Abstract

Laser induced fluorescence techniques can be used to obtain rotationally resolved electronic spectra of moderately large aromatic and organometallic radicals cooled to <2 K in a supersonic free jet expansion. Aromatic organic radicals studied include cyclopentadienyl, benzyl, triphenyl methyl, and substituted derivatives thereof. Organometallic radicals studied include Cd and Zn monomethyl as well as group IIA and IIB derivatives of cyclopentadienyl, methylcyclopentadienyl, and pyrrolyl radicals.

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