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Gupta D, Silva WGDP, Doménech JL, Plaar E, Thorwirth S, Schlemmer S, Asvany O. High-resolution rovibrational and rotational spectroscopy of the singly deuterated cyclopropenyl cation, c-C 3H 2D . Faraday Discuss 2023; 245:298-308. [PMID: 37313855 PMCID: PMC10510037 DOI: 10.1039/d3fd00068k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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Applying a novel action spectroscopic technique in a 4 K cryogenic ion-trap instrument, the molecule c-C3H2D+ has been investigated by high-resolution rovibrational and pure rotational spectroscopy for the first time. In total, 126 rovibrational transitions within the fundamental band of the ν1 symmetric C-H stretch were measured with a band origin centred at 3168.565 cm-1, which were used to predict pure rotational transition frequencies in the ground vibrational state. Based on these predictions, 16 rotational transitions were observed between 90 and 230 GHz by using a double-resonance scheme. These new measurements will enable the first radio-astronomical search for c-C3H2D+.
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- Divita Gupta
- I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 77, 50937 Köln, Germany.
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- I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 77, 50937 Köln, Germany.
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, IEM-CSIC, Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 77, 50937 Köln, Germany.
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- I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 77, 50937 Köln, Germany.
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- I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 77, 50937 Köln, Germany.
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- I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 77, 50937 Köln, Germany.
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Marimuthu AN, Steenbakkers K, Redlich B, Brünken S. The Zeeman effect in CO + observed with rotational action spectroscopy. Mol Phys 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2022.2067089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Aravindh N. Marimuthu
- Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Asvany O, Schlemmer S. Rotational action spectroscopy of trapped molecular ions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:26602-26622. [PMID: 34817492 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp03975j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Rotational action spectroscopy is an experimental method in which rotational spectra of molecules, typically in the microwave to sub-mm-wave domain of the electromagnetic spectrum (∼1-1000 GHz), are recorded by action spectroscopy. Action spectroscopy means that the spectrum is recorded not by detecting the absorption of light by the molecules, but by the action of the light on the molecules, e.g., photon-induced dissociation of a chemical bond, a photon-triggered reaction, or photodetachment of an electron. Typically, such experiments are performed on molecular ions, which can be well controlled and mass-selected by guiding and storage techniques. Though coming with many advantages, the application of action schemes to rotational spectroscopy was hampered for a long time by the small energy content of a corresponding photon. Therefore, the first rotational action spectroscopic methods emerged only about one decade ago. Today, there exists a toolbox full of different rotational action spectroscopic schemes which are summarized in this review.
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- Oskar Asvany
- I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 77, 50937 Köln, Germany.
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- I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 77, 50937 Köln, Germany.
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Freindorf M, Beiranvand N, Delgado AAA, Tao Y, Kraka E. On the formation of CN bonds in Titan's atmosphere-a unified reaction valley approach study. J Mol Model 2021; 27:320. [PMID: 34633543 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-021-04917-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 08/30/2023]
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In this work, we investigated the formation of protonated hydrogen cyanide HCNH+ and methylene amine cation CH[Formula: see text] (both identified in Titan's upper atmosphere) from three different pathways which stem from the interaction between CH4 and N+(3P). As a mechanistic tool, we used the Unified Reaction Valley Approach (URVA) complemented with the Local Mode Analysis (LMA) assessing the strength of the CN bonds formed in these reactions. Our URVA studies could provide a comprehensive overview on bond formation/cleavage processes relevant to the specific mechanism of eight reactions R1- R8 that occur across the three pathways. In addition, we could explain the formation of CH[Formula: see text] and the appearance of HCNH+ and CHNH[Formula: see text] along these paths. Although only smaller molecules are involved in these reactions including isomerization, hydrogen atom abstraction, and hydrogen molecule capture, we found a number of interesting features, such as roaming in reaction R3 or the primary interaction of H2 with the carbon atom in HCNH+ in reaction R8 followed by migration of one of the H2 hydrogen atoms to the nitrogen which is more cost effective than breaking the HH bond first; a feature often found in catalysis. In all cases, charge transfer between carbon and nitrogen could be identified as a driving force for the CN bond formation. As revealed by LMA, the CN bonds formed in reactions R1-R8 cover a broad bond strength range from very weak to very strong, with the CN bond in protonated hydrogen cyanide HCNH+ identified as the strongest of all molecules investigated in this work. Our study demonstrates the large potential of both URVA and LMA to shed new light into these extraterrestrial reactions to help better understand prebiotic processes as well as develop guidelines for future investigations involving areas of complex interstellar chemistry. In particular, the formation of CN bonds as a precursor to the extraterrestrial formation of amino acids will be the focus of future investigations. Formation of CN bonds in Titan's atmosphere visualized via the reaction path curvature.
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- Marek Freindorf
- Chemistry Department, SMU, Fondren Science Building, Dallas, 75275-0314, TX, USA
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- Chemistry Department, SMU, Fondren Science Building, Dallas, 75275-0314, TX, USA
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- Chemistry Department, SMU, Fondren Science Building, Dallas, 75275-0314, TX, USA
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- Chemistry Department, SMU, Fondren Science Building, Dallas, 75275-0314, TX, USA
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- Chemistry Department, SMU, Fondren Science Building, Dallas, 75275-0314, TX, USA.
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Doménech JL, Asvany O, Markus CR, Schlemmer S, Thorwirth S. High-resolution infrared action spectroscopy of the fundamental vibrational band of CN . JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 374:111375. [PMID: 33162609 PMCID: PMC7116308 DOI: 10.1016/j.jms.2020.111375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Rotational-vibrational transitions of the fundamental vibrational modes of the 12C14N+ and 12C15N+ cations have been observed for the first time using a cryogenic ion trap apparatus with an action spectroscopy scheme. The lines P(3) to R(3) of 12C14N+ and R(1) to R(3) of 12C15N+ have been measured, limited by the trap temperature of approximately 4 K and the restricted tuning range of the infrared laser. Spectroscopic parameters are presented for both isotopologues, with band origins at 2000.7587(1) and 1970.321(1) cm-1, respectively, as well as an isotope independent fit combining the new and the literature data.
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- José L. Doménech
- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia (IEM-CSIC), Serrano 123, E28006 Madrid, Spain
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- I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 77, D50937 Köln, Germany
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- I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 77, D50937 Köln, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 77, D50937 Köln, Germany
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- I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 77, D50937 Köln, Germany
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Borocci S, Grandinetti F, Sanna N. Complexes of the noble-gas atoms with unsaturated ions: A theoretical investigation on the exemplary (H2C = NH2+)Ar. Chem Phys Lett 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2020.137532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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High-resolution rovibrational spectroscopy of c- C3H2+: The ν7 C–H antisymmetric stretching band. J Mol Struct 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.128023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Thorwirth S, Harding ME, Asvany O, Brünken S, Jusko P, Lee KLK, Salomon T, McCarthy MC, Schlemmer S. Descendant of the X-ogen carrier and a ‘mass of 69’: infrared action spectroscopic detection of HC3O+ and HC3S+. Mol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2020.1776409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Sven Thorwirth
- I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Abteilung für Theoretische Chemie, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
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- I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
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- I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
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