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Using Cyclic Voltammetry, UV-Vis-NIR, and EPR Spectroelectrochemistry to Analyze Organic Compounds
Published on: October 18, 2018
Electronic spectra of oxygen containing polycyclic hydrocarbon cations and the protonated analogues
Arghya Chakraborty1, Jan Fulara1, John P Maier1
1Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Klingelbergstarasse 80, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Abstract:
The electronic transitions of 9-fluorenone FL(+) and 2,3,6,7-dibenzotropone DBT(+) cations were detected in 6 K neon matrices following a mass-selective deposition. The absorptions at 649.2 and 472.2 nm are assigned to the 2 (2)B1←X̃(2)A2 FL(+) and 2(2)A(')←X̃(2)A(') DBT(+) transitions. Absorption spectra of protonated 9-fluorenone H(+)-FL and 2,3,6,7-dibenzotropone H(+)-DBT have also been measured. Protonation of the oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is carried out in a hot cathode source via in situ produced protonated ethanol. Vibrationally resolved absorptions commencing at 423.3 nm of H-FL(+) and two band systems of H-DBT(+) with origins at 502.4 and 371.5 nm are assigned to the 2(1)A(')←X̃(1)A(') electronic transition of 9-hydroxy-fluorenyl cation and 1 (1)A←X̃(1)A, 2 (1)A←X̃(1)A of 2,3,6,7-dibenzocycloheptenol cation. The assignments are based on vertical excitation energy calculations with time dependent density functional theory, symmetry adapted cluster configuration interaction, and MS-CASPT2 methods.
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