Jet-cooled 2-aminopyridine dimer: conformers and infrared vibrational spectra
Philipp Ottiger1, Jann A Frey, Hans-Martin Frey
1Departement für Chemie and Biochemie, Universität Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
Abstract:
The 2-aminopyridine dimer, (2AP)(2), is linked by two N-H...N hydrogen bonds, providing a model for the Watson-Crick configurations of the adenine or cytosine self-dimers. Structure optimization of (2AP)(2) at the MP2 level with the aug-cc-pVQZ basis set establishes the existence of two nearly degenerate conformers with C(i) and C(2) symmetry. Adding complete basis set extrapolation and DeltaCCSD(T) corrections gives binding energies D(e) = 10.70 and 10.72 kcal/mol, respectively. Both isomers are chiral, each giving rise to a pair of enantiomers. The potential energy surface of (2AP)(2) is calculated along the 2AP amino flip coordinates, revealing a 4-fold minimum low-energy region with a planar C(2h) symmetric and four asymmetric transition structures. The mass-selective resonant two-photon ionization (R2PI) spectra of supersonically cooled (2AP)(2) were remeasured. Three different species (A-C) were separated and characterized by UV/UV depletion spectroscopy and by infrared (IR) depletion spectroscopy in the 2600-3800 cm(-1) range. The R2PI and IR spectra of species A and B are very similar, in agreement with the prediction of two conformers of (2AP)(2). The IR bands are assigned to the H-bonded N-H(b) stretch, the N-H(2) bend overtone, and the free N-H(f) stretch of (2AP)(2), based on the calculated IR spectra, thereby extending and correcting previous assignments. Conformer A is tentatively assigned as the C(2) conformer. The UV spectrum of species C is very different from those of A and B, its IR spectrum exhibiting additional O-H stretching bands. C is assigned to the (2AP)(2).H(2)O cluster, based on the agreement of its IR spectrum with calculated IR spectra. Complete dissociation into the (2AP)(2)(+) ion occurs upon ionization.
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