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Frozen shell approximation violation in negative ion formation from halogenated benzenes via dissociative attachment
Author(s) -
Asfandiarov Nail L.,
Fal’ko Vladimir S.,
Fokin Alexey I.,
Khvostenko Olga G.,
Lomakin Gennadii S.,
Lukin Vladimir G.,
Nafikova Ekaterina P.
Publication year - 2000
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(20000229)14:4<274::aid-rcm878>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - chemistry , ion , halogen , dissociation (chemistry) , chlorobenzene , benzene , open shell , molecule , computational chemistry , atomic physics , catalysis , organic chemistry , alkyl , physics
A series of benzene derivatives (R 1 C 6 H 4 R 2 ) has been studied by means of electron capture negative ion mass spectrometry (ECNI‐MS), and PM3 quantum chemical calculations. The dissociation channel M −· → Hal − + (M − Hal)· is analysed from the point of view of symmetry conservation. Generally, a symmetry ban on dissociation may be avoided in at least two ways: (i) out‐of‐plane vibrations of the halogen atom in the molecular negative ion (MNI), mixing π‐ and σ‐states of the anion; (ii) symmetrical in‐plane vibration of the C‐Hal bond, changing the order of the empty levels in the MNI with subsequent radiationless conversion into a σ‐state. Our analysis shows that neither of them provides a satisfactory explanation of the ECNI mass spectra for chlorobenzene, if one retains the usual assumption that an additional electron goes into the LUMO of the neutral molecule. Thus, it may be concluded that in this case electron capture causes a significant perturbation of the energy ordering of vacant orbitals, thus making the frozen shell approximation inapplicable. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.