Abstract
Vibronic spectra of 3-fluorothioanisole (3FTA) in the first electronic excited state (S1) and the cationic ground state (D0) have been obtained by one-color resonant two-photon ionization (1C-R2PI) and mass-analyzed threshold ionization (MATI) spectroscopy. Spectroscopic measurements and theoretical calculations indicate that both cis- and trans-rotamers of the 3FTA molecule are stable and coexist in the S0 (the electronic ground state) and D0 states, and the cis-rotamer is shown to be slightly more stable than the trans-rotamer. In the S1 state, theoretical calculations predict a stable gauche-structure of 3FTA, manifested by the observation of strong activation of the vibrational modes involving the motion of the -SCH3 group in the low-frequency regions of the 1C-R2PI and MATI spectra. The electronic excitation energy from the S0 state to the S1 state (E1) and the adiabatic ionization energy (IE) are respectively determined to be 34 820 ± 3 and 65 468 ± 5 cm-1 for cis-3FTA, and those of the trans-rotamer are respectively determined to be 35 047 ± 3 and 65 644 ± 5 cm-1. The structural properties of the stable rotamers of 3FTA and their comparison with other F- and Cl-substituted thioanisole derivatives are discussed as well.
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