TY - JOUR

T1 - Competition of singlet and triplet recombination of radical pairs in photoreactions of carboxy benzophenones and aromatic amino acids

AU - Morozova, Olga B.

AU - Sherin, Peter S.

AU - Yurkovskaya, Alexandra V.

PY - 2019/1/28

Y1 - 2019/1/28

N2 - Time-resolved chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization (CIDNP) and transient absorption (TA) were applied to reveal the branching ratio of the singlet and triplet recombination channels in the reaction of short-lived radicals of carboxy benzophenones and the aromatic amino acids histidine, tryptophan, and tyrosine in neutral aqueous solution. It was established that the share of triplet recombination increases with increasing number of carboxylic groups: no triplet recombination was found for 4-carboxy benzophenone, whereas ∼13% of radicals of 4,4′-dicarboxy benzophenone (DCBP) and ∼27% of radicals of 3,3′,4,4′-tetracarboxy benzophenone (TCBP) react with histidine radicals from the triplet state of radical pairs. The main idea is that the protonated (π,π∗) triplet state of TCBP or DCBP is populated via back electron transfer from the ketyl radical of TCBP or DCBP to the radical of the amino acid. The protonated triplet state of the ketone decays with the formation of a metastable hydroxylated product, which is detected by TA. Taking into account triplet recombination provides excellent coincidence between experimental data and the simulated CIDNP kinetics.

AB - Time-resolved chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization (CIDNP) and transient absorption (TA) were applied to reveal the branching ratio of the singlet and triplet recombination channels in the reaction of short-lived radicals of carboxy benzophenones and the aromatic amino acids histidine, tryptophan, and tyrosine in neutral aqueous solution. It was established that the share of triplet recombination increases with increasing number of carboxylic groups: no triplet recombination was found for 4-carboxy benzophenone, whereas ∼13% of radicals of 4,4′-dicarboxy benzophenone (DCBP) and ∼27% of radicals of 3,3′,4,4′-tetracarboxy benzophenone (TCBP) react with histidine radicals from the triplet state of radical pairs. The main idea is that the protonated (π,π∗) triplet state of TCBP or DCBP is populated via back electron transfer from the ketyl radical of TCBP or DCBP to the radical of the amino acid. The protonated triplet state of the ketone decays with the formation of a metastable hydroxylated product, which is detected by TA. Taking into account triplet recombination provides excellent coincidence between experimental data and the simulated CIDNP kinetics.

KW - TIME-RESOLVED CIDNP

KW - LASER FLASH-PHOTOLYSIS

KW - 3,3',4,4'-BENZOPHENONE TETRACARBOXYLIC ACID

KW - ELECTRON-TRANSFER

KW - AQUEOUS-SOLUTION

KW - ION PAIRS

KW - KINETICS

KW - TYROSINE

KW - PHOTOOXIDATION

KW - 2,2'-DIPYRIDYL

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060393611&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1039/c8cp06760k

DO - 10.1039/c8cp06760k

M3 - Article

C2 - 30633277

AN - SCOPUS:85060393611

VL - 21

SP - 2017

EP - 2028

JO - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

JF - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

SN - 1463-9076

IS - 4

ER -