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In this work, we systematically investigated the stable rotamers, vibronic spectra, and cationic ground-state features of p-diethoxybenzene (PDEB) using resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI), UV-UV hole-burning (HB), and mass-analyzed threshold ionization (MATI) spectroscopies, combined with density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The ground-state potential energy surface (PES) of PDEB was calculated at the B3LYP\/6-311++G(d,p) level, identifying eight rotamers with distinct statistical weights and relative energies. Hole-burning spectroscopy resolved two dominant rotamers (cis\/up\u2013up and trans\/up\u2013down) in the supersonic molecular beam, with their S1\u2190S0 transition origins determined as 33,824 cm\u22121 and 33,613 cm\u22121, respectively. Franck-Condon simulations of the vibronic transitions showed excellent agreement with the experimental REMPI spectra, enabling precise assignment of substituent and benzene ring vibrational modes. MATI experiments yielded accurate adiabatic ionization energies (AIEs) of the cis and trans rotamers as 59,629 \u00b1 5 cm\u22121 and 59,432 \u00b1 5 cm\u22121, respectively, and identified active cationic vibrational modes in the D0 state. Geometric parameters of PDEB in the S0, S1, and D0 states were calculated at the B3PW91\/aug-cc-pVTZ, TD-B3PW91\/aug-cc-pVTZ, and UB3PW91\/aug-cc-pVTZ levels, revealing structural evolution during electronic excitation and ionization. The effects of ethoxy substituent orientation on molecular energy, vibrational frequencies, and ionization energy are discussed, and differences in spectral characteristics between PDEB and its meta isomer (MDEB) are compared. 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