Ozone anion

Formula: O₃^-
Molecular weight: 47.9987
CAS Registry Number: 12596-80-4
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Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

State: C

Energy (cm^-1)	Med.	References


T_o = 21420 ± 40	gas	Hiller and Vestal, 1981

Vib. sym.	No.	Approximate type of mode	cm^-1	Med.	Method	References


a₁	1	Sym. stretch	760 ± 20	gas	PF	Hiller and Vestal, 1981
	2	Bend	190 ± 20	gas	PF	Hiller and Vestal, 1981

State: ?

Energy (cm^-1)	Med.	References


T_d = 16970 ± 20	gas	Novich, Engelking, et al., 1979
		Wang, Woo, et al., 1987

State: A

Energy (cm^-1)	Med.	References


T_o = 16508 ± 16	gas	Cosby, Moseley, et al., 1978
		Hiller and Vestal, 1981

Vib. sym.	No.	Approximate type of mode	cm^-1	Med.	Method	References


a₁	1	Sym. stretch	815 ± 10	gas	PF	Cosby, Moseley, et al., 1978 Hiller and Vestal, 1981
	2	Bend	275 ± 10	gas	PF	Cosby, Moseley, et al., 1978 Hiller and Vestal, 1981

State: X

Vib. sym.	No.	Approximate type of mode	cm^-1		Med.	Method	References


a₁	1	Sym. stretch	975 ± 50		gas	PD PF	Cosby, Moseley, et al., 1978 Novich, Engelking, et al., 1979 Hiller and Vestal, 1981
	1	Sym. stretch	975 ± 50		gas	PE	Arnold, Xu, et al., 1994
	1	Sym. stretch	1016	Cs	Ar	Ra	Andrews, 1973 Andrews and Spiker, 1973
	1	Sym. stretch	1011	Na	Ar	Ra	Andrews, 1973 Andrews and Spiker, 1973
	2	Bend	550 ± 50		gas	PD PF	Novich, Engelking, et al., 1979 Hiller and Vestal, 1981
	2	Bend	550 ± 50		gas	PE	Arnold, Xu, et al., 1994
	2	Bend	600	w Cs	Ar	IR	Spiker and Andrews, 1973
b₂	3	Asym. stretch	880 ± 50		gas	PE	Arnold, Xu, et al., 1994
	3	Asym. stretch	797 ± 5	A	gas	PF	Bopp, Alexandrova, et al., 2009
	3	Asym. stretch	796.3		Ne	IR	Thompson and Jacox, 1989 Lugez, Thompson, et al., 1996
	3	Asym. stretch	804.3		Ar	IR	Andrews, Ault, et al., 1975 Wight, Ault, et al., 1976
	3	Asym. stretch	789	s Cs	Ar	IR	Jacox and Milligan, 1972 Spiker and Andrews, 1973
	3	Asym. stretch	802	s Cs	Ar	IR	Jacox and Milligan, 1972 Spiker and Andrews, 1973
	3	Asym. stretch	802	s Na	Ar	IR	Jacox and Milligan, 1972, 2 Jacox and Milligan, 1972 Spiker and Andrews, 1973

Additional references: Jacox, 1994, page 109; Jacox, 1998, page 203

Notes

Weak

Strong

Energy separation between the v = 0 levels of the excited and electronic ground states.

Photodissociation threshold

Interaction with sodium.

