Vi. Khvostenko et al., LIFETIMES OF MOLECULAR NEGATIVE-IONS OF FERROCENE DERIVATIVES, Journal of electron spectroscopy and related phenomena, 63(4), 1993, pp. 431-438
The lifetimes tau(a) of negative molecular ions of twenty ferrocene de
rivatives have been measured by mass spectrometry. An empirical relati
on was found that describes the change of tau(a) in this series of com
pounds. A model of electron ejection from the molecular ions through t
hree channels is proposed, which explains the observed results.