Binidng Energies of Three Iodine Complexes

Abstract

The $(I_{2}){2}, I{2}$-benzene and $I_{2}$-diethyl ether complexes have been studied in a jet expansion. Each complex was photodissociated using four blue $Ar^{+}$ laser lines. Dispersion of subsequent fluorescence from liberated $I_{2}$ molecules has allowed an estimation of the binding energy of each complex. These values are in qualitative and quantitative agreement with predictions based on atom pair-wise potentials. Calculated potentials have enabled us also to speculate on the most stable geometry of each species. Binding Energies of Three Iodine Complexes