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Marius Gerlach1, Sophie Monninger1, Domenik Schleier1
1Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany.
Abstract:
We investigate NCl3 and the NCl2 radical by photoelectron-photoion coincidence spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation. The mass selected threshold photoelectron spectrum (ms-TPES) of NCl3 is broad and unstructured due to the large geometry change. An ionization energy of 9.7±0.1 eV is estimated from the spectrum and supported by computations. NCl2 is generated by photolysis at 213 nm from NCl3 and its ms-TPES shows an extended vibrational progression with a 90 meV spacing that is assigned to the symmetric N-Cl stretching mode in the cation. An adiabatic ionization energy of 9.94 ± 0.02 eV is determined.
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