Properties of gas-phase ions. Information to be obtained from photoelectron spectroscopy of unstable molecules

Abstract

The information to be obtained from the study of unstable molecules in the vapour phase by photoelectron spectroscopy is reviewed, using examples drawn from high-temperature pyrolysis experiments and rapid atom-molecule reaction. An example is given of a chemi-ionization reaction studied by electron spectroscopy, and the information to be obtained from such studies is outlined.