Trigermanium

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron
B - John E. Bartmess

View reactions leading to Ge3+ (ion structure unspecified)

Electron affinity determinations

EA (eV) Method Reference Comment
2.230 ± 0.010LPESBurton, Xu, et al., 1996B
1.90 ± 0.20LPESCheshnovsky, Yang, et al., 1987EA given is Vertical Detachment Energy. Adiabatic EA est as up to 1 eV smaller; B

Ionization energy determinations

IE (eV) Method Reference Comment
8.0 ± 0.5EIKant and Strauss, 1966RDSH
8.4 ± 0.3EIDrowart, DeMaria, et al., 1959RDSH

Vibrational and/or electronic energy levels

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Data compiled by: Marilyn E. Jacox

State:   1B1
 Energy 
 (cm-1) 		  Med.   Transition   λmin 
 (nm) 		  λmax 
 (nm) 		  References
To = 13640 ± 100 gas Burton, Xu, et al., 1996
Vib. 
sym. 		  No.   Approximate 
 type of mode 		  cm-1   Med.   Method   References
a1 266 T gas PE Burton, Xu, et al., 1996

State:   3B1
 Energy 
 (cm-1) 		  Med.   Transition   λmin 
 (nm) 		  λmax 
 (nm) 		  References
To = 8070 ± 100 gas Burton, Xu, et al., 1996

State:   3A1
 Energy 
 (cm-1) 		  Med.   Transition   λmin 
 (nm) 		  λmax 
 (nm) 		  References
To = 6540 ± 100 gas Burton, Xu, et al., 1996

State:   1B2
 Energy 
 (cm-1) 		  Med.   Transition   λmin 
 (nm) 		  λmax 
 (nm) 		  References
To = 1690 ± 100 gas Burton, Xu, et al., 1996
Vib. 
sym. 		  No.   Approximate 
 type of mode 		  cm-1   Med.   Method   References
a1 355 T gas PE Burton, Xu, et al., 1996

State:   X

Vib. 
sym. 		  No.   Approximate 
 type of mode 		  cm-1   Med.   Method   References
e' 3 150 T gas PE Burton, Xu, et al., 1996

Additional references: Jacox, 1998, page 171

Notes

TTentative assignment or approximate value
oEnergy separation between the v = 0 levels of the excited and electronic ground states.

References

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Burton, Xu, et al., 1996
Burton, G.R.; Xu, C.; Arnold, C.C.; Neumark, D.M., Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Zero Kinetic Energy Spectroscopy of Germanium Cluster Anions, J. Chem. Phys., 1996, 104, 8, 2757, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.471098 . [all data]

Cheshnovsky, Yang, et al., 1987
Cheshnovsky, O.; Yang, S.H.; Pettiette, C.L.; Craycraft, M.J.; Liu, Y.; Smalley, R.E., Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Semiconductor Clusters: Silicon and Germanium, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1987, 138, 2-3, 119, https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(87)80353-6 . [all data]

Kant and Strauss, 1966
Kant, A.; Strauss, B.H., Atomization energies of the polymers of germanium, Ge2 to Ge7, J. Chem. Phys., 1966, 45, 882. [all data]

Drowart, DeMaria, et al., 1959
Drowart, J.; DeMaria, G.; Boerboom, A.J.H.; Inghram, M.G., Mass spectrometric study of intergroup IVB molecules, J. Chem. Phys., 1959, 30, 308. [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]

Notes

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