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Interstellar molecules. Conversion of C 3 O − to C 3 O in the gas phase
Author(s) -
Blanksby Stephen J.,
Dua Suresh,
Bowie John H.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
rapid communications in mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.528
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1097-0231
pISSN - 0951-4198
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0231(19991130)13:22<2249::aid-rcm782>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - chemistry , gas phase , molecule , astrobiology , organic chemistry , physics
Neutral C 3 O has been prepared by collision induced neutralisation of the precursor radical anion formed by the reaction − C≡C‐CO‐OEt → C 3 O − + EtO. The similar neutralisation reionisation ( − NR + ) and charge reversal (CR) spectra of C 3 O − indicate that the potential surfaces of C 3 O and C 3 O + show favourable vertical Franck‐Condon overlap. This suggests that the bond connectivities of anion, neutral and cation C 3 O are the same. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.