Interpretative methods in photoelectron spectroscopy

Abstract
Experimental carbon and nitrogen core electron binding energies measured by high energy photoelectron spectroscopy are reported together with ab initio and semi-empirical molecular orbital studies for a series of organic pseudohalides. The derived wavefunctions are used in a discussion of molecular potential models which are employed in the interpretation of core photoelectron spectra. The application of localized wavefunctions in this context is described.