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Gas-Phase Spectroscopic Detection and Structural Elucidation of Carbon-Rich Group 14 Binary Clusters: Linear GeC3Ge
Jürgen GaussAlireza Javadi JavedThomas F. GiesenSven ThorwirthV. LutterV. Luttersubject
Physics010304 chemical physicsInfraredAntisymmetric relationPolyatomic ionchemistry.chemical_elementNanotechnology010402 general chemistry01 natural sciences0104 chemical sciencesBond lengthchemistryChemical physics0103 physical sciencesCluster (physics)Physical and Theoretical ChemistrySpectral resolutionCarbonMicrowavedescription
Guided by high-level quantum-chemical calculations at the CCSD(T) level of theory, the first polyatomic germanium-carbon cluster, linear Ge2C3, has been observed at high spectral resolution in the gas phase through its remarkably complex fundamental antisymmetric C-C stretching mode ν3 located at 1932 cm(-1). The observation of a total of six isotopic species permits the derivation of a highly accurate value for the equilibrium Ge-C bond length. The present study suggests that many more Ge-C species might be detectable in the future using a combination of laser-ablation techniques for production and high-resolution infrared and/or microwave techniques for spectroscopic detection.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-07 | The Journal of Physical Chemistry A |