Abstract
We study the intramolecular proton transfer in the amino acid glycine in aqueous solution. We show that this system is an example of nonequilibrium solvation, where the proton-transfer step is fast and the solvent relaxes afterward. We show how the physical picture of equilibrium vs nonequilibrium solvation arises naturally within the framework of the quantized Zwanzig Hamiltonian. κ 2001 American Chemical Society.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2563-2567 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Physical Chemistry A |
Volume | 105 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 29 2001 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry