Issue 19, 2019

Rydberg state mediated multiphoton ionization of (η7-C7H7)(η5-C5H5)Cr: DFT-supported experimental insights into the molecular and electronic structures of excited sandwich complexes

Abstract

The resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) of a mixed sandwich complex has been achieved for the first time when exciting (η7-C7H7)(η5-C5H5)Cr via the Rydberg 4pz state. The REMPI spectrum is indicative of unexpectedly small changes of the sandwich geometry on excitation. Time-dependent DFT calculations reveal fine effects of the ligand nature on the molecular and electronic structure variations accompanying electronic excitation. Different trends are predicted for the sandwich geometry transformations in the mixed sandwich complex and its symmetric isomer, (η6-C6H6)2Cr, both on Rydberg excitation and ionization.

Graphical abstract: Rydberg state mediated multiphoton ionization of (η7-C7H7)(η5-C5H5)Cr: DFT-supported experimental insights into the molecular and electronic structures of excited sandwich complexes

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 fev 2019
Accepted
12 mar 2019
First published
12 mar 2019

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019,21, 9665-9671

Rydberg state mediated multiphoton ionization of (η7-C7H7)(η5-C5H5)Cr: DFT-supported experimental insights into the molecular and electronic structures of excited sandwich complexes

S. Yu. Ketkov, S. Y. Tzeng, E. A. Rychagova, L. V. Kalakutskaya, M. Fuss, H. Braunschweig and W. Tzeng, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019, 21, 9665 DOI: 10.1039/C9CP00888H

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