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However, the influence of solute-solvent interactions on ESPT dynamics remains under active investigation. Here, we present an ultrafast spectroscopic study of ESPT in the photobase 2-(2\u00b4-pyridyl)benzimidazole (PBI) in methanol. Ultrafast absorption spectroscopy, supported by quantum chemical calculations, reveals three distinct kinetic steps: (1) a 2.2\u2009ps solvent-to-solute proton transfer, (2) subsequent nonradiative relaxation to the ground state within 31\u2009ps, producing a vibrationally hot ensemble with substantial excess kinetic energy, and (3) equilibration as this energy dissipates into the surrounding solvent bath over 186\u2009ps. Femtosecond-resolved dynamics exhibit oscillatory signals indicative of coherent wavepacket motion on the S\n                    <jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>\n                    potential energy surface. A phase flip in the excited-state absorption maximum confirms this assignment. Fourier analysis resolves two dominant periods (\u223c117\u2009fs and \u223c340\u2009fs), corresponding to in-plane and out-of-plane vibrational modes coupled between PBI and the hydrogen-bonded methanol molecule. The rapid dephasing (\u2009&lt;\u2009300\u2009fs) suggests that the nuclear wavefunction evolves on an anharmonic potential\u00a0energy surface while traversing the ESPT reaction coordinate.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1038\/s42004-026-01917-8","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,30]],"date-time":"2026-01-30T09:54:54Z","timestamp":1769766894000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Ultrafast solvent-to-solute proton transfer mediated by intermolecular coherent vibrations"],"prefix":"10.1038","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Ramesh","family":"Jarupula","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5362-4333","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yuezhi","family":"Mao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5860-4259","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Haiwang","family":"Yong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"1917_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2","DOI":"10.3390\/photochem5010002","volume":"5","author":"D Bose","year":"2025","unstructured":"Bose, D. & Girigoswami, A. 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