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Bonfim VSA, Souza CP, de Oliveira DAB, Baptista L, Santos ACF, Fantuzzi F. Deciphering the irradiation induced fragmentation-rearrangement mechanisms in valence ionized CF3CH2F. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:124308. [PMID: 38526111 DOI: 10.1063/5.0188201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024] Open
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The increasing presence of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (CF3CH2F) in the atmosphere has prompted detailed studies into its complex photodissociation behavior. Experiments focusing on CF3CH2F irradiation have unveiled an array of ions, with the persistent observation of the rearrangement product CHF2+ not yet fully understood. In this work, we combine density functional theory, coupled-cluster calculations with a complete basis set formalism, and atom-centered density matrix propagation molecular dynamics to investigate the energetics and dynamics of different potential pathways leading to CHF2+. We found that the two-body dissociation pathway involving an HF rearrangement, which was previously considered complex for CHF2+ formation, is actually straightforward but not likely due to the facile loss of HF. In contrast, our calculations reveal that the H elimination pathway, once thought of as a potential route to CHF2+, is not only comparably disadvantageous from both thermodynamic and kinetic points of view but also does not align with experimental data, particularly the lack of a rebound peak at m/z 101-102. We establish that the formation of CHF2+ is predominantly via the HF elimination channel, a conclusion experimentally corroborated by studies involving the trifluoroethylene cation CF2CHF+, a key intermediate in this process.
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- Víctor S A Bonfim
- School of Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NH, United Kingdom
- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos 149, 21941-909 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- School of Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NH, United Kingdom
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- Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins, Lot. Araguaína Sul, 77826-612 Araguaína, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química e Ambiental, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rodovia Presidente Dutra km 298, 27537-000 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos 149, 21941-909 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- School of Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NH, United Kingdom
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Cheng S, Yan Z, Shan L, Huang J, Yu Z, Wei Z, Wang H, Li Z, Yang B, Shu J. Novel MCP-Windowed EUV Light Source and Its Mass Spectrometric Application for Detecting Chlorinated Methanes. Anal Chem 2023; 95:16531-16538. [PMID: 37747740 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c02365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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Various vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) lamps are simple and convenient VUV light sources for mass spectrometry and other research fields. However, the strong absorption of high-energy photons by window materials limits the application of an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light. In this study, a novel high-flux EUV light source is developed using a microchannel plate (MCP) window to transmit 73.6 nm (16.9 eV) EUV light generated via the radio frequency (RF) inductive discharge of neon. The MCP used is a 0.5 mm thick glass plate with a regular array of microtubes (12 μm i.d.). The photon fluxes of the EUV light source with the MCP window (12 mm i.d.) and an aperture (1.8 mm i.d.) are ∼1.31 × 1014 and ∼9.80 × 1012 photons s-1, respectively, while their corresponding leakage flow rates of the discharge gas are 0.062 and 0.046 cm3 atom s-1, according to the contrast experiments. The transmission efficiency of the MCP to the EUV light is 30.2%, with a 1.2% deviation. An EUV photoionization time-of-flight mass spectrometer (EUV-PI-TOFMS) is built to validate the practicality of the MCP-windowed EUV light source further. The detection sensitivities in 30 s measurements for methyl chloride (CH3Cl), methylene chloride (CH2Cl2), trichloromethane (CHCl3), and carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) in synthetic air are 4366, 4120, 5854, and 4095 counts ppbv-1, respectively. The corresponding 3σ limits of detection (LODs) are 42, 34, 24, and 15 pptv. This study develops a new feasible method for efficiently utilizing high-energy EUV light, with many application prospects in scientific research.
