A Vibrational Action Spectroscopic Study Of The Renner-teller And Spin-orbit Affected Cyanoacetylene Radical Cation Hc3n+ (2π)

Steenbakkers, Kim

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Title

A Vibrational Action Spectroscopic Study Of The Renner-teller And Spin-orbit Affected Cyanoacetylene Radical Cation Hc3n+ (2π)

Author(s)

Steenbakkers, Kim

Contributor(s)

• Brünken, Sandra
• Redlich, Britta
• Groenenboom, Gerrit
• Marimuthu, Aravindh Nivas

Issue Date

2022-06-23

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Mini-symposium: Benchmarking in Spectroscopy

Abstract

The linear radical cation of cyanoacetylene, HC$_{3}$N$^{+}$ ($^{2}$$\Pi$), is of fundamental spectroscopic interest due to its strong spin-orbit and Renner-Teller interactions, which have been investigated previously in several high-resolution photoelectron spectroscopic (PES) studies\footnote{Dai, Z. Sun, W. Wang, J. Mo, Y., J. Chem. Phys. \textbf{2015}, 143, (5), 054301.}$^{,}$\footnote{Desrier, A. Romanzin, C. Lamarre, N. Alcaraz, C. Gans, B. Gauyacq, D. Liévin, J. Boyé-Péronne, S., J. Chem. Phys. \textbf{2016}, 145, (23), 234310.}$^{,}$\footnote{Gans, B. Lamarre, N. Broquier, M. Liévin, J. Boyé-Péronne, S., J. Chem. Phys. \textbf{2016}, 145, (23), 234309.}. Here, we present the first broadband vibrational action spectroscopic investigation of this ion through the infrared pre-dissociation (IRPD) method using a Ne tag. Experiments have been performed using the FELion cryogenic ion trap instrument in combination with the Free Electron Lasers for Infrared eXperiments (FELIX) Laboratory at the Radboud University (Nijmegen, The Netherlands)\footnote{Jusko, P. Brünken, S. Asvany, O. Thorwirth, S. Stoffels, A. van der Meer, L. Berden, G. Redlich, B. Oomens, J. Schlemmer, S., Faraday Discuss. \textbf{2019}, 217, 172-202.}. The vibronic splitting patterns of the 3 interacting bending modes (\nub{5},\nub{6},\nub{7}), ranging from 180-1600 cm$^{-1}$, could be fully resolved revealing several bands that were previously unobserved. The associated Renner-Teller and cross-coupling constants were determined by fitting an effective Hamiltonian to the experimental data, and the obtained spectroscopic constants were in reasonable agreement with previous studies of the HC$_{3}$N$^{+}$ ion. The influence of the attached Ne atom on the infrared spectrum was investigated by \emph{ab initio} calculations at the CCSD(T) level of theory, showing that the discrepancies between the IRPD and PES data can be explained by the effect of the Ne binding.

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International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy

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Language

eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/116970&&

DOI

https://doi.org/10.15278/isms.2022.RI03

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