Ionization potential adiabatic

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The principles of ion themiochemistry are the same as those for neutral systems however, there are several important quantities pertinent only to ions. For positive ions, the most fiindamental quantity is the adiabatic ionization potential (IP), defined as the energy required at 0 K to remove an electron from a neutral molecule [JT7, JT8and 1191. 

Figure 7. The photoelectron spectrum of formaldehyde with the data on adiabatic ionization potentials. The fourth potential can be determined only at higher resolutions. [From (103) by permission of D. W. Turner and the publishing house].

Even the photoelectron spectroscopy of closed-shell molecules is valuable for the physical chemistry of radicals because a difference between the nth and the first adiabatic ionization potentials determines the excitation energy in a radical cation for a transition from the ground doublet state to the (n — 1) excited doublet state. 

Distances Ce are in A, dissociation energies in eV (calculated values are not corrected for the 2ero-point vibrational energy, harmonic frequencies Oe in cm , and adiabatic ionization potentials AEip and electron affinities AEea in eV. Experimental values are from Refs. [94, 159-162]. 

The physical nature of the ZEKE states has been the subject of intense experimental and theoretical investigation in the past several years. In the well-studied case of NO,14,21 we know from the 3 cm-1 red shift of the ZEKE-PFI threshold band relative to the true adiabatic ionization potential (extrapolated from highly accurate measurements of Rydberg series) that the ZEKE states have principal quantum number n 200 and lifetime of 2 (is or longer. Recent work has found ZEKE states with lifetimes as long as 20 ps.22... 

The adiabatic ionization potential (1A) of a molecule, as shown in Figure 4.1, equals the energy difference between the lowest vibrational level of the ground electronic state of the positive ion and that of the molecule. In practice, few cases would correspond to adiabatic ionization except those determined spectroscopically or obtained in a threshold process. Near threshold, there is a real difference between the photoabsorption and photoionization cross sections, meaning that much of the photoabsorption does not lead to ionization, but instead results in dissociation into neutral fragments. 

First of all, quantum calculations allow one to predict basicity scales in agreement with experiment provided that the calculations are performed on the preferred conformation of the isolated molecule. If this is not done, a given term within a consistent series may jump from one rank to another as a function of the conformation used for the calculations. The determinant role of preferred conformation on any property (barrier to internal rotation and inversion, dipole moment, first adiabatic ionization potential, acidity and basicity in the gas phase, energy of complexation to BF3, etc.) was clearly demonstrated. We further show the importance of the role of preferred conformation in explaining some of the anomalies in Drago s systematics. 

Fig. 2.6-9. The calculated adiabatic ionization potentials of P clusters with n = 2-11 [8].

Another consequence of the stronger interactions upon ionization is that the equilibrium geometry of the ionized complex may differ signihcantly from that of the neutral states. Broadened ionization onsets are frequently attributed to the spectral superposition of ionization into several vibrational levels for which Franck-Condon factors are more favorable. As a result, the adiabatic ionization potential may be considerably lower than the vertical potential, and the observed ionization onsets may occur above the adiabatic potential. Another factor to be considered is the conformation-dependent efifect, due to the different conformations of the solvent molecules. The most populated form of a complex may involve a less stable form of the solvent. After photoionisation, the lowest-energy dissociation channel in the complex ion leads to the most stable form of isolated solvent, which has to be taken into account for the estimate of the binding energy. 

Fig. 9a, b. A portion of a photoelectron spectrum (idealized) showing (a) the identification of adiabatic and vertical ionization potentials with resolved (1) and unresolved (2) vibrational structures, (b) the identification of a higher adiabatic ionization potential with a break . 

Fio. 12. Fhotoelectron spectrum of methanol vapour using the helium resonance line (21-21 e.v.). Ionization energy increases from left to right. The adiabatic ionization potentials measured (Al-Jobomy and Turner, 1964) are indicated by vertical arrows, and can be compared with (probably) vertical I.P. values derived from electron impact appearance potentials by Collin (1961) (dotted arrows). 

Fio. 19. Comparison of the two lowest adiabatic ionization potentials in benzene with the three lowest in pyrrole and furan. The values arranged as an energy level diagram were obtained by photoelectron spectroscopy. (T, N. Badwan and D. W. Turner, unpublished work.)... 

Fig. 23. Adiabatic ionization potentials for methane, ethane, propane, and butane arranged as an energy level diagram.

Table 2.6 Gas-phase basicities of silanes and adiabatic ionization potential of silyl radicals ...

But before getting there, let us discuss charge-shift correlations, as well as another instructive topic, one that dehnes charges in light of measured adiabatic ionization potentials. 

The comparison with adiabatic ionization potentials [147] indicates that the latter decrease as electronic charge builds up on nitrogen, as one would normally expect, thus suggesting that the charges calculated here are in the right order. (These ionization potentials correspond to the suppression of an electron of the lone pair on... 

This inroad into the study of the adiabatic ionization potentials (IPs) of paraffins and a hypothetical correlation with atomic charges is to determine (1) whether such a correlation exists in a hrst place and (2) if so, what sort of charges would satisfy it. 

A crude justification for such a study can be found in the work of Widing and Levitt [167], who described numerous correlations between adiabatic ionization potentials and Taft s inductive substituent constants (an indirect way of correlating IPs with charges) and in a note by Streitwieser [168], who justified to some extent a dependence of IPs on local charge densities. 

Comparison of adiabatic ionization potentials (IP) of normal and branched alkanes with carbon net charges, which indicates a lowering of the IPs with increasing electron population of the electron-richest bonded pair of carbon atoms in the molecule [170]. A monotonic correlation (which turns out to be linear and remarkably accurate) is possible only with atomic charges adjusted for n = 4.4083 and the corresponding p given by Eq. (5.14). 

Figure 3 The photoionization quantum yields (rji) of CH4 as a function of the incident photon energy measured via the double ionization chamber and synchrotron radiation as mentioned in Section 2.1. The bandpass was 0.1 nm, which corresponds to the energy width of 32 meV at the incident photon energy of 20 eV. The vertical ionization potentials of the ionic states involved are indicated by the vertical bars [11] along with the first adiabatic ionization potential by the arrow [17]. (From Ref. [7]. Reprinted with permission from Elsevier Science.)...

Values of the Adiabatic Ionization Potentials Ip and of the Excitation Energies Bt,3ti,4 of the Ion, Obtained from the Energy Differences of the Distribution Maxima for Slow Electrons (in e.v.)... 

The most probable transitions, according to the Franck-Condon principle are the vertical ones. They correspond to the maxima of electron groups in the kinetic spectrum. The upper limits in the kinetic energies for each group correspond to the adiabatic ionization potentials. Thus from the difference of these energy values one can get the difference Ip between the vertical and adiabatic potentials (Table IV). 

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