@article{FischerHembergerBodietal.2013,
  author    = {Fischer, Kathrin H. and Hemberger, Patrick and Bodi, Andras and Fischer, Ingo},
  title     = {Photoionisation of the tropyl radical},
  series = {Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry},
  volume    = {9},
  journal   = {Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry},
  doi       = {10.3762/bjoc.9.77},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-128652},
  pages     = {681-688},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {We present a study on the photoionisation of the cycloheptatrienyl (tropyl) radical, \(C_7H_7\), using tunable vacuum ultraviolet synchrotron radiation. Tropyl is generated by flash pyrolysis from bitropyl. Ions and electrons are detected in coincidence, permitting us to record mass-selected photoelectron spectra. The threshold photoelectron spectrum of tropyl, corresponding to the \(X^{+1}A1' ← X^2E_2"\) transition, reveals an ionisation energy of 6.23 ± 0.02 eV, in good agreement with Rydberg extrapolations, but slightly lower than the value derived from earlier photoelectron spectra. Several vibrations can be resolved and are reassigned to the C-C stretch mode \(ν_{16}^+\) and to a combination of \(ν_{16}^+\) with the ring breathing mode \(ν_2^+\). Above 10.55 eV dissociative photoionisation of tropyl is observed, leading to the formation of \(C_5H_5^+\) and \(C_2H_2\).},
  language  = {en}
}