Excited State Proton Transfer In 1 Naphthol Ammonia Clusters

Proton transfer is a central mechanistic and kinetic step in a large number of important reactions. Reactions involving proton transfer are strongly affected by the surrounding solvent: several studies of proton transfer mechanisms and dynamics in bulk condensed phases have appeared encompassing solvent, pH, and isotope effects. In these studies the effects observed can be related to the bulk properties of the solvent. The individual effects of solvent molecules and solute-solvent geometry can also be explored in the condensed phases through the study of matrix isolated clusters. Gas phase studies of clusters and cluster chemistry are also now appearing, which can provide additional microscopic details of the solute-solvent structure and the affect of solvent on solute-solvent chemistry (e.g., proton transfer). These latter studies are of both a static and dynamic nature.