Publications

2012

Characterization of Highly Unusual NH⁺–O Hydrogen Bonding to Ester Ether Oxygen Atoms through Spectroscopic and Computational Studies

Michael T. Scerba, Andrew F. DeBlase, Steven Bloom, Travis Duddin, Mark A. Johnson, and Thomas Lectka

J. Phys. Chem. A, Vol. 116, (14), pp. 3556

Structural characterization of electron-induced proton transfer in the formic acid dimer anion, (HCOOH)₂⁻, with vibrational and photoelectron spectroscopies

Helen K. Gerardi, Andrew F. DeBlase, Christopher M. Leavitt, Xiaoge Su, Kenneth D. Jordan, Anne B. McCoy, and Mark A. Johnson

J. Chem. Phys., Vol. 136, (13), pp. 134318

DOI Link: 10.1063/1.3693271

Determination of Noncovalent Docking by Infrared Spectroscopy of Cold Gas-Phase Complexes

Etienne Garand, Michael Z. Kamrath, Peter A. Jordan, Arron B. Wolk, Christopher M. Leavitt, Anne B. McCoy, Scott J. Miller, and Mark A. Johnson

Science, Vol. 335, (6069), pp. 694-698

DOI Link: 10.1126/science.1214948

Bottom-Up View of Water Network-Mediated CO₂ Reduction Using Cryogenic Cluster Ion Spectroscopy and Direct Dynamics Simulations

Kristin J. Breen, Andrew F. DeBlase, Timothy L. Guasco, Vamsee K. Voora, Kenneth D. Jordan, Takashi Nagata, and Mark A. Johnson

J. Phys. Chem. A, Vol. 116, (3), pp. 903-912

DOI Link: 10.1021/jp209493v

Water

Robert G. Bryant, Mark A. Johnson, and Peter J. Rossky

Acc. Chem. Res., Vol. 45, (18), pp. 1-2

DOI Link: 10.1021/ar2003286

2011

Characterizing the Intramolecular H-bond and Secondary Structure in Methylated GlyGlyH⁺ with H₂ Predissociation Spectroscopy

Christopher M. Leavitt, Arron B. Wolk, Michael Z. Kamrath, Etienne Garand, Michael J. Van Stipdonk, and Mark A. Johnson

J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., Vol. 22, (11), pp. 1941-1952

DOI Link: 10.1007/s13361-011-0228-3

NH⁺–F Hydrogen Bonding in a Fluorinated “Proton Sponge” Derivative: Integration of Solution, Solid-State, Gas-Phase, and Computational Studies

Michael T. Scerba, Christopher M. Leavitt, Matthew E. Diener, Andrew F. DeBlase, Timothy L. Guasco, Maxime A. Siegler, Nathaniel Bair, Mark A. Johnson, and Thomas Lectka

J. Org. Chem, Vol. 76, (19), pp. 7975-7984

DOI Link: 10.1021/jo2015328

Unraveling the Anomalous Solvatochromic Response of the Formate Ion Vibrational Spectrum: An Infrared, Ar-Tagging Study of the HCO₂¯, DCO₂¯, and HCO₂¯·H₂O Ions

Helen K. Gerardi, Andrew F. DeBlase, Xiaoge Su, Kenneth D. Jordan, Anne B. McCoy, and Mark A. Johnson

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., Vol. 2, (19), pp. 2437-2441

DOI Link: 10.1021/jz200937v

The Importance of NO⁺(H₂O)₄ in the Conversion of NO⁺(H₂O)_n to H₃O⁺(H₂O)_n: I. Kinetics Measurements and Statistical Rate Modeling

Nicole Eyet, Nicholas S. Shuman, Albert A. Viggiano, Jürgen Troe, Rachael A. Relph, Ryan P. Steele, and Mark A. Johnson

J. Phys. Chem. A, Vol. 115, (26), pp. 7582-7590

DOI Link: 10.1021/jp2032803

Unraveling Anharmonic Effects in the Vibrational Predissociation Spectra of H₅O₂⁺ and Its Deuterated Analogues

Timothy L. Guasco, Mark A. Johnson, and Anne B. McCoy

J. Phys. Chem. A, Vol. 115, (23), pp. 5847-5858

DOI Link: 10.1021/jp109999b

Tuning the intermolecular proton bond in the H₅O₂⁺ ‘Zundel ion’ scaffold

S.G. Olesen, T.L. Guasco, J.R. Roscioli, and M.A. Johnson

Chem. Phys. Lett., Vol. 509, (4-6), pp. 89-95

DOI Link: 10.1016/j.cplett.2011.04.060

Vibrational Characterization of Simple Peptides Using Cryogenic Infrared Photodissociation of H₂-Tagged, Mass-Selected Ions

