Journal Highlight: Infrared spectrum and structure of the adamantane cation: Direct evidence for Jahn-Teller distortion

Infrared spectrum and structure of the adamantane cation: Direct evidence for Jahn-Teller distortion

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 51, 4925-4929
Alexander Patzer, Markus Schütz, Thomas Möller, Otto Dopfer

Abstract: The IR spectrum of the adamantane cation, C₁₀H₁₆⁺, has been derived by resonant IR photodissociation of weakly bound C₁₀H₁₆⁺⋅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 ²A₁ ground electronic state.

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