Gas phase anion photoelectron spectroscopy and theoretical investigation of gold acetylide species

The Journal of Chemical Physics
Peng WangWei-Jun Zheng

Abstract

We conducted gas phase anion photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory studies on a number of gold acetylide species, such as AuC2H, AuC2Au, and Au2C2H. Based on the photoelectron spectra, the electron affinities of AuC2H, AuC2Au, and Au2C2H are measured to be 1.54(±0.04), 1.60(±0.08), and 4.23(±0.08) eV, respectively. The highest occupied molecular orbital-lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (HOMO-LUMO) gaps of AuC2H and AuC2Au are measured to be about 2.62 and 2.48 eV, respectively. It is interesting that photoelectron spectra of AuC2H- and AuC2Au- display similar spectral features. The comparison of experimental and theoretical results confirms that the ground-state structures of AuC2H-, AuC2Au-, and their neutrals are all linear with Au-C≡C-H and Au-C≡C-Au configurations. The similar geometric structures, spectral features, HOMO-LUMO gaps, and chemical bonding between AuC2H-/0 and AuC2Au-/0 demonstrate that Au atom behaves like H atom in these species. The photoelectron spectrum of Au2C2H- shows that Au2C2H has a high electron affinity of 4.23(±0.08) eV, indicating Au2C2H is a superhalogen. Further, we found an unusual similarity between the terminal Au atom of Au2C2H- and the iodine atom of IAuC2H-.

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