2013, Prémont-Schwarz, M., Xiao, D., Sekharan, S., Batista, V.S., Nibbering, E.T.J.

We characterize the transient solvent-dependent OH-stretching frequency shifts of photoacid 2-naphthol hydrogen-bonded with CH3CN in the S0- and S1-states using a combined experimental and theoretical approach, and disentangle specific hydrogen-bonding contributions from nonspecific dielectric response.