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Published on: February 10, 2020
Low-n Rydberg transitions of liquid ketones studied by attenuated total reflection far-ultraviolet spectroscopy
Yusuke Morisawa1, Akifumi Ikehata, Noboru Higashi
1Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Hyogo, Japan.
Abstract:
Far-ultraviolet (FUV) spectra in the 8.55-6.20 eV (145-200 nm) region were measured for several kinds of ketones in the liquid phase to investigate low-n Rydberg transitions using a uniquely developed technique of attenuated total reflection (ATR) FUV spectrometry. Assignments of the transitions are attempted for absorptions in this region by comparing the spectra for the liquid phase with those for the gas phase and ab initio calculations at the equation-of-motion coupled cluster theory with single and double substitutions at the aug-cc-pVDZ level. The transition from a nonbonding electron (n) to the 3s Rydberg orbital was found at around 6.7 eV for all investigated liquid ketones. Another intense band also appeared in the higher-energy region (ca. 8.5 eV) for all the ketones. A significant shoulder was found at around 7.4 eV for branched ketones. This shoulder band near 7.4 eV was assigned to the n-3p Rydberg transition. Band broadening and higher energy shifts were observed in the spectra of the liquid phase ketones in comparison with those of the gas phase ketones.
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