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JOURNAL OF RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
卷 43, 期 10, 页码 1449-1458出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jrs.4057
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Corallium rubrum; Raman spectroscopy; quantum chemical calculations; effective conjugation coordinate theory; carotenoids
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- IIT (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)
The chemical nature of the red pigment of Corallium rubrum (CR) has not yet been clearly identified. We have recorded the Raman spectra of CR, canthaxantin, and parrot feather, and we propose an interpretation with the help of quantum chemistry and of the effective conjugation coordinate theory, which accounts for the main Raman lines (?1, ?2, ?3) as originating from the polyene backbone. In this study, two additional lines in the 1000?cm-1 range (?4 and ?5) are considered as well as a series of overtones and combinations in the second order Raman spectrum (20003000?cm-1). Density Functional Theory calculations predict that, moving with successive methylation from a simple unsubstituted polyene chain with 9 C-C bonds (as psyttacofulvins) to a 9, 9', 13, 13' tetramethylated chain (as carotenoids), the geometric structures of the molecules and their Raman spectra show changes that can be rationalized if the effective conjugation coordinate theory is extended to account for mechanical confinement. This turns out to be a new concept that helps the interpretation of the Raman spectra of partially methylated conjugated oligoenes. Evidence is found that the main component of the pigment of CR does not posess a fully demethylated polyene chain (psyttacofulfine) nor a tetramethylated chain (carotenoid), thus indicating that the polyene chain is partially methylated. Because we consider resonance Raman spectra, the target of this study is the structure of the polyene backbone; no direct spectroscopic information can be obtained in this way on the chemical nature of the groups attached to both chain ends. Copyright (c) 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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