Michael Z. Kamrath, Etienne Garand, Peter A. Jordan, Christopher M. Leavitt, Arron B. Wolk, Michael J. Van Stipdonk, Scott J. Miller, and Mark A. Johnson

J. Am. Chem. Soc., Vol. 133, (16), pp. 6440-6448

DOI Link: 10.1021/ja200849g

Vibrational predissociation spectroscopy of the H₂-tagged mono- and dicarboxylate anions of dodecanedioic acid

Michael Z. Kamrath, Rachael A. Relph, Timothy L. Guasco, Christopher M. Leavitt, and Mark A. Johnson

Int. J. Mass. Spectrom., Vol. 300, (2-3), pp. 91-98

DOI Link: 10.1016/j.ijms.2010.10.021

Vibrational predissociation spectroscopy and theory of Ar-tagged, protonated Imidazole (Im) Im_1–3H⁺·Ar clusters

Helen K. Gerardi, George H. Gardenier, Usha Viswanathan, Scott M. Auerbach, and Mark A. Johnson

Chem. Phys. Lett., Vol. 501, (4-6), pp. 172-178

DOI Link: 10.1016/j.cplett.2010.10.062

2010

Vibrational Predissociation Spectrum of the Carbamate Radical Anion, C₅H₅N-CO₂⁻, Generated by Reaction of Pyridine with (CO₂)_m⁻

Michael Z. Kamrath, Rachael A. Relph, and Mark A. Johnson

J. Am. Chem. Soc., Vol. 2010, (44), pp. 15508-15511

DOI Link: 10.1021/ja1073036

Isolating the Spectral Signatures of Individual Sites in Water Networks Using Vibrational Double-Resonance Spectroscopy of Cluster Isotopomers

Timothy L. Guasco, Ben M. Elliott, Mark A. Johnson, Jing Ding, and Kenneth D. Jordan

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., Vol. 1, (15), pp. 2396-2401

DOI Link: 10.1021/jz100730q

Downsizing the hydrated electron's lair

Kenneth D. Jordan and Mark A. Johnson

Science, Vol. 329, (5987), pp. 42-43

DOI Link: 10.1126/science.1191707

Tribute to W. Carl Lineberger

Anne B. McCoy and Mark A. Johnson

J. Phys. Chem. A, Vol. 114, (3), pp. 1225-1226

DOI Link: 10.1021/jp911601g

Anharmonicities and Isotopic Effects in the Vibrational Spectra of X⁻·H₂O, ·HDO, and ·D₂O [X = Cl, Br, and I] Binary Complexes

Samantha Horvath, Anne B. McCoy, Ben M. Elliott, Gary H. Weddle, Joseph R. Roscioli, and Mark A. Johnson

J. Phys. Chem. A, Vol. 114, (3), pp. 1556-1558

DOI Link: 10.1021/jp9088782

Survey of Ar-Tagged Predissociation and Vibrationally Mediated Photodetachment Spectroscopies of the Vinylidene Anion, C₂H₂⁻

Helen K. Gerardi, Kristin J. Breen, Timothy L. Guasco, Gary H. Weddle, George H. Gardenier, Jennifer E. Laaser, and Mark A. Johnson

J. Phys. Chem. A, Vol. 114, (3), pp. 1592-1601

DOI Link: 10.1021/jp9095419

Cover Articles

Effects of Microhydration on the Mechanisms of Hydrolysis and Cl^- Substitution in Reactions of N₂O₅ and Seawater

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202200819

Water Network Shape-Dependence of Local Interactions with the Microhydrated –NO₂⁻ and –CO₂⁻ Anionic Head Groups by Cold Ion Vibrational Spectroscopy

DOI Link: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c00721

Preparation and Characterization of the Halogen Bonding Motif in the Isolated Cl⁻∙IOH Complex with Cryogenic Ion Vibrational Spectroscopy

DOI Link: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00218

Vibrational signatures of HNO₃ acidity when complexed with microhydrated alkali metal ions, M⁺∙(HNO₃)(H₂O)_n=5 (M=Li, K, Na, Rb, Cs), at 20 K

DOI Link: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c10352

Size-Dependent Onset of Nitric Acid Dissociation in Cs⁺(HNO₃)(H₂O)_n=0-11 Clusters at 20 K