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- Shiyu Cheng
- Research Center for Environmental Material and Pollution Control Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, People's Republic of China
- National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material & Technology, Beijing 101408, People's Republic of China
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- Research Center for Environmental Material and Pollution Control Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, People's Republic of China
- National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material & Technology, Beijing 101408, People's Republic of China
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- Research Center for Environmental Material and Pollution Control Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, People's Republic of China
- National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material & Technology, Beijing 101408, People's Republic of China
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- China Nuclear Power Engineering Co., Ltd., Beijing 100840, People's Republic of China
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- Research Center for Environmental Material and Pollution Control Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, People's Republic of China
- National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material & Technology, Beijing 101408, People's Republic of China
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- Research Center for Environmental Material and Pollution Control Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, People's Republic of China
- National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material & Technology, Beijing 101408, People's Republic of China
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- Research Center for Environmental Material and Pollution Control Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, People's Republic of China
- National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material & Technology, Beijing 101408, People's Republic of China
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- Research Center for Environmental Material and Pollution Control Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, People's Republic of China
- National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material & Technology, Beijing 101408, People's Republic of China
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- Research Center for Environmental Material and Pollution Control Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, People's Republic of China
- National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material & Technology, Beijing 101408, People's Republic of China
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- Research Center for Environmental Material and Pollution Control Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, People's Republic of China
- National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material & Technology, Beijing 101408, People's Republic of China
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Waters MDJ, Ng ZX, Monahan NR, Wörner HJ. Ultrafast Imaging of the Jahn-Teller Topography in Carbon Tetrachloride. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:7659-7666. [PMID: 36952597 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c01800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/25/2023]
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We report the direct time-domain observation of ultrafast dynamics driven by the Jahn-Teller effect. Using time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy with a vacuum-ultraviolet femtosecond source to prepare high-lying Rydberg states of carbon tetrachloride, our measurements reveal the local topography of a Jahn-Teller conical intersection. The pump pulse prepares a configurationally mixed superposition of the degenerate 1T2 4p-Rydberg states, which then distorts through spontaneous symmetry breaking that we identify to follow the t2 bending motion. Photoionization of these states to three cationic states 2T1, 2T2, and 2E reveals a shift in the center-of-mass of the photoelectron peaks associated with the 2Tn states which reveals the local topography of the Jahn-Teller conical intersection region prepared by the pump pulse. Time-dependent density functional theory calculations confirm that the dominant nuclear motion observed in the spectrum is the CCl4 t2 bending mode. The large density of states in the VUV spectral region at 9.33 eV of carbon tetrachloride and strong vibronic coupling result in ultrafast decay of the excited-state signal with a time constant of 75(4) fs.
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- Max D J Waters
- Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Bodi A, Hafliðason A, Kvaran Á. Branching ratios in the dissociative photoionization of iodomethane by photoelectron photoion coincidence. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:7383-7393. [PMID: 36826403 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp03339a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Iodomethane yields ten fragment ions after valence photoionization, in part by multiple dissociation pathways for each, thanks to a plethora of electronic states available in the parent ion as well as in the fragments. The comprehensive breakdown diagram from 11 eV to the double ionization onset, i.e., 26.7 eV, is recorded at high resolution using double imaging photoelectron photoion coincidence spectroscopy with synchrotron vacuum ultraviolet radiation. Based on fragment ion groupings, the changing branching ratios between these groups and between fragment ions within each group, as well as ancillary thermochemistry, we provide an overview of the dissociation pathways at play. Statistical and impulsive dissociations are identified using kinetic energy release analysis. Finally, a newly observed regime change is discussed in double ionization, whereby coincident H+ + I+ formation dominates over a 4 eV photon energy range, outcompeting the normally prevailing CH3+ + I+ channel.
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- Andras Bodi
- Laboratory for Synchrotron Radiation and Femtochemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland.
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- Science Institute, University of Iceland, Dunhagi 3, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland
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- Science Institute, University of Iceland, Dunhagi 3, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland
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Das N, De S, Bhatt P, Safvan CP, Majumdar A. Fragmentation dynamics of tetrachloromethane molecule induced by highly charged Ar 7+-ion impact. J Chem Phys 2023; 158:084307. [PMID: 36859097 DOI: 10.1063/5.0135440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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The ion impact multiple ionization and subsequent dissociation of CCl4 is studied using a beam of Ar7+ ion having the energy of about 1 MeV in a linear time- of-flight mass spectrometer, coupled with a position-sensitive detector. The complete, as well as incomplete Coulomb explosion pathways, for CCl4 2+ and CCl4 3+ ions are identified and studied. The kinetic energy release distributions of channels, kinetic energies, and momentum distributions of fragmented ions, as well as neutrals, are also calculated. Possible modes of fragmentation pathways, i.e., concerted and/or sequential, for all the identified channels are studied using Newton diagrams, Dalitz plots, and kinetic energy distributions. The dynamical information and fragmentation pathways were analyzed with the Dalitz plot and Newton diagram for the three-body dissociation channel. The nature of the fragmentation process is further investigated with simulated Dalitz plots and Newton diagrams using the simple classical mechanical model.
