In:
The Journal of Chemical Physics, AIP Publishing, Vol. 119, No. 19 ( 2003-11-15), p. 10069-10072
Kurzfassung:
The existence of the unsolvated 7,7,8,8-tetracyano-p-quinodimethane (TCNQ) dianion is proved experimentally. The dianion was formed in 50-keV collisions between TCNQ monoanions and sodium vapor. In the collision process, electron capture to the monoanion occurs with a cross section of about 1 Å2. The lifetime of the dianion is estimated to be in the order of microseconds or longer as the flight time from the collision cell to the detector is 5 μs. The stability of the dianion was elucidated by density functional theory (DFT) and ab initio MP2 calculations. A selection of dissociation reactions have been studied theoretically and compared with the experimental results.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0021-9606
,
1089-7690
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
AIP Publishing
Publikationsdatum:
2003
ZDB Id:
3113-6
ZDB Id:
1473050-9