Electronic spectroscopy of CoNe+ via mass-selected photodissociation.

The CoNe(+) diatomic cation is produced by laser vaporization in a pulsed-nozzle source and studied with photodissociation spectroscopy at visible wavelengths. Vibronic structure is assigned to the (3)Π(2) ← (3)Δ(3) band system correlating to the Co(+)((3)P(2) ← (3)F(4)) + Ne asymptote. The origin band (13,529 cm(-1)) and a progression of 14 other vibrational bands are detected ending in the dissociation limit at 14,191 cm(-1). The excited state dissociation energy is therefore D(0)(') = 662 cm(-1), and an energetic cycle using this, the origin band energy, and the atomic transition produces a ground state dissociation energy of D(0)(") = 930 cm(-1). The excited state vibrational frequency is 116.1 cm(-1). A rotationally resolved study of the origin band confirms the electronic transition assignment and provides the bond distance of r(0)(") = 2.36 Å. The properties of CoNe(+) are compared to those of other CoRG(+) and MNe(+) complexes studied previously.

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