A THEORETICAL AND OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY OF THE MECHANISM OF A TAUTOMERIC TRANSFORMATION IN THE 7-AZAINDOLE DIMER AND THE 7-AZAINDOLE COMPLEX WITH A WATER MOLECULE
G. N. Ten1, O. E. Glukhova1, M. M. Slepchenkov1, N. E. Shcherbakova2, V. I. Baranov3
1Chernyshevsky Saratov State University, Saratov, Russia 2Russian Research Antiplague Institute "Microbe", Saratov, Russia 3Vernadsly Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Keywords: 7-азаиндол, комплекс с водой, димер, таутомер, электронные спектры, низкочастотные колебания, спектры флуоресценции, 7-azaindole, complex with water, dimer, tautomer, electronic spectra, low-frequency vibrations, fluorescence spectra
Abstract
Electronic, vibrational, and electronic vibrational spectra of the 7-azaindole dimer, the 7-azaindole complex with a water molecule, and their tautomers are calculated. Transition states are considered based on the analysis of frequencies and shapes of low-frequency vibrations and the Mulliken charge redistribution. The performed quantum chemical calculation of chemical reactions enabled the determination of the structure of transition states and proton transfer conditions. It is shown that in the 7-AzI dimer the proton transfer has a consistent character with the formation of a zwitterionic form. The structure of excited states is calculated and the fluorescence spectra of the first electronic transitions that can be used as a criterion of the formation of 7-AzI tautomers as a result of chemical reactions proceeding through a proton transfer in the 7-azaindole dimer and the 7-azaindole complex with a water molecule are interpreted.
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