Simulation of photoelectron spectra with anharmonicity fully included: Application to the X 2A2<--X 1A1 band of furan.
Using a new unconventional procedure for calculating Franck-Condon factors with anharmonicity fully included the X 2A2<--X 1A1 band in the photoelectron spectrum of furan (and deuterated furan) was simulated at the second-order perturbation theory level. All 21 vibrational modes were considered but, in the end, only 4 are required to accurately reproduce the spectrum. Except for our own recent work on ethylene such calculations have been previously limited to tri- or tetraatomic molecules. Most of the effect of anharmonicity is accounted for in first order, although second-order corrections to the vibrational frequencies are important. Based on these simulations we were able to improve upon and extend previous assignments as well as suggest further measurements.
Bonness
Sean
S
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA.
Kirtman
Bernard
B
Huix
Miquel
M
Sanchez
Angel J
AJ
Luis
Josep M
JM