Infrared pre-excitation grants isotopomer-specific photochemistry

Daniela Kern-Michler; Carsten Neumann; Nicole Mielke; J. G. W. van Wilderen Luuk; Matiss Reinfelds; Jan von Cosel; Fabrizio Santoro; Alexander Heckel; Irene Burghardt; Jens Bredenbeck

doi:10.1051/epjconf/201920503001

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EPJ Web of Conferences 205, 03001 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201920503001

Infrared pre-excitation grants isotopomer-specific photochemistry

Daniela Kern-Michler¹, Carsten Neumann¹, Nicole Mielke¹, J. G. W. van Wilderen Luuk¹, Matiss Reinfelds², Jan von Cosel³, Fabrizio Santoro⁴, Alexander Heckel², Irene Burghardt³ and Jens Bredenbeck¹^*

¹ Institute of Biophysics, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 1, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
² Institute of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 7, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
³ Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue Str. 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
⁴ Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR, Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organo Metallici (ICCOM-CNR), UOS di Pisa, Via G. Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy

^* Corresponding author: bredenbeck@biophysik.uni-frankfurt.de

Published online: 16 April 2019

Abstract

Species-selective photochemistry is often hampered by overlapping UV-Vis spectra. We overcome this long-standing problem by combined vibrational and electronic excitation as demonstrated by isotopomer selection. The influence of various factors on selectivity is discussed.

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