N–H Stretching Modes of Adenosine Monomer in Solution Studied by Ultrafast Nonlinear Infrared Spectroscopy and Ab Initio Calculations

The N–H stretching vibrations of adenine, one of the building blocks of DNA, are studied by combining infrared absorption and nonlinear two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy with ab initio calculations. We determine diagonal and off-diagonal anharmonicities of N–H stretching vibrations in chemically...

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Published in:The journal of physical chemistry. A, Molecules, spectroscopy, kinetics, environment, & general theory Molecules, spectroscopy, kinetics, environment, & general theory, 2012-07, Vol.116 (29), p.7636-7644
Main Authors: Greve, Christian, Preketes, Nicholas K, Costard, Rene, Koeppe, Benjamin, Fidder, Henk, Nibbering, Erik T. J, Temps, Friedrich, Mukamel, Shaul, Elsaesser, Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adenosine - chemistry
Adenosines
Anharmonicity
Chloroform - chemistry
DNA - chemistry
Excitation
Hydrogen - chemistry
Hydrogen Bonding
Kinetics
Mathematical analysis
Models, Chemical
Molecular Structure
Monomers
Nitrogen - chemistry
Nonlinearity
Quantum Theory
Solutions
Spectrophotometry, Infrared
Stretching
Thermodynamics
Time Factors
Vibration
Water - chemistry
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Summary:The N–H stretching vibrations of adenine, one of the building blocks of DNA, are studied by combining infrared absorption and nonlinear two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy with ab initio calculations. We determine diagonal and off-diagonal anharmonicities of N–H stretching vibrations in chemically modified adenosine monomer dissolved in chloroform. For the single-quantum excitation manifold, the normal mode picture with symmetric and asymmetric NH2 stretching vibrations is fully appropriate. For the two-quantum excitation manifold, however, the interplay between intermode coupling and frequency shifts due to a large diagonal anharmonicity leads to a situation where strong mixing does not occur. We compare our findings with previously reported values obtained on overtone spectroscopy of coupled hydrogen stretching oscillators.
ISSN:1089-5639
1520-5215
DOI:10.1021/jp303864m