Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)
Abstract
Rearranged: The attachment of gas‐phase divalent metal ions that bind as strongly as Mg2+ and transition‐metal ions to the dipeptide PhePhe results in displacement of the amide proton by the newly characterized iminol tautomerization rearrangment. More weakly coordinating ions bind in the known charge‐solvation mode. Infrared multiple‐photon dissociation spectroscopy using the free‐electron laser clearly shows the tautomeric transition.