The resonance Raman spectra were obtained for both 2-thiopyridone (2TP) and its proton-transfer tautomer 2-mercaptopyridine (2MP) in water solution. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were carried out to help elucidate their ultraviolet electronic transitions and vibrational assignments of the resonance Raman spectra associated with their B-band absorptions. The nanosecond time-resolved resonance Raman spectroscopic experiment was carried out to further confirm the assignment that the transient species was the ground state 2MP. The different short-time structural dynamics were examined for both 2TP and 2MP in terms of their resonance Raman intensity patterns. The transition barriers between 2TP and 2MP for S(0), T(1), and S(1) states are determined by using (U)B3LYP-TD and CASSCF level of theory computations, respectively. The excited state proton transfer (ESPT) reaction mechanism is proposed and briefly discussed.

Resonance Raman spectra were obtained for thymidine and thymine with excitation wavelengths in resonance with the approximately 260 nm band absorption spectrum. The spectra indicate that the Franck-Condon (FC) region photodissociation dynamics of thymidine have multidimensional character with motion predominantly along the nominal C5=C6 stretch + C6-H bend nu17 (delta = 0.75, lambda = 468 cm(-1)), the nominal thymine ring stretch + C6-H bend + N1-C1, stretch nu29 (delta = 0.73, lambda = 363 cm(-1)), the nominal thymine ring stretch + C5-CH3/ N1-C1, stretch nu37 (delta = 0.69, lambda = 292 cm(-1)), and accompanied by the moderate and minor changes in the nu40, nu20 and nu23, nu55, nu60, nu61, nu63 modes. A preliminary resonance Raman intensity analysis was done, and these results for thymidine and thymine were compared to each other. The roles of ribose in the FC structure dynamics of thymidine were explored and the results were used to correlate to its lifetime constants tau1 and tau2 for two nonradiative decay channels. Spi/Sn conical intersection versus a distorted structure of Spi,min in the FC region was briefly discussed.

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1,3-Dithiole-2-thione (DTT) was synthesized and characterized using NMR, FT-Raman, FT-IR, UV spectroscopies. Resonance Raman spectra (RRs) were obtained with 341.5, 354.7 and 368.9 nm excitation wavelengths and density functional calculations were done to elucidate the electronic transitions and the RRs of DTT in cyclohexane solution. The RRs indicate that the Franck-Condon region photodynamics is predominantly along the C S stretch+ H-C C-H scissor υ 4 , accompanied by the H-C C-H scissor υ 3 , S-C-S symmetric stretch υ 6 , C C stretch υ 2 , and overtone of the non-totally symmetric S C-S2 out-of-plane deformation 2υ 11 . The excited-state dynamics and the force constant of C S stretch calculated by the RRs were discussed.