Photoelectron and far-ultraviolet spectra of CF3Br, CF2BrCl, and CF2Br2

Abstract

The Hei photoelectron and vacuum ultraviolet spectra up to about 20 eV of CF3Be, CF2Br2, and CF2BrCl have been measured. In both spectra, we find bands at energies lower than in the corresponding chlorine derivatives. Otherwise, the spectra can be interpreted along similar lines. The lowest ionization potentials and the lowest frequency bands in the ultraviolet spectra are due to transitions from the bromine lone pair orbitals.