In this study quantum mechanical calculations of force constants and normal mode analysis are used to elucidate the factors that influence the C=C and C=N stretching frequencies in polyenes and in protonated Schiff bases. The C=N stretching frequency is found to depend on both the C=N stretching force constant and the C=N-H bending force constant. Due to the contributions of these two modes, the C=N stretching frequency is particularly sensitive to the magnitude of the Schiff base counterion interactions and to the hydrogen bonding environment of the Schiff base nitrogen. Models for chromophore-protein interactions in the retinal binding site and for the photochemical transformations of bacteriorhodopsin and rhodopsin are evaluated in light of these results.
In this study quantum mechanical calculations of force constants and normal mode analysis are used to elucidate the factors that influence the C=C and C=N stretching frequencies in polyenes and in protonated n class="Chemical">Schiff bases. The C=N stretching frequency is found to depend on both the C=N stretching force constant and the C=N-H bending force constant. Due to the contributions of these two modes, the C=N stretching frequency is particularly sensitive to the magnitude of the Schiff base counterion interactions and to the hydrogen bonding environment of the Schiff basenitrogen. Models for chromophore-protein interactions in the retinal binding site and for the photochemical transformations of bacteriorhodopsin and rhodopsin are evaluated in light of these results.
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