1. VUV photoionization of the CH 2 NC radical: adiabatic ionization energy and cationic vibrational mode wavenumber determinations
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Oliver J. Harper, Sebastian Hartweg, Séverine Boyé-Péronne, Gustavo A. Garcia, Jean-Claude Guillemin, Bérenger Gans, Jean-Christophe Loison, Université de Bordeaux, ISM, UMR CNRS 5255, Talence, 33405, France, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay (ISMO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (ISCR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA), This work was performed on the DESIRS beamline under proposal number 20181133. We acknowledge SOLEIL for provisionof synchrotron radiation facilities and the DESIRS beamline staff for their assistance. This work received financial support fromthe French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) under grant ANR-12-BS08-0020-02 (project SYNCHROKIN). This work wassupported by the Programme National Physique et Chimie du Milieu Interstellaire (PCMI) of CNRS/INSU with INC/INP co-fundedby CEA and CNES. J.-C.G. thanks the CNES for a grant., ANR-12-BS08-0020,SynchroKin,Mise en place d'une technique expérimentale pour la mesure de données cinétiques et mécanistiques utilisant la radiation synchrotron SOLEIL(2012), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), and Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Physics ,[SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,General Physics and Astronomy ,02 engineering and technology ,Photoionization ,Electron ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,7. Clean energy ,Spectral line ,Ion ,[CHIM.THEO]Chemical Sciences/Theoretical and/or physical chemistry ,Ab initio quantum chemistry methods ,Molecular vibration ,0103 physical sciences ,Physics::Atomic and Molecular Clusters ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Atomic physics ,Ionization energy ,Physics::Chemical Physics ,0210 nano-technology ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Excitation ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS - Abstract
The photoelectron spectroscopy of CH2NC (isocyanomethyl) radical species is investigated for the first time between 9.3 and 11.2 eV in the vicinity of the first photoionizing transition X+1A1 ← X 2B1. The experiment combines a microwave discharge flow-tube reactor to produce the radicals through the CH3NC + F → CH2NC + HF reaction, a VUV synchrotron radiation excitation, and a double imaging electron/ion coincidence spectrometer which allows the recording of mass-selected threshold photoelectron spectra. Assignment of the observed vibrational structure of the CH2NC+ cation is guided by ab initio calculations and Franck-Condon simulations. From the experimental spectrum, the first adiabatic ionization energy of the CH2NC radical is measured as 9.439(6) eV. Fundamental wavenumbers are determined for several vibrational modes of the cation [small nu, Greek, tilde]1+(CH2 symmetric stretch) = 2999(80) cm-1, [small nu, Greek, tilde]2+(NC stretch) = 1925(40) cm-1, [small nu, Greek, tilde]4+(H2C-N stretch) = 1193(40) cm-1, [small nu, Greek, tilde]6+(CNC out-of-plane bend) = 237(50) cm-1, and [small nu, Greek, tilde]8+(CH2 rock) = 1185(60) cm-1.
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- 2020