Abstract
Probing the isomerization of a retinal chromophore model we have found the first ab initio realization of the so-called "bicycle-pedal mechanism". In an ensemble of 47 starting geometries generated by ground-state zero-point-energy sampling one single trajectory followed the aforementioned reaction mode which was proposed by Warshel in 1976. Furthermore restrained optimization of synchronous rotation mode shows that two-doublebond isomerization is barrierless for the conrotatory and disrotatory pathway.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 16-17 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
| Volume | 131 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 14 Jan 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |