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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2025

Mapping Excited-State Decay Mechanisms in Acetylacetone by Sub-20 fs Time-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy.

Stefano Severino, Flavia Aleotti, Lorenzo Mai, Aurora Crego, Fabio Medeghini, Fabio Frassetto, Luca Poletto, Matteo Lucchini, Francesco Segatta, Maurizio Reduzzi and 3 more

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13 authors.

Stefano SeverinoDipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9607-8077
Flavia AleottiDepartment of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", University of Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 86, Bologna 40129, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7176-5305
Lorenzo MaiDipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy.
Aurora CregoInstitute of Photonics and Nanotechnologies, CNR (CNR-IFN), Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy.
Fabio MedeghiniDipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy.
Fabio FrassettoInstitute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies, IFN-CNR, via Trasea 7, Padova 35131, Italy.
Luca PolettoInstitute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies, IFN-CNR, via Trasea 7, Padova 35131, Italy.
Matteo LucchiniDipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6476-100X
Francesco SegattaDepartment of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", University of Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 86, Bologna 40129, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4150-6676
Maurizio ReduzziDipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy.
Mauro NisoliDipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2309-732X
Artur NenovDepartment of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", University of Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 86, Bologna 40129, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3071-5341
Rocío Borrego-VarillasInstitute of Photonics and Nanotechnologies, CNR (CNR-IFN), Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4499-0558

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Excited-State Intramolecular Hydrogen Transfer (ESIHT) is one of the fastest chemical reactions, occurring on the order of tens of femtoseconds and playing a critical role in light-driven biological processes and technological applications. Here, we investigate the early stages of coupled nuclear-electron dynamics using acetylacetone (AcAc) as a model system exhibiting ESIHT. We employ ultraviolet-extreme ultraviolet (UV-XUV) time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (tr-PES) with sub-20 fs resolution in combination with high-level dynamically correlated simulations (CASPT2) to map the electronic relaxation pathways and vibrational modes driving this process. Our results provide distinct spectroscopic signatures of ESIHT occurring within the first 20 fs and resolve the active vibrational modes, showing the intricate evolution of the electronic and nuclear degrees of freedom. Moreover, the analysis reveals the key role of ultrafast intersystem crossing (ISC) to triplet states in modulating the excited-state dynamics and its implications for the overall relaxation pathways. These findings refine our understanding of the photochemistry of AcAc and suggest general principles that can be applied to similar conjugated systems.

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