Photoelectron spectra of 4-substituted stilbenes

1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (21) ◽  
pp. 2714-2719 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. J. McAlduff ◽  
Tammy Chan
Keyword(s):  
Gas Phase ◽  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Ionization Potentials ◽  
Photoelectron Spectra ◽  
Rate Data ◽  
Planar Configuration ◽  
Orbital Energies

The photoelectron spectra of stilbene and 4-R-stilbene (R = CH3O, CH3, F, Cl, NO2) has been determined and the five highest Π ionization potentials assigned. By considering the stilbenes to be formally constituted by union of a styrene and substituted benzene the influence of substituent on molecular orbital energies gas been rationalized. The data suggest that the stilbenes exist in a planar or nearly planar configuration in the gas phase. CNDO/2 calculations have been performed on a wider variety of 4-R-stilbenes (R = NH2, CH3, OH, F, CN, CF3, NO2) and it is suggested that planar configurations also predominate for those stilbenes. First ionization potentials of some of the stilbenes are correlated with bromination and ozonolysis rate data.

Gas-Phase Tautomerism in the Triazoles and Tetrazoles: A Study by Photoelectron Spectroscopy and ab Initio Molecular Orbital Calculations

1981 ◽  
Vol 36 (11) ◽  
pp. 1246-1252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael H. Palmer ◽  
Isobel Simpson ◽  
J. Ross Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
Ab Initio ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
Relative Stability ◽  
Photoelectron Spectra ◽  
Equilibrium Geometry ◽  
Molecular Orbital Calculations ◽  
Methyl Derivatives

The photoelectron spectra of the tautomeric 1,2,3,- and 1,2,4-triazole and 1,2,3,4-tetrazole systems have been compared with the corresponding N-methyl derivatives. The dominant tautomers in the gas phase have been identified as 2 H-1,2,3-triazole, 1 H-1,2,4-triazole and 2H-tetrazole.Full optimisation of the equilibrium geometry by ab initio molecular orbital methods leads to the same conclusions, for relative stability of the tautomers in each of the triazoles, but the calculations wrongly predict the tetrazole tautomerism.

A Discussion on photoelectron spectroscopy - Orderings of π and σ ionization potentials in carbocyclic and heterocyclic aromatic compounds

1970 ◽  
Vol 268 (1184) ◽  
pp. 131-140 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
Aromatic Compounds ◽  
Lone Pair ◽  
Ionization Potentials ◽  
Photoelectron Spectra ◽  
Light Sources ◽  
Orbital Energies ◽  
Substituted Pyridines ◽  
Nitrogen Lone Pair ◽  
Electron Correlation Effects

Data on calculated orbital energies and experimentally measured ionization potentials of carbocyclic and heterocyclic aromatic compounds are compared and contrasted. The ordering or orbital energies and ionization potentials do not always seem to parallel one another, probably owing to either electron correlation effects, or to deviations from Koopman’s theorem. The effects on photoelectron spectra of using different light sources and analysers are discussed in relation to their bearing on the orbital orderings of aromatic compounds. The high resolution He 584 A. photoelectron spectrum of pyridine is shown to be open to two interpretations regarding the ordering of the ionization potentials of the π orbitals and the ‘nitrogen lone pair’ (n). One of the interpretations involves the three lowest pyridine ionization potentials being π (9.2 eV), π L (9.5 eV) and n (10.5 eV) whilst the other has the first three ionization potentials being the order π , n, π . The photoelectron spectra of substituted pyridines and diazines are discussed in the light of the two possible explanations for the pyridine spectrum.

Photoelectron Spectrum and Electronic Structure of Tetrathiofulvalene (TTF)

1974 ◽  
Vol 52 (19) ◽  
pp. 3373-3377 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. John Berlinsky ◽  
James F. Carolan ◽  
Larry Weiler
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Band Structure ◽  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Photoelectron Spectrum ◽  
Crystal Packing ◽  
Ionization Potentials ◽  
Photoelectron Spectra ◽  
Molecular Orbital Calculations ◽  
Conducting Salt

The electronic structure of tetrathiofulvalene (TTF) has been determined from its photoelectron spectrum and the photoelectron data for the tetrahydro derivative of TTF and 1,3-dithiolane. Correlations of the ionization potentials (i.p.) and several molecular orbital calculations are used in the assignment of the photoelectron spectra of these three compounds. The first five i.p. of TTF and their assignment are as follows: 6.92 (3b1u), 8.67 (2b2g), 9.73 (2b1u), 10.16 (au) and 10.49 eV (b3g). The sixth i.p. at 11.00 eV is tentatively assigned to the 1b2g level. The electronic structure of TTF is important in understanding the crystal packing and band structure of the highly conducting salt, TTF•TCNQ.

scholarly journals Thermolysis of 2,2-dimethoxy-5,5-dimethyl- Δ3- 1,3,4- oxadiazoline studied with photoelectron spectroscopy. He(I) photoelectron spectrum of dimethoxycarbene

1998 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-240
Author(s):  
H M Muchall ◽  
N H Werstiuk ◽  
B Choudhury ◽  
J Ma ◽  
J Warkentin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Source ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
Photoelectron Spectrum ◽  
Ionization Potentials ◽  
Perfect Agreement ◽  
Dimethyl Oxalate ◽  
Orbital Energies ◽  
Vertical Ionization Potentials ◽  
Experimental Values

Gas phase thermolysis of 2,2-dimethoxy-5,5-dimethyl- Δ3-1,3,4-oxadiazoline (1) in an ultraviolet photoelectron spectrometer by means of a CW CO2 laser as directed heat source at 26 W gave a complex PE spectrum that included ionization bands belonging to acetone, tetramethoxyethylene (3), and dimethyl oxalate (4). Subtraction of the spectra of acetone, 3, and 4 from the pyrolysis spectrum of 1 left a simple PE spectrum that is attributed to dimethoxycarbene (2) along with some ethane. ecke3LYP/6-31+G* calculations gave first adiabatic and vertical ionization potentials of 2 as well as orbital energies that are in perfect agreement with experimental values. From the available experimental and calculational data, 2 is assumed to adopt a w conformation.Key words: dimethoxycarbene, 2,2-dimethoxy- Δ3-1,3,4-oxadiazoline, tetramethoxyethylene, He(I) photoelectron spectroscopy, thermolysis.

Photoelectron Spectra of Phosgene and Thiophosgene

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 737-746 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Chadwick
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Strong Interaction ◽  
Lone Pair ◽  
Ionization Potentials ◽  
Photoelectron Spectra ◽  
Lone Pair Electrons

The high resolution photoelectron spectra of phosgene and thiophosgene have been obtained and, in each case, all ionization potentials up to 21.2 eV determined. The spectra are interpreted in terms of the molecular orbital structures and it is concluded that there is a strong interaction between the chlorine pπ "lone pair" electrons and those in the C=O or C=S π bond. The measured ionization potentials are compared with those calculated by the CNDO/2 method and with those obtained for similar molecules.

A MINDO/3 Study of Nitrobenzene

1979 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1369 ◽  
Author(s):  
LP Davis ◽  
RM Guidry
Keyword(s):  
Gas Phase ◽  
Nitro Group ◽  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Molecular Orbital Calculations ◽  
Orbital Energies ◽  
Planar Form

The MINDO/3 method developed by Dewar and coworkers has been used to make molecular orbital calculations on a number of conformations of nitrobenzene. Results indicate that, although the nitro group geometry is well reproduced, the MINDO/3 method fails to correctly predict the planar form of nitrobenzene in the gas phase. The effects of ring asymmetry on the molecular orbital energies are also discussed.

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