Single-Color Isomer-Resolved Spectroscopy

Grite L. Abma, Dries Kleuskens, Siwen Wang, Michiel Balster, Andre Roij, Niek Janssen, Daniel A. Horke: Single-Color Isomer-Resolved Spectroscopy. In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol. 126, pp. 3811–3815, 2022.

Abstract

Structural isomers, such as conformers or tautomers, are
of significant importance across chemistry and biology, as they can have
different functionalities. In gas-phase experiments using molecular
beams, formation of many different isomers cannot be prevented, and
their presence significantly complicates the assignment of spectral lines.
Current isomer-resolved spectroscopic techniques heavily rely on
theoretical calculations or make use of elaborate double-resonance
schemes. We show here that isomer-resolved spectroscopy can also be
performed using a single tunable laser. In particular, we demonstrate
single-color isomer-resolved spectroscopy by utilizing electrostatic
deflection to spatially separate the isomers. We show that for 3-
aminophenol we can spatially separate the syn and anti conformers and
use these pure samples to perform high-resolution REMPI spectroscopy, making the assignment of transitions to a particular isomer trivial, without any additional a priori information. This approach allows one to add isomer specificity to any molecular-beam-based experiment.

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@article{abmaSinglecolorIsomerresolvedSpectroscopy2022,
title = {Single-Color Isomer-Resolved Spectroscopy},
author = {Grite L. Abma and Dries Kleuskens and Siwen Wang and Michiel Balster and Andre Roij and Niek Janssen and Daniel A. Horke},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.2c02277},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jpca.2c02277},
year  = {2022},
date = {2022-06-01},
urldate = {2022-06-01},
journal = {The Journal of Physical Chemistry A},
volume = {126},
pages = {3811\textendash3815},
abstract = {Structural isomers, such as conformers or tautomers, are
of significant importance across chemistry and biology, as they can have
different functionalities. In gas-phase experiments using molecular
beams, formation of many different isomers cannot be prevented, and
their presence significantly complicates the assignment of spectral lines.
Current isomer-resolved spectroscopic techniques heavily rely on
theoretical calculations or make use of elaborate double-resonance
schemes. We show here that isomer-resolved spectroscopy can also be
performed using a single tunable laser. In particular, we demonstrate
single-color isomer-resolved spectroscopy by utilizing electrostatic
deflection to spatially separate the isomers. We show that for 3-
aminophenol we can spatially separate the syn and anti conformers and
use these pure samples to perform high-resolution REMPI spectroscopy, making the assignment of transitions to a particular isomer trivial, without any additional a priori information. This approach allows one to add isomer specificity to any molecular-beam-based experiment.},
keywords = {Control, electrostatic deflector, experimental design, Isomer-effects},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}