title: Resonance Raman characterization of different forms of ground-state 8-bromo-7-hydroxyquinoline caged acetate in aqueous solutions.
abstract: The 8-bromo-7-hydroxyquinolinyl group (BHQ) is a derivative of 7-hydroxyquinoline (7-HQ) and BHQ molecules coexisting as different forms in aqueous solution. Absorption and resonance Raman spectroscopic methods were used to examine 8-bromo-7-hydroxyquinoline protected acetate (BHQ-OAc) in acetonitrile (MeCN), H(2)O/MeCN (60:40, v/v, pH 6 approximately 7), and NaOH-H(2)O/MeCN (60:40, v/v, pH 11 approximately 12) to obtain a better characterization of the forms of the ground-state species of BHQ-OAc in aqueous solutions and to examine their properties. The absorption spectra of BHQ-OAc in water show no absorption bands of the tautomeric species unlike the strong band at about 400 nm observed for the tautomeric form in 7-HQ aqueous solution. The resonance Raman spectra in conjunction with Raman spectra predicted from density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal the observation of a double Raman band system characteristic of the neutral form (the nominal C=C ring stretching, C-N stretching, and O-H bending modes at 1564 and 1607 cm(-1)) and a single Raman band diagnostic of the enol-deprotonated anionic form (the nominal C=C ring, C-N, and C-O(-) stretching modes in the 1593 cm(-1) region). These results suggest that the neutral form of BHQ-OAc is the major species in neutral aqueous solution. There is a modest increase in the amount of the anionic form and a big decrease in the amount of the tautomeric form of the molecules for BHQ-OAc compared to 7-HQ in neutral aqueous solution. The presence of the 8-bromo group and/or competitive hydrogen bonding that hinder the formation and transfer process of a BHQ-OAc-water cyclic complex may be responsible for this large substituent effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.
authors.forename: Hui-Ying
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: An
authors.forename: Chensheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Jameil L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Nganga
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Timothy M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Dore
authors.forename: David Lee
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D006912:Hydroxyquinolines / Q000737:chemistry*; D012996:Solutions; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000379:methods*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D006912:Hydroxyquinolines; D012996:Solutions; D014867:Water