Supercharged cations of benzene

Authors

• J Appling, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
• Gary Burdick, Andrews UniversityFollow
• M Hayward, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
• L Abbey, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
• Thomas Moran, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1985

Abstract

Stable, supercharged benzene ions produced in electron impact ionization have been observed by techniques of collisional mass spectrometry in which single electron transfer reactions of incident C6H6 n+ ions at kiloelectronvolt energies give rise to stable C6H6 (n-1)+ product ions. Semiempirical SCF-MO calculations employed for the computation of C6H6 n+ structures indicate that geometry optimized minimum energy C6H6 n+ cyclic ions exhibit a progression of elongation and expansion as n increases. Structural and energetic data have been obtained for the n = 1 to 6 charge states of benzene.

Journal Title

Journal of Physical Chemistry

Volume

89

Issue

1

Recommended Citation

Appling, J; Burdick, Gary; Hayward, M; Abbey, L; and Moran, Thomas, "Supercharged cations of benzene" (1985). Faculty Publications. 32.
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/physics-pubs/32