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Jahn–Teller Distortion of Hydrocarbon Cations Probed by Infrared Photodissociation Spectroscopy
Author(s) -
Crestoni Maria Elisa,
Fornarini Simonetta
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201201650
Subject(s) - photodissociation , infrared , dissociation (chemistry) , infrared spectroscopy , jahn–teller effect , molecule , spectroscopy , chemistry , infrared multiphoton dissociation , adamantane , ionization , distortion (music) , atomic physics , molecular physics , physics , photochemistry , ion , optics , quantum mechanics , cmos , amplifier , optoelectronics , organic chemistry
Frozen distortion or fluxional system? The IR spectrum of ionized adamantane probes the distorted geometry predicted by the Jahn–Teller theorem, testifying the potential of infrared photon dissociation action spectroscopy in revealing fundamental vibrational and electronic features of isolated charged molecules (see picture).