Picosecond and nanosecond isomerization kinetics of protonated 11-cis retinylidene Schiff bases. Academic Article

abstract

• Abstract Picosecond and nonosecond spectroscopy has been used to study the isomerization mechanism of protonated 11cis retinylidene Schiff bases. The formation and bleaching of absorption bands within 10 ps and corresponding decay and recovery within 11 ns indicate that the isomerization mechanism of the protonated Schiff bases is not identical to rhodopsin in which the primary photophysical event is probably due to electron transfer or partial isomerization of the chromophore to a nonplanar conformation. Copyright 1977, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

authors

• Rentzepis, Peter

published proceedings

• Photochem Photobiol

author list (cited authors)

• Huppert, D., Rentzepis, P. M., & Kliger, D. S.

citation count

• 42

complete list of authors

• Huppert, D||Rentzepis, PM||Kliger, DS

publication date

• February 1977

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• Photochemistry and Photobiology  Journal

keywords

• Kinetics
• Light
• Protons
• Retinal Pigments
• Schiff Bases
• Spectrophotometry
• Stereoisomerism

PubMed Central ID

• 866452

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1977.tb06897.x

start page

• 193

end page

• 197

volume

• 25

issue

• 2

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1111%2Fj.1751-1097.1977.tb06897.x