INFRARED-LASER SPECTROSCOPY OF JET-COOLED CARBON CLUSTERS - STRUCTURE OF TRIPLET C6

被引:55
作者
HWANG, HJ
VANORDEN, A
TANAKA, K
KUO, EW
HEATH, JR
SAYKALLY, RJ
机构
[1] Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA
基金
美国国家航空航天局;
关键词
D O I
10.1080/00268979300101611
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We report the first structural characterization of the triplet isomer of C6. Forty-one rovibrational/fine structure transitions in the nu4(sigma(u)) antisymmetric stretch fundamental of the C6 cluster have been measured by diode laser absorption spectroscopy of a supersonic carbon cluster beam. The observed spectrum is characteristic of a centrosymmetric linear triplet state with cumulene-type bonding. The measured ground state rotational constant B0 = 0.048 479 (10) cm-1 and the effective bond length r(eff) = 1.2868 (1) angstrom are in good agreement with ab initio predictions for the linear triplet (3SIGMA(g)-) state of C6.
引用
收藏
页码:769 / 776
页数:8
相关论文
共 37 条
[1]   DETECTION OF C-5 IN THE CIRCUMSTELLAR SHELL OF IRC+10216 [J].
BERNATH, PF ;
HINKLE, KH ;
KEADY, JJ .
SCIENCE, 1989, 244 (4904) :562-564
[2]   STABILITY AND PROPERTIES OF C-4 ISOMERS [J].
BERNHOLDT, DE ;
MAGERS, DH ;
BARTLETT, RJ .
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 1988, 89 (06) :3612-3617
[3]   ELECTRON-SPIN-RESONANCE CHARACTERIZATION OF NONLINEAR C-4 TRAPPED IN SOLID ARGON [J].
CHEUNG, HM ;
GRAHAM, WRM .
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 1989, 91 (11) :6664-6670
[4]   IS C4 BENT [J].
EWING, DW .
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIK D-ATOMS MOLECULES AND CLUSTERS, 1991, 19 (1-4) :419-422
[5]   CALCULATION OF ELASTIC-CONSTANTS OF NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS USING AN ANISOTROPIC LENNARD-JONES POTENTIAL [J].
DUNMUR, DA ;
MILLER, WH .
CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 1982, 86 (04) :353-358
[6]   THEORETICAL-STUDY OF LINEAR C6-10 AND HC-2-10H MOLECULES [J].
FAN, Q ;
PFEIFFER, GV .
CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 1989, 162 (06) :472-478
[7]  
GORDY W, 1984, MICROWAVE MOL SPECTR, pCH4
[8]   C-4 MOLECULE [J].
GRAHAM, WRM ;
DISMUKE, KI ;
WELTNER, W .
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 1976, 204 (01) :301-310
[9]   THE STRUCTURE OF THE C-4 CLUSTER RADICAL [J].
HEATH, JR ;
SAYKALLY, RJ .
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 1991, 94 (04) :3271-3273
[10]   THE NU-5 BAND OF C-7 [J].
HEATH, JR ;
VANORDEN, A ;
KUO, E ;
SAYKALLY, RJ .
CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 1991, 182 (01) :17-20