Formation threshold structures of some [C5H7O]+ ions: use of general schemes for estimation of heats of formation of gas-phase organic ions

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 833-835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehrshid Alai ◽  
Giorgio G. Attardo ◽  
Robin T. B. Rye

Recently published correlations between heat of formation and structure of gas-phase ions have been used to assign formation threshold structures to [C5H7O]+ ions produced by methyl radical loss from molecular ions of mesityl oxide, 5-hexene-2-one, 3-methylcyclopentanone, and 2-cyclohexenol. An unambiguous structure assignment has been made for the [C5H7O]+ daughter ion from mesityl oxide. For the three other precursors two common formation-threshold structures consistent with the thermochemical data are proposed.

Molecular ions have long presented a challenge to spectroscopists. Because of the extreme difficulty in generating molecular ions in high concentrations, sensitivity limitations have restricted work in this field. The technique of laser-induced fluorescence (l.i.f.) has provided us with a means to partially overcome this limitation. L.i.f. spectra of small molecular ions, e.g. N 2 +, CO+ and CO 2 +, show Doppler-limited resolution. Besides their spectroscopic information content, such spectra also serve as quantum-state selective ion detectors, by which dynamical processes involving such ions can be followed. L.i.f. spectra have also been recorded for larger organic ions, e.g. olefinic, acetylenic and benzenoid cations. The large molecular ions’ spectral congestion, caused by the large number of levels populated at room or elevated temperatures, can severely limit the resolution and interpretability of the spectra. As a means of surmounting this problem, we have studied many of the cations at reduced temperatures. The techniques employed include liquid N 2 and free jet expansion cooling in the gas phase, and isolation in solid Ne matrices. The combination of these different spectra lead to a wealth of information about electronic structure, vibrational frequencies, Jahn-Teller effects, etc., in organic molecular ions.


1980 ◽  
Vol 77 ◽  
pp. 705-718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sydney Leach ◽  
Gérald Dujardin ◽  
Guy Taieb
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2007 ◽  
Vol 42 (11) ◽  
pp. 1496-1503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo A. Solano Espinoza ◽  
Elena Stashenko ◽  
Jairo Martínez ◽  
Uriel Mora ◽  
Vladimir Kouznetsov

1984 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 1576-1578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinichi Yamabe ◽  
Tsutomu Minato ◽  
Kimihiko Hirao

1987 ◽  
Vol 86 (4) ◽  
pp. 2081-2086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert C. Dunbar ◽  
Jyh Horung Chen ◽  
Hun Young So ◽  
Bruce Asamoto
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