He (I) and He (II) photoelectron spectra of ozone

The he I (21.2 eV) and He II (40.8 eV) photoelectron spectra of ozone have been recorded under high resolution. Ionization potentials are identified at 12.75 eV, 13.02 eV, 13.57 eV, and two broad bands are centered at 17.7 eV and 20.1 eV. The experimental results and the orbital assignment are not completely in accord with those given recently in the literature.     

He(I) photoelectron studies of liquids and gases

He(I)photoelectron spectra of tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine, phenol, benzyl alcohol and formamide in gaseous and liquid forms have been measured. The structure underlying these spectra is enhanced by plotting them in the form of their second derivatives. Comparison of the spectra of the gas phase and liquid surface reveals the effects of intermolecular interaction and sometimes enables the determination of the molecular form of the surface layer.     

Isonitrile ligand properties as studied by He I/He II photoelectron spectroscopy

A new series of isonitrile-substituted cobalt tricarbonyl nitrosyl (Co(CO)₂(NO)CNR, R = Me, Et, ⁿPr, ⁱPr, ⁿBu, ⁿPe, CH₂Si(CH₃)₃) has been synthesized, and their He I ultraviolet photoelectron spectra are reported. The assignment of the bands in the low energy part of the spectra was performed with the aid of DFT calculations. The first vertical ionization energies of the complexes were found to be 7.73 (CNMe), 7.58 (CNEt), 7.59 (CNⁿPr), 7.70 (CNⁿBu), 7.67 (CNⁿPe), 7.77 (CNⁱPr), and 7.54 ± 0.03 eV (CNCH₂Si(CH₃)₃). In the case of ⁿPr- and CH₂Si(CH₃)₃- substitutions, He II photoelectron spectra were also recorded. The relative importance of electronic and steric effects of the isonitrile ligands, as a function of the size of group –R, is discussed.     

Electronic structure of ferrocence derivatives studied by He(I) photoelectron spectroscopy and CNDO /2 method

The effect of substituents in the Cp ligands on the electronic structure has been studied for the 1,1′-disubstituted ferrocenes Fe(CpX)₂, with X = C₂H₅, OCH₃, CN, COCH₃, COOCH₃, OOCCH₃, CH₂C₆H₅, or C₆H₅, by UV photoelectron spectroscopy and by CNDO /2 calculations. The energy gap between the ²E_2g and ²AT_1g ion states, 0.36 eV in the parent ferrocene, is affected only by the COCH₃ and COOCH₃ substituents, which lower it to 0.22 and 0.28 eV, respectively. Splitting of e_1u(π) level due to the lowering of the symmetry is the only effect observed in the photoelectron spectra. There is a strong conjugation between the phenyl and cyclopentadienyl β-orbitals in 1,1′-diphenylferrocene. The changes in the a_1g(d) ionization energy calculated by the ΔSCF method using CNDO /2 total energies are in a good agreement with the experimental data.     

He I ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy of benzene and pyridine in supersonic molecular beams using photoelectron imaging

We performed He I ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) of jet-cooled aromatic molecules using a newly developed photoelectron imaging (PEI) spectrometer. The PEI spectrometer can measure photoelectron spectra and photoelectron angular distributions at a considerably higher efficiency than a conventional spectrometer that uses a hemispherical energy analyzer. One technical problem with PEI is its relatively high susceptibility to background electrons generated by scattered He I radiation. To reduce this problem, we designed a new electrostatic lens that intercepts background photoelectrons emitted from the repeller plate toward the imaging detector. An energy resolution (ΔE/E) of 0.735% at E = 5.461 eV is demonstrated with He I radiation. The energy resolution is limited by the size of the ionization region. Trajectory calculations indicate that the system is capable of achieving an energy resolution of 0.04% with a laser if the imaging resolution is not limited. Experimental results are presented for jet-cooled benzene and pyridine, and they are compared with results in the literature.     

A study of the reactive intermediate IF and I atoms with photoelectron spectroscopy

Angle-resolved photoelectron (PE) spectra were recorded for IF and I. These were prepared as primary and secondary products of the F + CH2I2 reaction. PE spectra were recorded with different IF-to-I ratios to evaluate the relative intensities of IF and I photoelectron bands where their bands were overlapped. Improved values were obtained for the vertical and adiabatic ionization energies of the IF(+)(X(2)Pi(3/2)) <-- IF(X(1)sigma(+)) and IF(+)((2)Pi(1/2)) <-- IF(X(1)sigma(+)) ionizations and for the spectroscopic constants omega(e) and omega(e)ex(e) for the two IF ionic states X(2)Pi(3/2) and (2)Pi(1/2). Equilibrium bond lengths r(e) of these IF ionic states were derived from the experimental relative intensities of the vibrational components and calculated Franck-Condon factors. Threshold photoelectron (TPE) spectra were also recorded under the same reaction conditions. On comparing the TPE and PE spectra, the contributions from atomic iodine were much more intense in the TPE spectra. No difference was seen between the vibrational envelopes of the two observed IF bands, and no extra structure was seen associated with the TPE bands of IF as has been observed in TPE spectra of other diatomic halogens. The extra features that were observed in the TPE spectra can be assigned to contributions from autoionization of known I Rydberg states.     

