Excited state (?) proton t ransfer in benzimidazole homodimer : an experimental and ab-initio study

• Main Authors: D’Mello, Viola C., Wategaonkar, Sanjay
• Other Authors: Asian Spectroscopy Conference 2020
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science::Chemistry; Excited State Proton Transfer; Benzimidazole Dimer
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144230
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

I will present our recent investigations on a model N-H···N hydrogen bonded dimer of benzimidazole (BIM) where we observe a proton transferred product at energies far below the thermochemical limit. Ion Depletion IR Spectroscopy was used to confirm that the dimer had an N-H•••N hydrogen bonded struc...