The photoelectron spectrum of HCP and comments on the first photoelectron band of HCN

doi:10.1016/0009-2614(73)89004-9

Chemical Physics Letters

Volume 23, Issue 4, 15 December 1973, Pages 472-475

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The photoelectron spectrum of HCP has been obtained, Ionization potentials are found at 10.79 ± 0.01 eV (X² Π) and 12.86 ± 0.01 eV (A ² Σ). By comparison with HCP, a new interpretation of the first photoelectron band of HCN has been proposed which involves a Renner-Teller interaction in the Σ⁺ vibronic states of the molecular ion.

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