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ArticleJACS Au2026

Proton Sharing in Polycarboxylic Acids in Aqueous Solution.

Lukáš Tomaník, Jiří Tůma, Gunnar Öhrwall, Ronny Golnak, Ngoc Lan Le Nguyen, Bruno Credidio, Harmanjot Kaur, Petr Slavíček, Bernd Winter, H Christian Schewe

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Lukáš TomaníkDepartment of Physical Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Technická 5, Prague 16628, Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2547-2488
Jiří TůmaDepartment of Organic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Technická 5, Prague 16628, Czech Republic.
Gunnar ÖhrwallMAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Lund 22100, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5795-8047
Ronny GolnakDepartment of Highly Sensitive X-Ray Spectroscopy, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin 14109, Germany.
Ngoc Lan Le NguyenInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 542, Prague 160 00, Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8639-1244
Bruno CredidioDepartment of Molecular Physics, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, Berlin 14195, Germany.
Harmanjot KaurDepartment of Molecular Physics, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, Berlin 14195, Germany.
Petr SlavíčekDepartment of Physical Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Technická 5, Prague 16628, Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5358-5538
Bernd WinterDepartment of Molecular Physics, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, Berlin 14195, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5597-8888
H Christian ScheweJ. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, Prague 18223, Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3232-5486

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Abstract

We investigate proton sharing in biologically relevant polycarboxylic acids in aqueous solutions using liquid-jet X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. In contrast to techniques that record time-averaged proton positions, like nuclear magnetic resonance, photoelectron spectroscopy captures instantaneous proton distribution due to its ultrafast probing time scale. The method is, therefore, uniquely sensitive to the occurrence of proton sharing in an aqueous environment, as demonstrated here. We only observe significant proton sharing dynamics in maleic acid, where its monoanionic form shows a single, delocalized peak in the carbon 1s spectrum. Conversely, succinic acid, fumaric acid, malic acid, glutaric acid, and citric acid exhibit distinct peaks corresponding to separate, localized COOH and COO

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BiomoleculesCarboxylic AcidsCitric Acid (Krebs) CyclePhotoelectron SpectroscopyProton Sharing

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PMID42358690
PMCPMC13291952

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