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The electron affinity of tetracyanoethylene and other organic electron acceptors

LE Lyons and LD Palmer

Australian Journal of Chemistry 29(9) 1919 - 1929
Published: 1976

Abstract

Information on the molecular structure of tetracyanoethylene and its mononegative ion is used to derive the electron affinity of tetracyanoethylene from the experimentally determined threshold energy for photodetachment of electrons from the negative ions. The resultant electron affinity of 2.3(± 0.3) eV is 0.6(± 0.4) eV less than a value derived by the magnetron surface ionization technique. Relative electron affinities for the strong electron acceptor organic molecules, which are known from charge-transfer spectra, are placed on an absolute scale using the photodetachment result for tetracyanoethylene.

https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9761919

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