Vacuum ultraviolet photoionization and dissociative photoionization of toluene: Experimental and theoretical insights.
Eur J Mass Spectrom (Chichester)
; 27(5): 166-180, 2021 Oct.
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The photoionization and dissociative photoionization of toluene have been studied using synchrotron radiation vacuum ultraviolet light with photon energy in the range of 8.50-25.50â
eV. The ionization energies (8.82â
eV) and double ionization energies (23.80â
eV) of toluene as well as the appearance energies for its major fragments C7H7+ (11.17/10.71â
eV), C6H5+ (13.73â
eV), C5H6+ (13.58/12.50â
eV), C5H5+ (16.23â
eV), C4H5+ (15.64â
eV), C4H4+ (16.10â
eV) and C4H3+ (17.11â
eV) are determined, respectively by using photoionization efficiency spectrometry. With the help of experimental and theoretical results, seven dissociative photoionization channels have been proposed: C7H7+ + H, C6H5+ + CH3, C5H6+ + C2H2, C5H5+ + C2H2 + H, C4H5+ + C3H3, C4H4+ + C3H4 and C4H3+ + C3H4 + H. In addition, the geometries of the intermediates, transition states and products involved in these photoionization and dissociative photoionization processes have been performed at the B3LYP/6-311++G(d, p) level. The mechanisms of dissociative photoionization of toluene and the intermediates and transition states involved are discussed in detail. Generally speaking, the experimental results are in agreement with theoretical calculations in this work and published literature results. Especially the mechanisms of dissociative photoionization to C4H5+, C4H4+ and C4H3+ were discussed for the first time in this work. This investigation may provide useful information on understanding the photoionization and dissociative photoionization of toluene.
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