Results of experimental and theoretical studies of dipole-bound negative ions of the highly polar molecules ethylene carbonate (EC, and vinylene carbonate (VC, are presented. These negative ions are prepared in Rydberg electron transfer (RET) reactions in which rubidium (Rb) atoms, excited to ns or nd Rydberg states, collide with EC or VC molecules to produce or ions. In both cases ions are produced only when the Rb atoms are excited to states described by a relatively narrow range of effective principal quantum numbers, the greatest yields of and are obtained for and respectively. Charge transfer from low-lying Rydberg states of Rb is characteristic of a large excess electron binding energy of the neutral parent; employing the previously derived empirical relationship the electron binding energies are estimated to be for EC and for VC. Electron photodetachment studies of show that the excess electron is bound by in excellent agreement with the RET results, lending credibility to the empirical relationship between and Vertical electron affinities for EC and VC are computed employing aug-cc-pVDZ atom-centered basis sets supplemented with a set of diffuse Gaussian primitives to support the dipole-bound electron; at the CCSD(T) level of theory the computed electron affinities are 40.9 and 20.1 meV for EC and VC, respectively.
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8 January 2004
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December 31 2003
Dipole-bound anions of highly polar molecules: Ethylene carbonate and vinylene carbonate
Nathan I. Hammer;
Nathan I. Hammer
Department of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
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Robert J. Hinde;
Robert J. Hinde
Department of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
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Robert N. Compton;
Robert N. Compton
Department of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
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Kadir Diri;
Kadir Diri
Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular and Materials Simulations, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
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Kenneth D. Jordan;
Kenneth D. Jordan
Department of Chemistry and Center for Molecular and Materials Simulations, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
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Dunja Radisic;
Dunja Radisic
Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
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Sarah T. Stokes;
Sarah T. Stokes
Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
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Kit H. Bowen
Kit H. Bowen
Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
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J. Chem. Phys. 120, 685–690 (2004)
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Received:
August 19 2003
Accepted:
October 06 2003
Citation
Nathan I. Hammer, Robert J. Hinde, Robert N. Compton, Kadir Diri, Kenneth D. Jordan, Dunja Radisic, Sarah T. Stokes, Kit H. Bowen; Dipole-bound anions of highly polar molecules: Ethylene carbonate and vinylene carbonate. J. Chem. Phys. 8 January 2004; 120 (2): 685–690. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1629669
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