ELECTRONIC SPECTROSCOPY OF JET COOLED THIOPHENOXYL RADICAL
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Date
2005
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Ohio State University
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The thiophenoxyl radical, C$_6$H$_5$-S ( $\phi$-S ), is an aromatic free radical with a benzyl type $\pi$-electronic structure. We have generated the $\phi$-S radical by ArF laser photolysis in supersonic free jet expansions, and observed laser induced fluorescence ( LIF ) of the green-blue band. We have measured the vibrationally and rotationally resolved LIF excitation spectra and the vibrationally resolved LIF dispersed spectra from the single vibronic levels ( SVL ). On the basis of the precise vibrational analysis of the dispersed spectra, we propose new vibrational assignments to the vibronic bands on the excitation spectrum. The band types of the vibronic bands determined from the rotationally resolved excitation spectra make it possible us to give a definite assignment of the $D_2$ 1$^2A_2$ -- $D_0$ 1$^2B_1$, $\pi^* \leftarrow \pi$, electronic transition for the green-blue band of $\phi$-S. Based on the results of the spectroscopic assignments, we will discuss the electronic and vibrational structure of $\phi$-S both on the ground $D_0$ 1$^2B_1$ and the second excited $D_2$ 1$^2A_2$ states.
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Author Institution: Faculty of Information Sciences, Hiroshima City University,; Hiroshima 731-3194, Japan; Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Japan Women's; University, Tokyo 112-8681, Japan