IR spectroscopic identification of electron attachment products of CCl4 in solid argon

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-2860(97)00205-6

The electron attachment products of CCl₄ due to photoinduced electron transfer (using the 4.88 eV photons of a Hg lamp) from N,N-dimethylaniline and N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine were investigated by FTIR spectroscopy in solid argon along with extensive ab initio calculations. Two attachment products have been detected by IR spectroscopy for the first time, i.e. the anions of CCl₄ and CCl₃, which are characterized by the complex structures Cl₂CCl ··· Cl^- and ClCCl ··· Cl^-, respectively.