INFRARED-ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOIONIZATION AND DEPLETION SPECTROSCOPY OF AL- AND CU-ETHYLENEDIAMINE COMPLEXES
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2007
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Ohio State University
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Al- and Cu-ethylenediamine (C$_2$N$_2$H$_8$) complexes were generated in supersonic molecular beams, and their C-H and N-H stretching modes were measured by resonant infrared-ultraviolet two-photon ionization and depletion spectroscopy. The spectrum of Al-ethylenediamine displayed three C-H stretching frequencies of 2880, 2936, and 2946 cm$^{-1}$, whereas that of Cu-ethylenediamine exhibited five such vibrations with frequencies of 2880, 2921, 2931, 2951, and 2967 cm$^{-1}$. In contrast, only two N-H stretches were identified for each of the two complexes, which were 3320 and 3392 cm$^{-1}$ for Al and 3275 and 3360 cm$^{-1}$ for Cu. These experimental spectra were compared to the prediction of density functional theory calculations and to the infrared spectrum of the free ligand. From these comparisons, a cyclic bidentate structure was identified for Al-ethylenediamine, and a hydrogen-bonded monodentate structure was determined for the corresponding Cu species. This study was consistent with the previous work of pulsed-field ionization electron spectroscopy of these complexes.}}
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Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0055