title: Gas-phase electronic spectrum of the C14 ring.
abstract: The electronic spectrum of a cyclic C(14) in the visible range has been detected in the gas phase by a mass selective resonant two-color two-photon ionization technique coupled to a laser ablation source. Absorption is localized in the 19 000 to 20 000 cm(-1) region and appears as a dozen of 3-7 cm(-1) narrow peaks belonging to one or two close-lying electronic states. Bands have structures which for the narrowest ones is likely to be the rotational profile contour. The spectrum is attributed to a cyclic form of C(14) based on time-dependent density-functional calculations and reactivity with H(2). The spectral pattern differs from that previously seen in the larger C(4n+2) member rings, C(18) and C(22), indicating some sort of a structural crossover.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 80, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Boguslavskiy
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Maier