Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jun 2010
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"International Symposium On Molecular Spectroscopy, 65th Meeting, Held 21-25 June, 2010 at Ohio State University. http://molspec
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Astronomical Species And Processes
Scientific paper
The jet-cooled two-color, resonant two-photon ionization (2C-R2PI) spectra for α-hydronaphthyl, β-hydronaphthyl, and 1,2,3-trihydronaphthyl radicals have been collected in the region from 18900-23400 wn. Radicals were produced with an electric discharge of a select precursor in argon prior to supersonic expansion. 1,4-dihydronaphthalene and tetralin (1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene) were used to obtain spectra of the α-hydronaphthyl and 1,2,3-trihydronaphthyl radicals respectively. Discharge of 1,2-dihydronaphthalene yielded the α-hydronaphthyl radical spectrum with additional peaks that were tentatively assigned to the β-hydronaphthyl radical. Visible-visible Hole-burning was used to confirm this assignment. The S0-Sn origins of the α-hydronaphthyl (18949 wn), β-hydronaphthyl (19363 wn), and 1,2,3-trihydronaphthyl radicals (21372 wn) are in the visible region of the spectrum. Two-color photoionization efficiency scans were used to measure the adiabatic ionization potentials for the three free radicals to high accuracy. All three radicals have low ionization energies (<6.65 eV) compared to that of their precursors (>8 eV). A thermochemical cycle using these ionization potentials produces the C-H bond dissociation energy for the three free radicals, with values of 121.2, 103.6, and 168 kJ/mol for α-hydronaphthyl, β-hydronaphthyl, and 1,2,3-trihydronaphthyl radical respectively. It is proposed that these resonantly stabilized radicals may play an important role in photochemical processes in Titan's atmosphere and the interstellar medium because of the extra stability gained from delocalizing the radical across the neighboring conjugated π system.
Kislov Vadim V.
Mebel Alexander M.
Sebree Joshua A.
Zwier Timothy S.
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