Issue 12, 2021

High-resolution UV spectroscopy of 1-indanol

Abstract

We report on rotationally resolved laser induced fluorescence (LIF) and vibrationally resolved resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) spectroscopy of the chiral molecule 1-indanol. Spectra of the S1 ← S0 electronic transition are recorded in a jet-cooled, pulsed molecular beam. Using two time-delayed pulsed lasers, the lifetimes of the S1 state of the two most stable conformers, referred to as eq1 and ax2, have been determined. The S1 ← S0 origin bands of these conformers as well as the transition to a vibrationally excited level in the S1 state of eq1 are recorded with full rotational resolution (25 MHz observed linewidth) by measuring the LIF intensity following excitation with a tuneable, narrowband cw laser. On selected rotationally resolved electronic transitions, Lamb-dips are measured to confirm the Lorentzian lifetime-contribution to the observed lineshapes. The rotationally resolved S1 ← S0 origin band of a neon-complex of eq1 is measured via LIF as well. The fit of the rotationally resolved LIF spectra of the origin bands to those of an asymmetric rotor yields a standard deviation of about 6 MHz. The resulting spectroscopic parameters are tabulated and compared to the outcome of ab initio calculations. For both conformers as well as for the Ne-eq1 complex, the geometric structures in the S0 and S1 states are discussed. For all systems, the transition dipole moment is mainly along the a-axis, the contributions along the b- and c-axes being about one order of magnitude smaller.

Graphical abstract: High-resolution UV spectroscopy of 1-indanol

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Nov 2020
Accepted
05 Feb 2021
First published
08 Feb 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021,23, 7048-7056

High-resolution UV spectroscopy of 1-indanol

A. O. Hernandez-Castillo, J. Bischoff, J. H. Lee, J. Langenhan, M. Karra, G. Meijer and S. Eibenberger-Arias, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021, 23, 7048 DOI: 10.1039/D0CP06170K

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