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Electronic Characterization of Glycolaldehyde: Experimental and Theoretical Insights from the Core- and Valence-Level
Sarai Dery Folkestad1, Alexander C Paul1, Aurora Ponzi2
1Department of Chemistry, NTNU─Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim 7491, Norway.
Abstract:
The core-level electron excitation and ionization spectra of glycolaldehyde have been investigated by photoabsorption and photoemission spectroscopy at both carbon and oxygen K-edges; the valence ionization spectra were also recorded by photoelectron spectroscopy in the UV-vis region. The spectra are interpreted by means of ab initio calculations based on the equation-of-motion coupled cluster singles and doubles (EOM-CCSD) and coupled cluster singles, doubles, and perturbative are in good agreement with the experimental results, and many of the observed features are assigned. The photoabsorption spectra are not only dominated by transitions from core-level orbitals to unoccupied π and σ orbitals but also show structures due to Rydberg transitions.
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