Abstract
The hydrogen-atom adduct with anthracene, 9-dihydroanthracenyl radical (C14H11), and its deuterated analogue have been identified by laser spectroscopy coupled to time-of-flight mass spectrometry, supported by time-dependent density functional theory calculations. The electronic spectrum of 9-dihydroanthracenyl radical exhibits an origin band at 19115 cm-1 and its ionization energy was determined to be 6.346(1) eV. The spectra reveal a low-frequency vibrational progression corresponding to a mode described by a butterfly inversion. In the deuterated analogue, a zero-point-energy imbalance along this coordinate is found to lead to a doubling of the observed spectral lines in the progression. This is attributed to quantum-induced symmetry breaking as previously observed in isotopologues of CH5+.
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