Ultrafast photochemical reactions in liquids occur on similar or shorter time scales compared
to the equilibration of the optically populated excited state. This equilibration involves the …

The present Review is an attempt by projecting the basic knowledge on photochemical
proton transfer to achieve consistent understanding of proton motions in biocatalysis …

The relation between the chemical structure and the mechanical behavior of molecular
machines is of paramount importance for a rational design of superior nanomachines. Here …

A thorough understanding of the microscopic mechanism of excited-state proton transfer
(ESPT) and the influence of the solvent environment on its dynamics are of great …

This work employs the correlated wavefunction-based methods ADC (2) and CC2 in
combination with the implicit solvent model COSMO to calculate the UV/Vis absorption and …

Excited-state proton transfer (ESPT) to solvent is often explained according to the two-step
Eigen–Weller model including a contact ion pair (CIP*) as an intermediate, but general …

This work applies the thermodynamic Förster cycle to theoretically investigate the p K a*,
ie, excited-state p K a values of pyranine-derived superphotoacids developed by Jung and …

Super‐photoacids, that is, photoacids with a negative value in the electronically excited
state, can trigger an excited‐state proton transfer (ESPT) to the solvent. For the neutral …

Photophysical properties of the ground and excited states of 1-naphthol-4-sulfonate
(1NO4S), photoacid, are investigated in different solvents and cyclodextrin derivatives of …

Despite the outstanding relevance of proton transfer reactions, investigations of the solvent
dependence on the elementary step are scarce. We present here a probe system of a …