ELECTRON-SPIN-RESONANCE INVESTIGATION OF SC2+ IN NEON MATRICES AND ASSIGNMENT OF ITS GROUND ELECTRONIC-STATE AS X(4)SIGMA- - COMPARISON WITH THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS

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KNIGHT, LB [1 ]
MCKINLEY, AJ [1 ]
BABB, RM [1 ]
HILL, DW [1 ]
MORSE, MD [1 ]
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[1] UNIV UTAH, DEPT CHEM, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84112 USA
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10.1063/1.465718
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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The discandium radical cation, Sc2+ has been isolated in neon matrices at 4 K and studied by electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy and theoretical methods. It was produced by the x-irradiation of neon matrix samples containing neutral Sc2 Which was formed by trapping the products generated from the pulsed laser vaporization of scandium metal. The experimental and theoretical findings indicate that Sc2+ has a 4SIGMA(g)- electronic ground state compared to an X5SIGMA(u)- state for the neutral discandium radical. The large decrease in the Sc-45 hyperfine interaction (A tensor) going from Sc2 to Sc2+ provides direct experimental information concerning the types of valence molecular orbitals that are involved in these diatomic radicals. The neon matrix magnetic parameters for (Sc2+)-Sc-45 are g(parallel-to) almost-equal-to 2.00, g(perpendicular-to) = 1.960(1), \A(parallel-to)\ = 28.(6), and \A(perpendicular-to)\ = 26.1(3) MHz; the D value (zero field splitting) was 15 381(3) MHz. Ab initio configuration interaction (CI) calculations of the nuclear hyperfine interactions yielded results in reasonable agreement with the experimental observations.
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