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Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.136, No.8, 2960-2962, 2014
Probing Isomers of the Benzene Dication in a Low-Temperature Trap
The structure of doubly ionized benzene has been spectroscopically studied for the first time. Helium-tagged complexes were prepared at temperatures below 4 K and analyzed using infrared predissociation spectroscopy. Double ionization of benzene yields primarily high-energy dications with a six-membered-ring structure. Some of the dications undergo rearrangement to a more stable pyramidal isomer with a C5H5 base and CH at the apex. By means of isomer-selective heating by a CO2 laser, infrared predissociation spectra of both the classical and pyramidal dications were obtained.