Transcript TX07.ppt

LASER PHOTODISSOCIATION SPECTRA
OF THE ANILINE-ARGON CATIONIC CLUSTER
IN THE NEAR INFRARED
T. PINO, S. DOUIN, Ph. BRECHIGNAC
Laboratoire de Photophysique Moléculaire, CNRS
Université de Paris-Sud, ORSAY (France)
- Spectroscopy of polyatomic cations requires special care
- Jet-cooling for best resolution
- Direct absorption from ions is difficult to detect Argon tagging
The main Franck-Condon active modes in aniline
C6H5-NH2
S0
S1
D0
Dn
526
812
v=2 423
Kydd (1977)
492
798
v=2 761 Sinclair (1996)
521
814
v=2 655
Lin (2001)
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PES : large geometry change between S1 and D1
Ion signal (u. a.)
5,4
PAH
5,8
6,0
6,2
6,4
6,6
6,8
How the
experiment
works
+
An+
Ion current (a.u.)
MCP-Detector
5,6
+-Ar
-Ar
AnPAH
+
Other Fragments
Delayed
+
+
C10H8 -Ar
C10H8
5,4
+
C10H8
6.2
5,6
5,8
6,0
6,2
6,4
6,6
Time of flight (microseconds)
6.4
T.O.F.MS
6.6
6.8
TOF (s)
7.0
7.2
n
ove
h1
h2
D0
h3
S1
S0
R2PI ion preparation
6,8
The D1 (2A2)D0 (2B1) transition in the Aniline+-argon cation
photodepletion spectrum
The only transition from
7000 to 22500 cm-1
Long vibrational progression : which mode ?
Effect of deuteration
46 cm-1 blue shift
NH2
ND2
6a = 520 cm-1
6a = 512 cm-1
16a2 = 674 cm-1
16a2 = 654 cm-1
1 = 887 cm-1
1  1000 cm-1
Lorentzian Fit of data : frequencies, widths
assignments
CASSCF calculations (6311G**)
in C2v symmetry
The two ionic states are well described by a single configuration :
…(2b1)2(1a2)2(3b1)1 for the ground state
and …(2b1)2(1a2)1(3b1)2 for the excited state.
The electronic transition corresponds to the electron promotion 1a2  3b1 .
The adiabatic excitation energy is found to be 1.6 eV for the cation
and 4.58 eV for the neutral.
These are higher by 0.28 eV and 0.36 eV than the experimental values respectively
Calculated oscillator strengths 1.5 10-3 for the D1 D0 (compared to 1.2 10-3 )
and 0.02 (compared to 0.021) for the S1  S0 electronic transitions.
These calculations are found in agreement with experiment
Evolution of bond lengths
Lorentzian Fit of data : frequencies, widths
assignments
Non radiative rates : fast internal conversion
Steady raise with
vibrational energy
Similarity with F-OH+
(D2 D0)
IVR assisted IC
Conclusion
Spectra characterized by a long vibrational progression involving the 6a mode.
On the basis of CASSCF calculations, a large change of geometry along the normal
coordinate associated to this mode is found, while the amino group is found in the
ring plane. Therefore a change of the conjugation of the ring rather than a charge
transfer is inferred. This is thought to be the origin of the extent of the progression.
Ultrafast internal conversion was observed through the broadening of the vibronic
bands, and found dependent on the vibrational state in the upper D1 electronic state.