title: Investigation of halogenated pyrimidines by X-ray photoemission spectroscopy and theoretical DFT methods.
abstract: The inner shell ionization of pyrimidine and some halogenated pyrimidines has been investigated experimentally by X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) and theoretically by density functional theory (DFT) methods. The selected targets-5-Br-pyrimidine, 2-Br-pyrimidine, 2-Cl-pyrimidine, and 5-Br-2-Cl-pyrimidine-allowed the study of the effect of the functionalization of the pyrimidine ring by different halogen atoms bound to the same molecular site, or by the same halogen atom bound to different molecular sites. The theoretical investigation of the inductive and resonance effects in the C(1s) ionization confirms the soundness of the resonance model for a qualitative description of the properties of an aromatic system. Moreover, the combination of the experimental results and the theoretical analysis provides a detailed description of the effects of the halogen atom on the screening of a C(1s) hole in the aromatic pyrimidine ring.
authors.affiliation: CNR-IMIP and CNR-ISM, Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Via Salaria Km. 29.300, Monterotondo Scalo, Roma, Italy. paola.bolognesi@imip.cnr.it
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authors.lastname: Amore Bonapasta
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