Interaction with cesium

0~1 cm^-1 uncertainty

References

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Hiller and Vestal, 1981
Hiller, J.F.; Vestal, M.L., Laser Photodissociation of O3- by Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry, J. Chem. Phys., 1981, 74, 11, 6096, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.441053 . [all data]

Novich, Engelking, et al., 1979
Novich, S.E.; Engelking, P.C.; Jones, P.L.; Futrell, J.H.; Lineberger, W.C., Laser photoelectron, photodetachment, and photodestruction spectra of O₃-, J. Chem. Phys., 1979, 70, 2652. [all data]

Wang, Woo, et al., 1987
Wang, L.J.; Woo, S.B.; Helmy, E.M., Laser photodetachment of O_{3} ^{-}, Phys. Rev. A, 1987, 35, 2, 759, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.35.759 . [all data]

Cosby, Moseley, et al., 1978
Cosby, P.C.; Moseley, J.T.; Peterson, J.R.; Ling, J.H., Photodissociation spectroscopy of O₃, J. Chem. Phys., 1978, 69, 2771. [all data]

Arnold, Xu, et al., 1994
Arnold, D.W.; Xu, C.S.; Kim, E.H.; Neumark, D.M., Study of low-lying electronic states of ozone by anion photoelectron spectroscopy of O-3(-), J. Chem. Phys., 1994, 101, 2, 912, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.467745 . [all data]

Andrews, 1973
Andrews, L., Resonance Raman spectrum of the matrix isolated ozonide ion in the species metal(+) ozonide(-), J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1973, 95, 14, 4487, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00795a003 . [all data]

Andrews and Spiker, 1973
Andrews, L.; Spiker, R.C., Jr., Resonance Raman spectrum and vibrational analysis of the ozonide ion in the argon matrix-isolated M[sup +]O[sub 3][sup -] species, J. Chem. Phys., 1973, 59, 4, 1863, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1680271 . [all data]

Spiker and Andrews, 1973
Spiker, R.C., Jr.; Andrews, L., Matrix reactions of alkali metal atoms with ozone: Infrared spectra of the alkali metal ozonide molecules, J. Chem. Phys., 1973, 59, 4, 1851, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1680270 . [all data]

Bopp, Alexandrova, et al., 2009
Bopp, J.C.; Alexandrova, A.N.; Elliott, B.M.; Herden, T.; Johnson, M.A., Vibrational predissociation spectra of the , n=3--10, 12 clusters: Even--odd alternation in the core ion, Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 2009, 283, 1-3, 94, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2009.02.003 . [all data]

Thompson and Jacox, 1989
Thompson, W.E.; Jacox, M.E., The vibrational spectra of molecular ions isolated in solid neon. II. O+4 and O-4, J. Chem. Phys., 1989, 91, 7, 3826, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.456868 . [all data]

Lugez, Thompson, et al., 1996
Lugez, C.L.; Thompson, W.E.; Jacox, M.E., Matrix isolation study of the interaction of excited neon atoms with O3: Infrared spectrum of O-3 and evidence for the stabilization of O2•••O+4, J. Chem. Phys., 1996, 105, 6, 2153, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.472533 . [all data]

Andrews, Ault, et al., 1975
Andrews, L.; Ault, B.S.; Grzybowski, J.M.; Allen, R.O., Proton and deuteron radiolysis of argon matrix samples of O2 and Cl2. Infrared spectra of charged species, J. Chem. Phys., 1975, 62, 6, 2461, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.430723 . [all data]

Wight, Ault, et al., 1976
Wight, C.A.; Ault, B.S.; Andrews, L., On microwave discharge sources of new chemical species for matrix-isolation spectroscopy and the identification of charged species, J. Chem. Phys., 1976, 65, 4, 1244, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.433233 . [all data]

Jacox and Milligan, 1972
Jacox, M.E.; Milligan, D.E., Vibrational and electronic spectra of the O3- anion isolated in an argon matrix, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 1972, 43, 1, 148, https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2852(72)90167-1 . [all data]

Jacox and Milligan, 1972, 2
Jacox, M.E.; Milligan, D.E., Spectrum and structure of the O-3 and O-4 anions isolated in an argon matrix, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1972, 14, 4, 518, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(72)80253-7 . [all data]

Jacox, 1994
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1994, 464. [all data]

Jacox, 1998
Jacox, M.E., Vibrational and electronic energy levels of polyatomic transient molecules: supplement A, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 2, 115-393, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556017 . [all data]

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