The ground state, quadrupole-bound anion of succinonitrile revisited.
Gaoxiang LiuSandra M CiborowskiJacob D GrahamAllyson M BuytendykKit H BowenPublished in: The Journal of chemical physics (2019)
Using a combination of Rydberg electron transfer and negative ion photoelectron spectroscopy, we revisited an earlier study which, based on several separate pieces of evidence, had concluded that trans- and gauche-succinonitrile can form quadrupole bound anions (QBAs) and dipole bound anions (DBAs), respectively. In the present work, succinonitrile anions were formed by Rydberg electron transfer and interrogated by negative ion photoelectron spectroscopy. The resulting anion photoelectron spectra exhibited distinctive spectral features for both QBA and DBA species in the same spectrum, thereby providing direct spectroscopic confirmation of previous indirect conclusions. Just as importantly, this work also introduces the integrated combination of Rydberg electron transfer and anion photoelectron spectroscopy as a powerful, tandem technique for studying diffuse excess electron states.
Keyphrases
- electron transfer
- ionic liquid
- high resolution
- single molecule
- mass spectrometry
- liquid chromatography
- tandem mass spectrometry
- solid state
- gas chromatography
- molecular docking
- simultaneous determination
- optical coherence tomography
- low grade
- magnetic resonance
- computed tomography
- genetic diversity
- molecular dynamics simulations
- dual energy