We observe vibronic emission spectra from corona discharge of alkylbenzene precursors.
We discuss the observed band intensity in terms of molecular structures and bond dissociation energies of precursors.
We assign the origin band of the α,α-dimethylbenzyl radical in the D1 → D0 transition by comparing the spectra observed from the corona discharge of isopropylbenzene and tert-butylbenzene.