Mass-analyzed threshold ionization spectroscopy and spin-orbit coupling of cerium-hydrocarbon complexes

Zhang, Yuchen

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Title

Mass-analyzed threshold ionization spectroscopy and spin-orbit coupling of cerium-hydrocarbon complexes

Author(s)

Zhang, Yuchen

Contributor(s)

• Yang, Dong-Sheng
• Gordon, Mark S.
• Schmidt, Michael W.
• Kumari, Sudesh

Issue Date

2017-06-23

Keyword(s)

Ions

Abstract

Ce(C$_{2}$H$_{2}$) and Ce(C$_{4}$H$_{6}$) are produced by the Ce-mediated ethylene activation and investigated by mass-analyzed threshold ionization (MATI) spectroscopy, isotopic substitutions, and relativistic quantum chemical computations. The MATI spectrum of Ce(C$_{2}$H$_{2}$) exhibits two nearly identical band systems separated by 128 wn, and that of Ce(C$_{4}$H$_{6}$) shows three similar band systems separated by 55 and 105 wn. These separations are not affected by deuteration. The observed band systems for the two Ce-hydrocarbon species are attributed to the spin-orbit splitting arising from interactions of triplet and singlet states. Ce(C$_{2}$H$_{2}$) is a metallacyclopropene in C$_{2v}$ symmetry, and Ce(C$_{4}$H$_{6}$) is a metallacyclopentene in C$_{s}$ symmetry. The low-energy valence electron configurations of the neutral and ionic states of each species are Ce 4f$^{1}$6s$^{1}$ and Ce 4f$^{1}$, respectively. The remaining two electrons that are associated with the isolated Ce atom or ion are spin paired in a molecular orbital that is a bonding combination between a Ce 5d orbital and a hydrocarbon $pi$* antibonding orbital.

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International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy

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Language

eng

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https://doi.org/10.15278/isms.2017.FE03

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Copyright 2017 Yuchen Zhang

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