A visible-light-induced reaction of an O 3 −trimethylamine (TMA) complex isolated in low-temperature noble-gas matrices is investigated by infrared (IR) and visible absorption spectroscopies using the DFT calculation. The complex isolated in a Ne matrix yields trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) upon irradiation (λ ≥ 800 nm) by dissociation of O 3 . When the wavelength of radiation is changed to λ = 455 nm, two stable conformers of dimethylaminomethanol (DMAM) are recognized besides TMAO. In an Ar matrix, DMAM and not TMAO is mainly produced upon λ = 455 nm irradiation. The photoreaction mechanism of the O 3 − TMA complex with a single collision reaction between O( 3 P) and TMA in the gas phase to produce OH and CH 2 N(CH 3 ) 2 radicals is discussed.
The photoreactions of molecular complexes composed of O 3 and three 5-membered heterocyclic compounds, tetrahydrothiophene (THT), pyrrolidine (PyD), and thiazolidine (TAD), are systematically investigated using matrix-isolation infrared (IR) and UV−visible spectroscopies. Two visible-light absorption bands appear in the visible spectra obtained for O 3 -THT and O 3 -PyD, whereas four bands are observed for O 3 -TAD, which contains both N and S atoms in the heterocyclic ring. Upon visible-light irradiation, O 3 -THT and O 3 -PyD form their corresponding oxide derivatives, tetrahydrothiophene-1-oxide and pyrrolidine-N-oxide. Although two O 3 -TAD complexes with different photoreactivities are detected, both structures form thiazolidine-1-oxide upon combining with O and S atom in the heterocyclic ring, but not thiazolidine-N-oxide. The mechanism of formation of these oxide compounds can be explained by the stability of the oxide compound in the triplet state formed via the combination of O( 3 P) and the paired ring molecule.
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