DOI Link: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00235

Isolating the Contributions of Specific Network Sites to the Diffuse Vibrational Spectrum of Interfacial Water With Isotopomer-Selective Spectroscopy of Cold Clusters

DOI Link: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c07795

Ionic Liquid Clusters Generated from Electrospray Thrusters: Cold Ion Spectroscopic Signatures of Size-Dependent Acid−Base Interactions

DOI Link: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c07595

Vibrational Spectroscopy of the Cryogenically Cooled O- and N-Protomers of 4-Aminobenzoic Acid: Tag Effects, Isotopic Labels, and Identification of the E,Z Isomer of the O-Protomer

DOI Link: 10.1016/j.ijms.2020.116427

Spectroscopic Signatures of Mode-Dependent Tunnel Splitting in the Iodide-Water Binary Complex

DOI Link: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c00853

Integration of High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry with Cryogenic Ion Vibrational Spectroscopy

DOI Link: 10.1007/s13361-019-02238-y

Tag-Free and Isotopomer-Selective Vibrational Spectroscopy of the Cryogenically Cooled H₉O₄⁺ Cation with Two-Color, IR-IR Double-Resonance: Isolating the Spectral Signature of a Single OH Group in the Hydronium Ion Core

DOI Link: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b08507

Isolation of the site-specific anharmonicities of individual water molecules in the Iˉ∙(H₂O)₂ complex using tag‐free, isotopomer selective IR‐IR double resonance

DOI Link: 10.1016/j.cplett.2017.09.042

Spectroscopic characterization of a strongly interacting C₍₂₎H group on the EMIM⁺ cation in the (EMIM⁺)₂Xˉ, (X = BF₄, Cl, Br, and I) ternary building blocks of ionic liquids

DOI Link: 10.1063/1.5009009

Capture of CO₂ by a Cationic Ni^I Complex in the Gas Phase and Characterization of the Bound Activated CO₂ Molecule through Cryogenic Ion Vibrational Predissociation Spectroscopy

DOI Link: 10.1002/anie.201507965

Snapshots of Proton Accommodation at a Microscopic Water Surface: Understanding the Vibrational Spectral Signatures of the Charge Defect in Cryogenically Cooled H⁺(H₂O)_n=2-28 Clusters

DOI Link: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b04355

Modes of Activation of Organometallic Iridium Complexes for Catalytic Water and C-H Oxidation

DOI Link: 10.1021/ic402390t

Vibrational manifestations of strong non-Condon effects in the H₃O⁺·X₃(X = Ar, N₂, CH4, H2O) complexes: A possible explanation for the intensity in the “association band” in the vibrational spectrum of water

DOI Link: 10.1039/C2CP24110B

Publications

2012

Characterization of Highly Unusual NH+–O Hydrogen Bonding to Ester Ether Oxygen Atoms through Spectroscopic and Computational Studies

Structural characterization of electron-induced proton transfer in the formic acid dimer anion, (HCOOH)2−, with vibrational and photoelectron spectroscopies

Determination of Noncovalent Docking by Infrared Spectroscopy of Cold Gas-Phase Complexes

Bottom-Up View of Water Network-Mediated CO2 Reduction Using Cryogenic Cluster Ion Spectroscopy and Direct Dynamics Simulations

Water

2011

Characterizing the Intramolecular H-bond and Secondary Structure in Methylated GlyGlyH+ with H2 Predissociation Spectroscopy

NH+–F Hydrogen Bonding in a Fluorinated “Proton Sponge” Derivative: Integration of Solution, Solid-State, Gas-Phase, and Computational Studies

Unraveling the Anomalous Solvatochromic Response of the Formate Ion Vibrational Spectrum: An Infrared, Ar-Tagging Study of the HCO2¯, DCO2¯, and HCO2¯·H2O Ions

The Importance of NO+(H2O)4 in the Conversion of NO+(H2O)n to H3O+(H2O)n: I. Kinetics Measurements and Statistical Rate Modeling

Unraveling Anharmonic Effects in the Vibrational Predissociation Spectra of H5O2+ and Its Deuterated Analogues

Tuning the intermolecular proton bond in the H5O2+ ‘Zundel ion’ scaffold

Vibrational Characterization of Simple Peptides Using Cryogenic Infrared Photodissociation of H2-Tagged, Mass-Selected Ions

Vibrational predissociation spectroscopy of the H2-tagged mono- and dicarboxylate anions of dodecanedioic acid

Vibrational predissociation spectroscopy and theory of Ar-tagged, protonated Imidazole (Im) Im1–3H+·Ar clusters