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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Dopfer, Otto
• Solcà, Nicola
• Lemaire, Joel
• Maitre, Philippe
• Crestoni, Maria-Elisa
• Fornarini, Simonetta

Titel

Protonation Sites of Isolated Fluorobenzene Revealed by IR Spectroscopy in the Fingerprint Range

Ist Teil von

• The journal of physical chemistry. A, Molecules, spectroscopy, kinetics, environment, & general theory, 2005-09, Vol.109 (35), p.7881-7887

Ort / Verlag

United States: American Chemical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Protonated fluorobenzene ions (C6H6F+) are produced by chemical ionization of C6H5F in the cell of a FT-ICR mass spectrometer using either CH5 + or C2H5 +. The resulting protonation sites are probed by IR multiphoton dissociation (IRMPD) spectroscopy in the 600−1700 cm-1 fingerprint range employing the free electron laser at CLIO (Centre Laser Infrarouge Orsay). Comparison with quantum chemical calculations reveals that the IRMPD spectra are consistent with protonation in para and/or ortho position, which are the thermodynamically favored protonation sites. The lack of observation of protonation at the F substituent, when CH5 + is used as protonating agent, is attributed to the low-pressure conditions in the ICR cell where the ions are produced. Comparison of the C6H6F+ spectrum with IR spectra of C6H5F and C6H7 + reveals the effects of both protonation and H → F substitution on the structural properties of these fundamental aromatic molecules.