Potential interstellar molecules. Formation of neutral C6CO from C6CO in the gas phase
dc.contributor.author | Dua, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Blanksby, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bowie, J. | |
dc.date.issued | 1999 | |
dc.description.abstract | Computations at the RCCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ//B3LYP/6-31G* level of theory indicate that neutral C(6)CO is a stable species. The ground state of this neutral is the singlet cumulene oxide :C=C=C=C=C=C=C=O. The adiabatic electron affinity and dipole moment of singlet C(6)CO are 2.47 eV and 4.13 D, respectively, at this level of theory. The anion (C(6)CO)-* should be a possible precursor to this neutral. It has been formed by an unequivocal synthesis in the ion source of a mass spectrometer by the S(N)2(Si) reaction between (CH(3))(3)Si-C(triple bond)C-C(triple bond)C-C(triple bond)C-CO-CMe(3) and F(-) to form (-)C(triple bond)C-C(triple bond)C-C(triple bond)C-CO-Me(3) which loses Me(3)C* in the source to form C(6)CO(-)*. Charge stripping of this anion by vertical Franck-Condon oxidation forms C(6)CO, characterised by the neutralisation-reionisation spectrum (-NR(+)) of C(6)CO(-*), which is stable during the timeframe of this experiment (10(-6) s). | |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Dua, Suresh; Blanksby, Stephen J.; Bowie, John H. | |
dc.identifier.citation | Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 1999; 14(2):118-121 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0231(20000130)14:2<118::AID-RCM848>3.3.CO;2-Q | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0951-4198 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1097-0231 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/4842 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD | |
dc.subject | Anions | |
dc.subject | Oxides | |
dc.subject | Carbon | |
dc.subject | Extraterrestrial Environment | |
dc.subject | Oxidation-Reduction | |
dc.subject | Mass Spectrometry | |
dc.title | Potential interstellar molecules. Formation of neutral C6CO from C6CO in the gas phase | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
pubs.publication-status | Published |