The palladium 4d cooper minimum: its application in assignment of the gas-phase photoelectron spectra of [Pd(η3-C3H5)2]
Abstract
The valence band intensities in the gas-phase photoelectron spectra of [Pd(η3-C3H5)2] have been determined as a function of photon energy (range 20–170 eV): the band intensities for the non-bonding Pd 4d orbitals are in good agreement with the trend predicted by the atomic model and show a very well-defined Cooper minimum, thus allowing a definitive assignment of the spectra.