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Title: Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Theoretical Studies of PCSe , AsCS , AsCSe , and NCSe : Insights into the Electronic Structures of the Whole Family of ECX Anions (E=N, P, As; X=O, S, Se)

Abstract

Abstract The newly synthesized phosphorus‐ and arsenic‐containing analogues of the thio‐ and seleno‐cyanate anions, PCSe , AsCS , and AsCSe , as well as the known ion NCSe were investigated in the gas phase by negative‐ion photoelectron spectroscopy (NIPES), velocity‐map imaging (VMI) spectroscopy, and quantum‐chemical computations. The electron affinities (EA), spin–orbit (SO) splittings, and “symmetric”/“asymmetric” stretching frequencies of the neutral radicals ECX . (E=N, P, As; X=S, Se), generated by electron detachment from the corresponding anions, were obtained from the spectra. The calculated EAs, SO splittings, and vibrational frequencies are in excellent agreement with the experimental measurements. These newly obtained values, when combined with those previously determined for the lighter analogues, show interesting trends on descending the pnictogen and chalcogen series. These trends are rationalized based on electronegativity arguments, the electron distributions in the HOMOs, and NBO/NRT analyses.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Physical Sciences Division Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 902 Battelle Boulevard, P. O. Box 999, MS K8-88 Richland WA 99352 USA
  2. Department of Chemistry University of Oxford Chemistry Research Laboratory 12 Mansfield Road Oxford OX1 3TA UK, Fachbereich Chemie Philipps-Universität Marburg Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4 35043 Marburg Germany
  3. Karlsruhe Institut of Technology (KIT) Institute for Inorganic Chemistry (AOC) Engesserstraße 15, Geb. 30.45 76131 Karlsruhe Germany
  4. Department of Chemistry and the Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling University of North Texas 1155 Union Circle, #305070 Denton TX 76203-5070 USA
  5. Department of Chemistry University of Oxford Chemistry Research Laboratory 12 Mansfield Road Oxford OX1 3TA UK
  6. Department of Chemistry Pennsylvania State University University Park PA 16801 USA
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1560282
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Angewandte Chemie
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Angewandte Chemie Journal Volume: 131 Journal Issue: 42; Journal ID: ISSN 0044-8249
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Yuan, Qinqin, Tambornino, Frank, Hinz, Alexander, Borden, Weston Thatcher, Goicoechea, Jose M., Chen, Bo, and Wang, Xue‐Bin. Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Theoretical Studies of PCSe − , AsCS − , AsCSe − , and NCSe − : Insights into the Electronic Structures of the Whole Family of ECX − Anions (E=N, P, As; X=O, S, Se). Germany: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1002/ange.201906904.
Yuan, Qinqin, Tambornino, Frank, Hinz, Alexander, Borden, Weston Thatcher, Goicoechea, Jose M., Chen, Bo, & Wang, Xue‐Bin. Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Theoretical Studies of PCSe − , AsCS − , AsCSe − , and NCSe − : Insights into the Electronic Structures of the Whole Family of ECX − Anions (E=N, P, As; X=O, S, Se). Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201906904
Yuan, Qinqin, Tambornino, Frank, Hinz, Alexander, Borden, Weston Thatcher, Goicoechea, Jose M., Chen, Bo, and Wang, Xue‐Bin. Wed . "Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Theoretical Studies of PCSe − , AsCS − , AsCSe − , and NCSe − : Insights into the Electronic Structures of the Whole Family of ECX − Anions (E=N, P, As; X=O, S, Se)". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201906904.
@article{osti_1560282,
title = {Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Theoretical Studies of PCSe − , AsCS − , AsCSe − , and NCSe − : Insights into the Electronic Structures of the Whole Family of ECX − Anions (E=N, P, As; X=O, S, Se)},
author = {Yuan, Qinqin and Tambornino, Frank and Hinz, Alexander and Borden, Weston Thatcher and Goicoechea, Jose M. and Chen, Bo and Wang, Xue‐Bin},
abstractNote = {Abstract The newly synthesized phosphorus‐ and arsenic‐containing analogues of the thio‐ and seleno‐cyanate anions, PCSe − , AsCS − , and AsCSe − , as well as the known ion NCSe − were investigated in the gas phase by negative‐ion photoelectron spectroscopy (NIPES), velocity‐map imaging (VMI) spectroscopy, and quantum‐chemical computations. The electron affinities (EA), spin–orbit (SO) splittings, and “symmetric”/“asymmetric” stretching frequencies of the neutral radicals ECX . (E=N, P, As; X=S, Se), generated by electron detachment from the corresponding anions, were obtained from the spectra. The calculated EAs, SO splittings, and vibrational frequencies are in excellent agreement with the experimental measurements. These newly obtained values, when combined with those previously determined for the lighter analogues, show interesting trends on descending the pnictogen and chalcogen series. These trends are rationalized based on electronegativity arguments, the electron distributions in the HOMOs, and NBO/NRT analyses.},
doi = {10.1002/ange.201906904},
journal = {Angewandte Chemie},
number = 42,
volume = 131,
place = {Germany},
year = {Wed Sep 04 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Wed Sep 04 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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