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- Nirmallya Das
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah 711103, West Bengal, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Inter-University Accelerator Centre, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Inter-University Accelerator Centre, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah 711103, West Bengal, India
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Ross AD, Hait D, Scutelnic V, Haugen EA, Ridente E, Balkew MB, Neumark DM, Head-Gordon M, Leone SR. Jahn-Teller Distortion and Dissociation of CCl 4+ by Transient X-ray Spectroscopy Simultaneously at the Carbon K- and Chlorine L-Edge. Chem Sci 2022; 13:9310-9320. [PMID: 36093014 PMCID: PMC9384822 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc02402k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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X-ray Transient Absorption Spectroscopy (XTAS) and theoretical calculations are used to study CCl4+ prepared by 800 nm strong-field ionization. XTAS simultaneously probes atoms at the carbon K-edge (280–300 eV) and chlorine L-edge (195–220 eV). Comparison of experiment to X-ray spectra computed by orbital-optimized density functional theory (OO-DFT) indicates that after ionization, CCl4+ undergoes symmetry breaking driven by Jahn–Teller distortion away from the initial tetrahedral structure (Td) in 6 ± 2 fs. The resultant symmetry-broken covalently bonded form subsequently separates to a noncovalently bound complex between CCl3+ and Cl over 90 ± 10 fs, which is again predicted by theory. Finally, after more than 800 fs, L-edge signals for atomic Cl are observed, indicating dissociation to free CCl3+ and Cl. The results for Jahn–Teller distortion to the symmetry-broken form of CCl4+ and formation of the Cl–CCl+3 complex characterize previously unobserved new species along the route to dissociation. Dynamics of CCl4+ prepared by 800 nm strong-field ionization, as studied with X-ray transient absorption spectroscopy (XTAS) and quantum chemical calculations.![]()
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- Andrew D Ross
- Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley 94720 CA USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley 94720 CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley 94720 CA USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley 94720 CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley 94720 CA USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley 94720 CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley 94720 CA USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley 94720 CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley 94720 CA USA
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- School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta 30332 GA USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley 94720 CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley 94720 CA USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley 94720 CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley 94720 CA USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley 94720 CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley 94720 CA USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley 94720 CA USA
- Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley 94720 CA USA
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Giustini A, Winfough M, Czekner J, Sztáray B, Meloni G, Bodi A. Photoionization of Two Potential Biofuel Additives: γ-Valerolactone and Methyl Butyrate. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:10711-10724. [PMID: 34918933 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c08033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The photoionization of two potential biofuel additives, γ-valerolactone (GVL, C5H8O2) and methyl butyrate (MB, C5H10O2) has been studied by imaging photoelectron photoion coincidence spectroscopy (iPEPICO) at the VUV beamline of the Swiss Light Source (SLS). The vibrational fine structure in the photoelectron spectrum is compared with a Franck-Condon simulation for the electronic ground-state band of the GVL cation. In the lowest energy dissociative photoionization channel of GVL, CO2 is lost, resulting in a 1-butene fragment ion with a 0 K appearance energy of E0 = 10.35 ± 0.01 eV. A newly calculated 1-butene ionization energy of 9.595 ± 0.015 eV establishes the reverse barrier height to CO2 loss as 66.6 ± 4.3 kJ mol-1. Methyl butyrate cations undergo McLafferty rearrangement, which explains the missing ion signal at the computed adiabatic ionization energy of 9.25 eV. After H transfer, ethylene is lost in the lowest energy dissociation channel to yield the methyl acetate enol ion at E0 = 10.24 ± 0.04 eV. This value connects the energetics of methyl butyrate with that of methyl acetate enol ion, which is established at ΔfHo0K[CH2C(OH)OCH3+] = 502 ± 6 kJ mol-1. Parallel to ethylene loss, methyl loss is also observed from the enol tautomer of the parent ion. Both samples exhibit low-energy nonstatistical dissociative ionization channels. In GVL, the methyl-loss abundance rises quickly but levels off suddenly in the energy range of the first electronically excited states, indicating nonstatistical competition between CH3 and CO2 loss. In MB, the major parallel dissociation channel is the loss of a methoxy radical. Calculations indicate that McLafferty rearrangement is inhibited on the excited-state surface. Indeed, breakdown curve modeling of this and a sequential CO-loss channel confirms a second statistical regime in dissociative photoionization, decoupled from ethylene loss.
