de Nalda R, Izquierdo JG, Durá J, Bañares L. Femtosecond multichannel photodissociation dynamics of CH3I from the A band by velocity map imaging.
J Chem Phys 2007;
126:021101. [PMID:
17228929 DOI:
10.1063/1.2426332]
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Abstract
The reaction times of several well-defined channels of the C-I bond rupture of methyl iodide from the A band, which involves nonadiabatic dynamics yielding ground state I(2P3/2) and spin-orbit excited I*(2P1/2) and ground and vibrationally excited CH3 fragments, have been measured by a combination of a femtosecond laser pump-probe scheme and velocity map imaging techniques using resonant detection of ground state CH3 fragments. The reaction times found for the different channels studied are directly related with the nonadiabatic nature of this multidimensional photodissociation reaction.
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