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MO: Fachverband Molekülphysik
MO 24: Biomolecules 2
MO 24.4: Talk
Friday, March 21, 2014, 14:45–15:00, BEBEL SR144
Infrared Photodissociation Spectroscopy of Microsolvated β-phenethylamine Cation Complexes in the Gas Phase — •Markus Schütz, Aude Bouchet, Alexander Klemt, and Otto Dopfer — Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, TU Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
Neurotransmitters have important biological functions and play an important role in human behaviour. The molecule β-phenethylamine (PEA) is the simplest aromatic biogenic ethylamino neurotransmitter. It acts as a backbone of numerous hallucinogen substances and as a model for more complex neurotransmitters. Infrared photodissociation (IRPD) spectra of the Ar- and H2O-tagged PEA cation complexes are recorded to study the conformation and microsolvation in nonpolar and polar environment. Comparison with simulated vibrational spectra from density functional theory allows for the assignment of different isomers and reveals some surprising insights into geometrical structures.