A photoelectron spectroscopic study of the electron donor-acceptor complexes of trimethylamine with boron trihalides BX 3 (X= F, Cl, Br)

CS Sreekanth, CY Mok, HH Huang, KL Tan

Index: Sreekanth, C. S.; Mok, C. Y.; Huang, H. H.; Tan, K. L. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, 1992 , vol. 58, p. 129 - 140

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Abstract

Abstract HeI photoelectron spectra in the vapour phase and X-ray photoelectron spectra in the solid phase of the addition compounds of trimethylamine (TMA) with boron trihalides (BX 3; X= F, Cl, Br) are reported, and interpreted with the aid of ab initio SCF MO calculations. The shift in the binding energy of the amine lone-pair orbital n N correlates well with the calculated net charge transferred and structural changes upon complexation. The results ...