee, Yu Ran Kwon, Chan Ho Int J Mol Sci Article Pivaldehyde, which is an unwanted by-product released with engine exhaust, has received considerable research attention because of its hydrocarbon oxidations at atmospheric temperature. To gain insight into the conformer-specific reaction dynamics, we investigated the conformational structures of the pivaldehyde molecule in neutral (S(0)) and cationic (D(0)) states using the recently invented IR-resonant VUV-MATI mass spectroscopy. Additionally, we constructed the two-dimensional potential energy surfaces (2D PESs) associated with the conformational transformations in the S(0) and D(0) states to deduce the conformations corresponding to the measured vibrational spectra. The 2D PESs indicated the presence of only the eclipsed conformation in the global minima of both states, unlike those in propanal and isobutanal. However, comparing the IR-dip VUV-MATI spectra from two intense peaks in the VUV-MATI spectrum with the anharmonic IR simulations revealed the correspondence between the gauche conformer on the S(0) state and the measured IR spectra. Furthermore, Franck–Condon analysis confirmed that most peaks in the VUV-MATI spectrum are attributed to the adiabatic ionic transitions between the neutral gauche and cationic eclipsed conformers in pivaldehyde. Consequently, electron removal from the highest occupied molecular orbital, consisting of the nonbonding orbital of the oxygen atom in pivaldehyde, promoted the formyl-relevant modes in the induced cationic eclipsed conformer. MDPI 2022-11-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9735833/ /pubmed/36499105 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms232314777 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Park, Sung Man Lee, Yu Ran Kwon, Chan Ho Conformational Structures of Neutral and Cationic Pivaldehyde Revealed by IR-Resonant VUV-MATI Mass Spectroscopy |
title | Conformational Structures of Neutral and Cationic Pivaldehyde Revealed by IR-Resonant VUV-MATI Mass Spectroscopy |
title_full | Conformational Structures of Neutral and Cationic Pivaldehyde Revealed by IR-Resonant VUV-MATI Mass Spectroscopy |
title_fullStr | Conformational Structures of Neutral and Cationic Pivaldehyde Revealed by IR-Resonant VUV-MATI Mass Spectroscopy |
title_full_unstemmed | Conformational Structures of Neutral and Cationic Pivaldehyde Revealed by IR-Resonant VUV-MATI Mass Spectroscopy |
title_short | Conformational Structures of Neutral and Cationic Pivaldehyde Revealed by IR-Resonant VUV-MATI Mass Spectroscopy |
title_sort | conformational structures of neutral and cationic pivaldehyde revealed by ir-resonant vuv-mati mass spectroscopy |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9735833/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36499105 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms232314777 |
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