Using our VTPES technique cyclopentadienone is generated in the gas phase at 500-600 °C from the three different precursors cyclobutene-3,4-dicarboxylic acid anhydride, o-phenylene sulfite and o-benzoquinone and its PE spectrum is recorded. The PE spectrum and also the PE spectra of the various precursors as well as of the cyclopentadienone dimer are interpreted on the basis of our recently developed PERTCI method (i. e. performing large scale perturbation configuration interaction calculations in connection with selection procedures). The agreement between measured and calculated ionization potentials is good.
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