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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 17.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2019 Jan 30;21(5):2337–2344. doi: 10.1039/c8cp07737a

Table 3. Experimental values of the first ionization energy of the hydrogen cyanide isomers.

IE /eV Ref.
HNC 12.011(10) this work
12.04(1)a 27
12.5(1)b 26
HCN 13.607(2) 13
13.606(3) 54
a

Deduced from the HNC+ + Xe charge transfer reaction.

b

Estimation, value of the recombination energy of HNC+.