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Abstract
Experiments have been carried out in which electrospray ionization has been used to generate ionic complexes of all-cis 1,2,3,4,5,6 hexafluorocyclohexane. These complexes were subsequently mass isolated in a quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer and then irradiated by the tunable infrared output of a free electron laser in the 800-1600 cm−1 range. From the frequency dependence of the fragmentation of the complexes, vibrational signatures of the complexes were obtained. Computational work carried out in parallel reveals that the complexes formed are very strongly bound and are among the most strongly bound complexes of Na+ and Cl− ever observed with molecular species. The dipole moment calculated for the heaxafluorocyclohexane is very large (~7 D) and it appears that the bonding in each of the complexes has a significant electrostatic contribution.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 7460-7463 |
Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
Volume | 138 |
Issue number | 24 |
Early online date | 5 May 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 22 Jun 2016 |
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Novel organofluorine motifs: Novel organofluorine motifs in the service of industry
O'Hagan, D. (PI)
1/03/14 → 28/02/17
Project: Standard
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Multivicinal fluorinated cyclohexanes: Multivicinal fluorinated cyclohexanes, a new structural motif in organic chemistry
O'Hagan, D. (PI)
31/07/10 → 1/08/10
Project: Standard