He I photoelectron spectroscopy and theoretical investigation on diaceto disulfide, CH3C(O)OSSOC(O)CH3

A novel species, diaceto disulfide (CH3C(O)OSSOC(O)CH3), has been generated through the heterogeneous reaction between sulfur monochloride (S2Cl2) and silver acetate (AgOC(O)CH3). Photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) and theoretical calculations are performed to investigate its electronic and geometric structures. This molecule exhibits gauche conformation with both C=O groups syn to the S-O bond. The dihedral angle around the S-S bond is calculated to be -93.1 degrees at the B3LYP/6-311++G(3df,3pd) level. After structural optimizations of the most stable conformer, a theoretical study involving the calculation of the ionization energies using orbital valence Green's functional (OVGF) was performed. The ionization energies of different bands in the photoelectron spectrum are in good agreement with the calculated values from the OVGF method. The first vertical ionization energy of CH3C(O)OSSOC(O)CH3 is determined to be 9.83 eV by photoelectron spectroscopy, which corresponds to the ionization of an electron mainly localized on the sulfur 3p lone pair molecular orbital.     

The He I photoelectron spectrum of TeO

The photoelectron spectrum of a molecular beam produced by heating a sample of “TeO₂” is consistent with the presence of TeO as the predominant species. It indicates that as expected the electronic structure is closely related to that of other group VI diatomic molecules. The ground state of the ion differs however from the X ²II states of lighter diatomics of this series exhibiting Hund's case c coupling as has been observed for the ground state of the Te⁺₂ ion.     

Limonene: electronic state spectroscopy by high-resolution vacuum ultraviolet photoabsorption, electron scattering, He(I) photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio calculations

Electronic state spectroscopy of limonene has been investigated using vacuum ultraviolet photoabsorption spectroscopy in the energy range 5.0-10.8 eV. The availability of a high resolution photon beam (~0.075 nm) enabled detailed analysis of the vibrational progressions and allowed us to propose, for the first time, new assignments for several Rydberg series. Excited states located in the 7.5-8.4 eV region have been studied for the first time. A He(I) photoelectron spectrum has also been recorded from 8.2 to 9.5 eV and compared to previous low resolution works. A new value of 8.521 ± 0.002 eV for the ground ionic state adiabatic ionisation energy is proposed. Absolute photoabsorption cross sections were derived in the 10-26 eV range from electron scattering data. All spectra presented in this paper represent the highest resolution data yet reported for limonene. These experiments are complemented by new ab initio calculations performed for the three most abundant conformational isomers of limonene, which we then used in the assignment of the spectral bands.     

He(I) and He(II) photoelectron spectra of some mixed sandwich compounds of titanium,zirconium and hafnium

The He(I) and He(II) photoelectron spectra are reported for two series of transition metal mixed sandwich complexes of general formula L_aML_b (M = Ti, L_a = η⁵-C₅H₅, η⁵-CH₃C₅H₄, η⁵-C₅(CH₃)₅; M = Zr, Hf, L_a = η⁵-C₅(CH₃)₅; L_b = η⁷-C₇H₇ (series I); M = Ti, L_a = η⁵-CH₃C₅H₄, η⁵-C₅(CH₃)₅; M = Zr, L_a = η⁵-C₅(CH₃)₅; L_b = η⁸-C₈H₈ (series II)). Assignments were made of the metal d, cyclopentadienyl and carbocyclic π orbitals on the basis of He(I)/He(II) intensity ratios and shift effects and by comparison with UP data for related compounds. For series I no influence of the central metal upon the IEs of the highest occupied molecular orbital e₂ was observed. The IE of the non-bonding metal d_z2 orbital of Ti or Zr (5.28 and 4.70 eV, respectively) in the complexes of series II (L_a = η⁵-C₅(CH₃)₅) is very low.     

He I photoelectron spectra of some camphor derivatives

He I photoelectron spectra of several camphor derivatives have been measured and assigned.     

The electronic structure and the He (I) photoelectron spectrum of bis(π-pentadienyl)dinickel

The electronic structure of bis(π-pentadienyl)dinickel (1) has been investigated by means of semi-empirical MO calculations of the INDO type and by means of He(I) photoelectron (PE) spectroscopy. The vertical ionization potentials obtained by a Green's function approach are in good agreement with the measured ionization energies. It is demonstrated that the Ni 3d ionization events occur at lower energies than the lowest ligand band, a sequence that differs from the case of bis(π-allyl)nickel (2) where ligand π orbitals are ionized at lower energies than Ni 3d orbitals. This difference between the two π complexes can be traced back to a less efficient metal to ligand charge transfer in the binuclear complex 1 leading to a destabilization of the MOs with large Ni 3d amplitudes. According to the semi-empirical INDO-hamiltonian the direct interaction between the two 3d manifolds in the closed shell ground state of 1 is small.     

