title: Infrared spectrum and structure of the adamantane cation: direct evidence for Jahn-Teller distortion.
abstract: The fundamentals: the IR spectrum of the adamantane cation, C(10)H(16)(+), has been derived by resonant IR photodissociation of weakly bound C(10)H(16)(+)⋅L(n) clusters. The analysis of the IR spectrum provides the first spectroscopic characterization of this fundamental cycloalkane carbocation in the gas phase and direct evidence for the Jahn-Teller distortion in the (2)A(1) ground electronic state.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patzer
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schütz
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Möller
authors.forename: Otto
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dopfer