Metal-organic radicals are reactive and transient because of the existence of unpaired valence electrons,and thus the characterization of these open-shell systems is challenging.In our work,the radicals are synthesize...Metal-organic radicals are reactive and transient because of the existence of unpaired valence electrons,and thus the characterization of these open-shell systems is challenging.In our work,the radicals are synthesized by the reaction of bare metal atoms and organic ligands in a laser-vaporization supersonic molecular beam source and characterized with pulsed-field ionization zero electron kinetic energy(ZEKE) spectroscopy.The molecular beam ZEKE technique routinely yields sub-meV spectral resolution and is a powerful means to study the molecular bonding and structures.This account presents several examples of single-photon ZEKE spectroscopic applications in determining metal binding modes and molecular conformations.展开更多
基金the financial support from the Chemistry Division of the National Science Foundationdonors of the Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical SocietyKentucky Science and Engineering Foundation
文摘Metal-organic radicals are reactive and transient because of the existence of unpaired valence electrons,and thus the characterization of these open-shell systems is challenging.In our work,the radicals are synthesized by the reaction of bare metal atoms and organic ligands in a laser-vaporization supersonic molecular beam source and characterized with pulsed-field ionization zero electron kinetic energy(ZEKE) spectroscopy.The molecular beam ZEKE technique routinely yields sub-meV spectral resolution and is a powerful means to study the molecular bonding and structures.This account presents several examples of single-photon ZEKE spectroscopic applications in determining metal binding modes and molecular conformations.