He I and Ne I photoelectron spectra of dichloro- and dibromomalononitrile

He I and Ne I photoelectron spectra are reported for the densely populated valence regions of gaseous malononitrile, H₂C(CN)₂, dichloromalononitrile, Cl₂C(CN)₂, and dibromomalononitrile, Br₂C(CN)₂. A minor reassessment of the H₂C(CN)₂ assignments is extended to permit plausible assignments for the previously unreported dihalodicyano species. Semiempirical calculations, HAM/3 and MNDO for H₂C(CN)₂, and MNDO for the X₂C(CN)₂ molecules, are shown to be of limited value for the location of strongly localised nitrogen orbitals.     

The surface activity of p-aminotriphenylmethane dyes in organic solvents - He(I) photoelectron spectra

At 0.23 M, the superficial layer of a solution of malachite green hydroxide or of brilliant green hydroxide in hydroxy-propionitrile consists entirely of the dye (as measured by He (I) photoelectron spectroscopy). This surface activity is weak or non-existent in the chloride and oxalate of malachite green, in some related dyes like brilliant green bisulphate and in the hydroxides and salts of both p-rosaniline and crystal violet.     

(He 1) photoelectron spectra of vinyl- and (1-dimethylaminovinyl)pyridines

The (He 1) photoelectron spectra of -, -, -vinyl, -, -, and -(1-dimethylvinyl)-pyridines, 1-dimethyl- and 1-diethylaminostyrenes were obtained and interpreted within the framework of the molecular orbital perturbation theory. In both pyridine derivative series, there is a regular increase in the ionization energy of the 1a ₂, C=C and n_en orbitals and decrease in the ionization energy of the 2b₁ orbitals in the order < < (inversion of orbitals 1a ₂ and 2b₁ is found for -vinylpyridine). The splitting of the energy levels of the heterocycle in dimethylaminovinylpyridines is less than in the corresponding vinyl derivatives, which indicates a weakening of the interaction between the aromatic (or heteroaromatic) ring and the enamine fragment extruding from the ring plane. The ionization energy of the unshared electron pair of the nitrogen atom of the pyridine ring for all the compounds except for -(1-dimethylaminovinyl)pyridine (which displays an ortho effect) is close to that for pyridine. The photoelectron spectral data are compared with the MO energies calculated by the MINDO/3 method.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 103–108, January, 1985.     

咔唑及其N-取代衍生物的气相He I紫外光电子能谱与量子化学研 究

首次系列报道了9-H咔唑及其系列N-取代衍生物的气相HeI紫外光电子能谱,借助于Gauss-94采用RHF/3-21G基组对它们的几何构型进行优化,并用RHF/6-31G基组计算分子轨道及能级,计算的分子轨道特征和能量很好地反映了各谱带的特点和分子间电离能的变化规律。依计算结果,以及同系列分子间谱带及相应电离能的相互比较,对每个分子的UPS谱带给予指认,讨论了N-烷基化对π分子轨道的选择性去稳定化作用,并讨论了分子之间电离能的变化规律,得到一系列有益的结论。     

Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy of poly(p-phenylene sulfide) (PPS)

Ultraviolet photoelectron spectra were measured for films of poly(p-phenylene sulfide) (PPS) prepared by vacuum evaporation. The threshold ionization potential was determined to be 6.0 ± 0.1 eV. The peaks in the photoelectron spectra are assigned by comparison with theoretical calculations, and the π bandwidths of PPS and related compounds are discussed.     

Anion photoelectron spectroscopy of C(5)H(-)

Anion photoelectron spectroscopy is performed on the C(5)H(-) species. Analogous to C(3)H(-) and C(3)D(-), photodetachment transitions are observed from multiple, energetically close-lying isomers of the anion. A linear and a cyclic structure are found to have electron binding energies of 2.421+/-0.019 eV and 2.857+/-0.028 eV, respectively. A cyclic excited state is also found to be 1.136 eV above the linear (2)Pi C(5)H ground state. Based on our assignments of the observed transitions and previous calculations on the energetics of neutral C(5)H isomers, the cyclic (1)A(1) anion state is found to lie 0.163 eV below the (3)A linear anion.     

Effects of relativity in the He(I) photoelectron spectroscopy of the transient species TeCI2 and TeBr2

Valence ionization energies of the transient species TeCl₂ and TeBr₂, obtained with He(I) photoelectron (PE) spectroscopy, are presented. The interpretation is based on the results of Hartree-Fock-Slater calculations, using STF basis sets of double zeta quality. Implementation of relativistic corrections to the ionization energies of TeBr₂ show that off-diagonal matrix-elements of the spin-orbit operator give rise to a splitting in the non-relativistically almost degenerate bromine “lone pair” orbitals. This splitting is observed experimentally. The assignments find additional support in a comparison with PE results of related oxygen-, sulphur- and seleniumdihalogenides, a simple LCBO model, sum rule considerations and a modified Walsh empirical diagram for AB₂ molecules with 20 valence electrons.     

He I photoelectron spectrum of dinitrogen tetraoxide (N2O4)

A He I photoelectron spectrum has been measured for a mixture of NO₂ and N₂O₄ in the gaseous phase at a temper- ature of about ?60°C. Some photoelectron bands attributable to N₂O₄ have been observed below about 16 eV.