Abstract
A detailed study of the S1((1)B2)-S0((1)A1) electronic transition of jet-cooled fluorobenzene has been carried out using laser-induced fluorescence and dispersed fluorescence (DF) spectroscopies. Analysis of over 40 single vibronic level DF spectra resulted in the assignment of 16 fundamental frequencies in the excited electronic state. Progressions in totally symmetric modes, particularly in the ring-breathing mode nu9, feature in both types of fluorescence spectrum. There is also significant activity in non-totally-symmetric modes, with activity in Franck-Condon (FC)-allowed overtones, FC-forbidden combinations induced by Duschinsky mixing, and symmetry-forbidden transitions induced by the same Herzberg-Teller vibronic coupling mechanism that induces the benzene S1-S0 transition. Fermi resonances (FRs) are extensive throughout the spectrum, especially in the important FC-active a1 modes. A consequence of these extensive FRs is that several important previous assignments are shown to be incorrect and have been reassigned here. Ab initio and density functional theory calculations have also been performed to support the experimental assignments.
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