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- Andrea Giustini
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, California 94117-1080, United States
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie II, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Fritz-Haber-Weg 2, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of the Pacific, 3601 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, California 95211, United States
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.,Department of Chemistry, University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, California 94117-1080, United States
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- Laboratory for Femtochemistry and Synchrotron Radiation, Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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Bodi A, Hemberger P, Tuckett RP. From Energetics to Intracluster Chemistry: Valence Photoionization of Trifluoromethylsulfur Pentafluoride (CF 3SF 5) by Double Velocity Map Imaging. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:2601-2611. [PMID: 33729793 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c00918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Trifluoromethylsulfur pentafluoride (CF3SF5) was valence threshold photoionized in a double imaging photoelectron photoion coincidence spectrometer using vacuum ultraviolet synchrotron radiation. In the 12.5-16.4 eV photon energy range, CF3+, SF5+, and SF3+ cations were observed in both room temperature (RT) and molecular beam (MB) experiments. Their fractional abundances exhibited differences beyond the sample temperature. Kinetic energy analysis of the fragment ions confirmed the difference in the dissociative photoionization mechanism. In the RT experiment, the CF3+ kinetic energies were extrapolated to a 11.84 ± 0.15 eV threshold, which was used in an ion cycle to determine the enthalpy of formation of CF3SF5 as ΔfH°298K(CF3SF5) = -1593 ± 16 kJ mol-1. We also updated the enthalpy of formation of the sulfur pentafluoride radical as ΔfH°298K(SF5) = -854 ± 7 kJ mol-1 and discuss the discrepancy between the CF3 ionization energy based on the Active Thermochemical Tables and the value anchored to the CF ionization energy. A computed reaction enthalpy network optimization resulted in ΔfH°298K(CF3SF5) = -1608 ± 20 kJ mol-1. Both values for ΔfH°298K(CF3SF5) agree with previous ab initio ones in contrast to the original, experimental determination. SF3+ is formed by F-transfer processes both in the RT and MB experiments. Although the same peaks were observed in both experiments, the lower SF3+ onset energy and the more slowly rising CF3+ kinetic energy release in the MB experiment revealed clustering and intracluster F-transfer reactions upon ionization. The monomer and dimer cation potential energy surfaces were explored to rationalize the observations. In the dimer cation, the observer CF3SF5 catalyzes fluorine transfer and promotes CF4 formation, which ultimately leads to the SF3+ fragment ion.
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- Andras Bodi
- Laboratory for Synchrotron Radiation and Femtochemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Synchrotron Radiation and Femtochemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, U.K
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Vibrational and distorted-wave effects on the highest occupied molecular orbital electronics structure of tetrachloromethane. Chem Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2020.110794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Kokkonen E, Jänkälä K, Patanen M, Cao W, Hrast M, Bučar K, Žitnik M, Huttula M. Role of ultrafast dissociation in the fragmentation of chlorinated methanes. J Chem Phys 2018; 148:174301. [PMID: 29739226 DOI: 10.1063/1.5026720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Photon-induced fragmentation of a full set of chlorinated methanes (CH3Cl, CH2Cl2, CHCl3, CCl4) has been investigated both experimentally and computationally. Using synchrotron radiation and electron-ion coincidence measurements, the dissociation processes were studied after chlorine 2p electron excitation. Experimental evidence for CH3Cl and CH2Cl2 contains unique features suggesting that fast dissociation processes take place. By contrast, CHCl3 and CCl4 molecules do not contain the same features, hinting that they experience alternative mechanisms for dissociation and charge migration. Computational work indicates differing rates of charge movement after the core-excitation, which can be used to explain the differences observed experimentally.
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- E Kokkonen
- Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 3000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 3000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 3000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 3000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, P.O. Box 3000, SI-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, P.O. Box 3000, SI-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Jožef Stefan Institute, P.O. Box 3000, SI-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 3000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
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Wu X, Zhou X, Hemberger P, Bodi A. Dissociative Photoionization of Dimethyl Carbonate: The More It Is Cut, the Bigger the Fragment Ion. J Phys Chem A 2017; 121:2748-2759. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b00544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Xiangkun Wu
- Hefei
National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Department
of Chemical Physics, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei
National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Department
of Chemical Physics, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Laboratory
for Femtochemistry and Synchrotron Radiation, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
for Femtochemistry and Synchrotron Radiation, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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Bodi A, Hemberger P, Tuckett RP. Coincident velocity map image reconstruction illustrated by the single-photon valence photoionisation of CF3SF5. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:30173-30180. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp05576e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Photoion–photoelectron kinetic energy and angular anisotropy correlation maps reveal new details about the ionization mechanism.
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- Andras Bodi
- Laboratory for Synchrotron Radiation and Femtochemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute
- Villigen 5232
- Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Synchrotron Radiation and Femtochemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute
- Villigen 5232
- Switzerland
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Heringa MF, Slowik JG, Prévôt ASH, Baltensperger U, Hemberger P, Bodi A. Dissociative Ionization Mechanism and Appearance Energies in Adipic Acid Revealed by Imaging Photoelectron Photoion Coincidence, Selective Deuteration, and Calculations. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:3397-405. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b00908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Maarten F. Heringa
- Laboratory
of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for Synchrotron Radiation and Femtochemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen
PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
for Synchrotron Radiation and Femtochemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen
PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
for Synchrotron Radiation and Femtochemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen
PSI, Switzerland
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