Failure of hydrogenation in protecting polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from fragmentation

Michael Gatchell, Mark H. Stockett, Nathalie de Ruette +13

A recent study of soft X-ray absorption in native and hydrogenated coronene cations, C${}_{24}$H${}_{12+m}^{+}$ $m=0-7$, led to the conclusion that additional hydrogen atoms protect (int…