Bellili, A. published the artcileSingle photon ionization of methyl isocyanide and the subsequent unimolecular decomposition of its cation: experiment and theory, Computed Properties of 123-39-7, the main research area is methyl isocyanide mol structure fragmentation reaction mass spectra.
Me isocyanide, CH3NC, is a key compound in astrochem. and astrobiol. A combined theor. and exptl. investigation of the single photon ionization of gas phase Me isocyanide and its fragmentation pathways is presented. Vacuum UV (VUV) synchrotron radiation based experiments are used to measure the threshold photoelectron photoion coincidence (TPEPICO) spectra between 10.6 and 15.5 eV. This allowed us to exptl. determine the adiabatic ionization energy (AIE) and fragment ion appearance energies (AE) of gas-phase Me isocyanide. Its AIE has been measured with a precision never achieved before. It is found to be AIEexp = 11.263 ± 0.005 eV. We observe a vibrational progression upon ionization corresponding to the population of vibrational levels of the ground state of the Me isocyanide cation. In addition, four fragment ion appearance energies (AEs) were measured to be AE (m/z 40) = 12.80 ± 0.05 eV, AE (m/z 39) = 13.70 ± 0.05, AE (m/z 15) = 13.90 ± 0.05 eV, AE (m/z 14) 13.85 ± 0.05 eV, resp. In order to interpret the exptl. data, we performed state-of-the-art computations using the explicitly correlated coupled cluster approach. We also considered the zero-point vibrational energy (ZPVE), core-valence (CV) and scalar relativistic (SR) effects. The results of theor. calculations of the AIE and AEs are in excellent agreement with the exptl. findings allowing for assignment of the fragmentations to the loss of neutral H, H2, CN and HCN upon ionization of CH3NC. The computations show that in addition to the obvious bond breakings, some of the corresponding ionic fragments result from rearrangements – upon photon absorption – either before or after electron ejection.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics published new progress about Adiabatic ionization potential. 123-39-7 belongs to class amides-buliding-blocks, name is N-Methylformamide, and the molecular formula is C2H5NO, Computed Properties of 123-39-7.
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