@article{bee9f5b7505d4d988619fab8f2a3c44e,
title = "Communication: Remarkable electrophilicity of the oxalic acid monomer: An anion photoelectron spectroscopy and theoretical study",
abstract = "Our experimental and computational results demonstrate an unusual electrophilicity of oxalic acid, the simplest dicarboxylic acid. The monomer is characterized by an adiabatic electron affinity and electron vertical detachment energy of 0.72 and 1.08 eV (±0.05 eV), respectively. The electrophilicity results primarily from the bonding carbon-carbon interaction in the singly occupied molecular orbital of the anion, but it is further enhanced by intramolecular hydrogen bonds. The well-resolved structure in the photoelectron spectrum is reproduced theoretically, based on Franck-Condon factors for the vibronic anion → neutral transitions.",
author = "Angela Buonaugurio and Jacob Graham and Allyson Buytendyk and Bowen, {Kit H.} and Ryder, {Matthew R.} and Keolopile, {Zibo G.} and MacIej Haranczyk and MacIej Gutowski",
year = "2014",
month = jun,
day = "14",
doi = "10.1063/1.4882655",
language = "English",
volume = "140",
journal = "Journal of Chemical Physics",
issn = "0021-9606",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics",
number = "22",
}