title: The C3N- anion: first detection of its electronic luminescence in rare gas solids.
abstract: The 193 nm laser irradiation of cyanoacetylene (HCCCN) that was isolated in rare gas solids led to a long-lived luminescence (origin at 3.58 eV), which was assigned to the a (3)Sigma(+)-X (1)Sigma(+) system of cyanoacetylide (CCCN(-)). The identification, which involved (15)N and (2)H isotopic substitution studies, is based on vibronic spacings in the phosphorescence spectrum (compared to previous infrared absorption measurements and to theoretical results regarding CCCN(-) vibrational frequencies), as well as on a BD(T)/cc-pVTZ prediction for the singlet-triplet energy gap in this anion (3.61 eV). The same emission was also generated from KrHC(3)N mixtures subjected to a glow electric discharge immediately before the solidification (cold-window-radial-discharge technique).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Michał
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turowski
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gronowski
authors.forename: Séverine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boyé-Péronne
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Douin
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Monéron
authors.forename: Claudine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Crépin
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kołos