ChemInform Abstract: The Characterization of Molecular Boric Acid by Mass Spectrometry and Matrix Isolation IR Spectroscopy.

Molecular H₃BO₃ is obtained by heating crystalline orthoboric acid in vacuo to ∼ 40 °C. The IR spectrum of this species isolated in low-temp.     

ChemInform Abstract: Photoionization Spectra of Cesium and Cesium Oxide Clusters.

Seven cesium and 86 oxidized cesium clusters, CsnOm (0 < m < n; n = 3-14), are ionized in a one-photon process by means of a tunable cw dye laser and detected in a mass spectrometer.     

ChemInform Abstract: Thermolysis of NH4HCO3: A Simple Way to Free Carbonic Acid,H2CO3, in the Gas Phase.

Mass spectrometric results indicate that thermolysis of NH₄HCO₃ results in the formation of the radical cation CH₂O+· 3 (I), (m/z 62).     

ChemInform Abstract: Dimers and Tetramers of SiCl in a Molecular Beam from a Heterogeneous,Intermediate-Pressure Reactor.

Unusual molecules like Si₂Cl₂ and Si₄Cl₄ can be detected by mass spectrometry in a molecular beam extracted from a promising new type of source.     

ChemInform Abstract: Direct Observation of New Antimony-containing Anions: SbH2O-, Sb3-, and Monomeric Sb3O5-.

The novel title anions are generated in the source of a mass spectrometer under negative chemical ionization conditions Starting from Sb(OBu)₃.     

ChemInform Abstract: Quantum Molecular Interpretation of Photodetachment and Photodepletion Spectra of Small Alkali Metal Clusters.

ChemInform is a weekly Abstracting Service, delivering concise information at a glance that was extracted from about 100 leading journals. To access a ChemInform Abstract of an article which was published elsewhere, please select a “Full Text” option. The original article is trackable via the “References” option.     

ChemInform Abstract: Multiphoton Spectroscopy of X-NO (X: Kr,Xe, CH4) van der Waals Molecules.

The spectra of the title species are investigated at wavelengths near the C2π ← X2π1/2 transition of nitric oxide by mass-resolved multiphoton ionization (MPI) spectroscopy.     

ChemInform Abstract: Vibrational Spectroscopy of the Hydrated Hydronium Cluster Ions H3O+·(H2O)n (n = 1, 2, 3).

Using a new spectroscopic method, the gas phase IR spectra of the title cluster ions, produced in a high pressure corona discharge source, are observed between 3550 and 3800 cm^-1.