Electronic structure of the para-dinitrobenzene radical anion: a combined 2D photoelectron imaging and computational study.

The para-dinitrobenzene radical anion has been studied by 2D photoelectron imaging within the energy range of 2.5 eV above the detachment threshold. Supporting electronic structure calculations at the XMCQDPT2 level of the excited states and resonances are presented.

Resonances of the anthracenyl anion probed by frequency-resolved photoelectron imaging of collision-induced dissociated anthracene carboxylic acid.

Resonances in polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) anions are key intermediates in a number of processes such as electron transfer in organic electronics and electron attachment in the interstellar medium. Here we present a frequency- and angle-resolved photoelectron imaging study of the 9-anthracenyl anion generated through collision induced dissociation (CID) of its electrosprayed deprotonated anthracene carboxylic acid anion. We show that a number of π* resonances are active in the first 2.