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Pulsed-field ionization photoelectron and IR-UV resonant photoionization spectroscopy of Al-thymine.

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Al-thymine (Al-C(4)H(3)N(2)O(2)CH(3)) is produced by laser vaporization of a rod made of Al and thymine powders in a molecular beam and studied by single-photon pulsed-field ionization-zero electron kinetic energy (ZEKE) photoelectron and IR-UV resonant two-photon ionization spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations. The ZEKE experiment determines the adiabatic ionization energy of the neutral complex and 22 vibrational modes for the corresponding ion with frequencies below 2000 cm(-1). The IR-UV photoionization experiment measures two N-H and three C-H stretches for the neutral species. The theoretical calculations predict a number of low-energy isomers with Al binding to single oxygen or adjacent oxygen and nitrogen atoms of thymine. Among these isomers, the structure with Al binding to the O4 atom of the diketo tautomer is predicted to be the most stable one by the theory and is probed by both ZEKE and IR-UV measurements. This work presents the first application of the IR-UV resonant ionization to metal-organic molecule systems. Like ZEKE spectroscopy, the IR-UV photoionization technique is sensitive for identifying isomeric structures of metal association complexes.

Year of Publication
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2008
Journal
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The Journal of chemical physics
Volume
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129
Issue
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12
Number of Pages
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124309
Date Published
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2008
ISSN Number
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0021-9606
URL
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https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2985858
DOI
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10.1063/1.2985858
Short Title
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J Chem Phys
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