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Author: CHALYAVI, NAHID × Type: Journal Article × Start date: 2012 × End date: 2015 ×

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    Ultraviolet photodissociation action spectroscopy of the N-pyridinium cation
    Hansen, CS ; Blanksby, SJ ; Chalyavi, N ; Bieske, EJ ; Reimers, JR ; Trevitt, AJ (AMER INST PHYSICS, 2015-01-07)
    The S1←S0 electronic transition of the N-pyridinium ion (C5H5NH(+)) is investigated using ultraviolet photodissociation (PD) spectroscopy of the bare ion and also the N2-tagged complex. Gas-phase N-pyridinium ions photodissociate by the loss of molecular hydrogen (H2) in the photon energy range 37,000-45,000 cm(-1) with structurally diagnostic ion-molecule reactions identifying the 2-pyridinylium ion as the exclusive co-product. The photodissociation action spectra reveal vibronic details that, with the aid of electronic structure calculations, support the proposal that dissociation occurs through an intramolecular rearrangement on the ground electronic state following internal conversion. Quantum chemical calculations are used to analyze the measured spectra. Most of the vibronic features are attributed to progressions of totally symmetric ring deformation modes and out-of-plane modes active in the isomerization of the planar excited state towards the non-planar excited state global minimum.
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    Gas-phase electronic spectrum of the indole radical cation
    Chalyavi, N ; Catani, KJ ; Sanelli, JA ; Dryza, V ; Bieske, EJ (TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2015-08-18)
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    Electronic absorptions of the benzylium cation
    Dryza, V ; Chalyavi, N ; Sanelli, JA ; Bieske, EJ (AMER INST PHYSICS, 2012-11-28)
    The electronic transitions of the benzylium cation (Bz(+)) are investigated over the 250-550 nm range by monitoring the photodissociation of mass-selected C(7)H(7)(+)-Ar(n) (n = 1, 2) complexes in a tandem mass spectrometer. The Bz(+)-Ar spectrum displays two distinct band systems, the S(1)←S(0) band system extending from 370 to 530 nm with an origin at 19,067 ± 15 cm(-1), and a much stronger S(3)←S(0) band system extending from 270 to 320 nm with an origin at 32,035 ± 15 cm(-1). Whereas the S(1)←S(0) absorption exhibits well resolved vibrational progressions, the S(3)←S(0) absorption is broad and relatively structureless. Vibronic structure of the S(1)←S(0) system, which is interpreted with the aid of time-dependent density functional theory and Franck-Condon simulations, reflects the activity of four totally symmetric ring deformation modes (ν(5), ν(6), ν(9), ν(13)). We find no evidence for the ultraviolet absorption of the tropylium cation, which according to the neon matrix spectrum should occur over the 260 - 275 nm range [A. Nagy, J. Fulara, I. Garkusha, and J. Maier, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 50, 3022 (2011)].