Journal Article

PreJuSER-20195

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Vibrational Spectra of the Ground and the Singlet Excited pi pi* State of 6,7-Dimethyl-8-ribityllamazine

Schreier, W. J. ; Pugliesi, I. ; Koller, F. O. ; Schrader, T. E.FZJ* ; Zinth, W. ; Brauun, M. ; Kacprzak, S. ; Weber, S. ; Roemisch-Margl, W. ; Bacher, A. ; Illarionov, B. ; Fischer, M.

2011
Soc. Washington, DC

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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1021/jp112126a

Abstract: 6,7-Dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine serves as fluorophore in lumazine proteins (LumP) of luminescent bacteria. The molecule exhibits several characteristic vibrational absorption bands between 1300 and 1750 cm(-1) in its electronic ground state. The IR-absorption pattern of the singlet excited ππ* state was monitored via ultrafast infrared spectroscopy after photoexcitation at 404 nm. The comparison of experimentally observed band shifts for a number of isotopologues allows for a clear assignment of several absorption bands--most importantly the two carbonyl bands. This assignment is confirmed by normal-mode calculations by means of either density functional theory (DFT) calculations for the ground state or the configuration interaction singles (CIS) method for the excited singlet state. A good agreement between experiment and calculation is obtained for models including explicitly a first solvation shell. The results provide a basis for further investigations of lumazine protein and demonstrate the necessity of proper accounting for explicit hydrogen bonding in case of strongly polar molecular systems.

Keyword(s): Hydrogen Bonding (MeSH) ; Pteridines: chemistry (MeSH) ; Quantum Theory (MeSH) ; Solvents: chemistry (MeSH) ; Spectrophotometry, Infrared (MeSH) ; Vibration (MeSH) ; Health and Life (1st) ; Health and Life (1st) ; Biology (2nd) ; Pteridines ; Solvents ; lumazine ; 6,7-dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine ; J

Note: The work was supported by the DFG-Cluster of Excellence: Munich-Centre for Advanced Photonics, by the Austrian Science Fund within the Special Research Program F16 (Advanced Light Sources), and by the SFB 749 (Dynamics and Intermediates of Molecular Transformations). A.B. gratefully acknowledges the Hans-Fischer-Gesellschaft. I.P. gratefully acknowledges Eberhard Riedle for continuous support, the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung for funding, and the Leibniz-Rechenzentrum LRZ Munich for computing time and access to TURBOMOLE and Gaussian.

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Neutronenstreuung (ICS-1)
2. JCNS-FRM-II (JCNS (München) ; Jülich Centre for Neutron Science JCNS (München) ; JCNS-FRM-II)
3. Neutronenstreuung (JCNS-1)

Research Program(s):

1. BioSoft: Makromolekulare Systeme und biologische Informationsverarbeitung (P45)
2. Großgeräte für die Forschung mit Photonen, Neutronen und Ionen (PNI) (P55)

Experiment(s):

1. No specific instrument

Appears in the scientific report 2011

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