D. Forney et al., Matrix isolation study of the interaction of excited neon atoms with allene and propyne: Infrared spectra of H2CCCH2+ and H2CCCH-, J CHEM PHYS, 115(18), 2001, pp. 8418-8430
When a Ne:allene or a Ne:propyne sample was codeposited at approximately 5
K with a sample of pure neon that had been excited in a microwave discharge
to provide a 16.6-16.85 eV energy source, prominent new infrared absorptio
ns which can be assigned to the H2CCCH2+ cation appeared. Also present in t
he allene experiments were two absorptions which can be assigned to H2CCCH-
. In the propyne experiments, an absorption is tentatively attributed to th
e strongest infrared fundamental of CH3CCH+. The structures and vibrational
fundamentals obtained from density functional and ab initio calculations f
or various isotopomers of H2CCCH2+, CH3CCH+, cyc-C3H3+, H2CCCH+, and H2CCCH
- are given. The infrared absorption pattern of the cation common to the al
lene and propyne experiments matches that of the predominant gas-phase prod
uct, cyc-C3H3+, reasonably well, except for the presence of extra peaks in
the CH-stretching region. However, comparison of the results of experiments
on isotopically substituted samples with the calculated spectra excludes t
hat assignment and supports the identification of the neon-matrix product a
s H2CCCH2+. It is suggested that collisions with the excess of neon atoms i
n the sampling region rapidly remove excess energy from the initially forme
d allene and propyne cations, inhibiting the loss of an H atom from those t
wo species. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.