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Heald LF, Gosman RS, Rotteger CH, Jarman CK, Sayres SG. Nonadiabatic Photodissociation and Dehydrogenation Dynamics of n-Butyl Bromide Following p-Rydberg Excitation. J Phys Chem Lett 2023:6278-6285. [PMID: 37399455 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/05/2023]
Abstract
Femtosecond time-resolved mass spectrometry, correlation mapping, and density functional theory calculations are employed to reveal the mechanism of C═C and C≡C formation (and related H2 production) following excitation to the p-Rydberg states of n-butyl bromide. Ultrafast pump-probe mass spectrometry shows that nonadiabatic relaxation operates as a multistep process reaching an intermediate state within ∼500 fs followed by relaxation to a final state within 10 ps of photoexcitation. Absorption of three ultraviolet photons accesses the dense p-Rydberg state manifold, which is further excited by the probe beam for C─C bond dissociation and dehydrogenation reactions. Rapid internal conversion deactivates the dehydrogenation pathways, while activating carbon backbone dissociation pathways. Thus, unsaturated carbon fragments decay with the lifetime of p-Rydberg (∼500 fs), matching the growth recorded in saturated hydrocarbon fragments. The saturated hydrocarbon signals subsequently decay on the picosecond time scale as the molecule relaxes below the Rydberg states and into halogen release channels.
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- Lauren F Heald
- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
- Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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Heald LF, Loftus CL, Gosman RS, Sayres SG. Ion-Pair Formation in n-Butyl Bromide through 5p Ryberg State Predissociation. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:9651-9657. [PMID: 36528811 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c06777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The ultrafast photodynamics of n-butyl bromide are explored with femtosecond time-resolved mass spectrometry. Absorption of two UV (400 nm) pump photons induces the direct dissociation of the C-Br bond from the A state within 160 fs. Absorption of three UV pump photons excites the molecule into the 5p Rydberg state which undergoes several relaxation pathways including to the ion-pair state. Relaxation to the ion-pair state is tracked through the transient of the C4H9+ fragment and suggests an E state lifetime of 10.8 ± 0.5 ps, in close agreement with the tunneling time of smaller molecules. Predissociation from the 5p Rydberg states leads to the β-elimination of H-Br and formation of C4H8+ within 3.0 ± 0.25 ps. A portion of the excited parent molecule avoids the ion-pair formation and instead relaxes through the Rydberg excited state manifold into the D state within 30.2 ± 0.21 ps.
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- Lauren F Heald
- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona85287, United States.,Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona85287, United States
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona85287, United States.,Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona85287, United States
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona85287, United States.,Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona85287, United States
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona85287, United States.,Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona85287, United States
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Nam Y, Cho D, Gu B, Rouxel JR, Keefer D, Govind N, Mukamel S. Time-Evolving Chirality Loss in Molecular Photodissociation Monitored by X-ray Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:20400-20410. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c08458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- Yeonsig Nam
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California92697, United States
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- Departments of Chemistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu41566, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California92697, United States
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- UJM-Saint-Étienne, CNRS, Graduate School Optics Institute, Laboratoire Hubert Curien UMR 5516, University Lyon, Saint-Étienne42023, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California92697, United States
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- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington99354, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California92697, United States
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Vinklárek IS, Suchan J, Rakovský J, Moriová K, Poterya V, Slavíček P, Fárník M. Energy partitioning and spin-orbit effects in the photodissociation of higher chloroalkanes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:14340-14351. [PMID: 34169306 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp01371h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We investigate the photodissociation dynamics of the C-Cl bond in chloroalkanes CH3Cl, n-C3H7Cl, i-C3H7Cl, n-C5H11Cl, combining velocity map imaging (VMI) experiment and direct ab initio dynamical simulations. The Cl fragment kinetic energy distributions (KEDs) from the VMI experiment exhibit a single peak with maximum close to 0.8 eV, irrespective of the alkyl chain length and C-Cl bond position. In contrary to CH3Cl, where less than 10% of the available energy is deposited into the internal excitation of the CH3 fragment, for all higher chloroalkanes around 40% to 60% of the available energy goes into the alkyl fragment excitation. We apply the classical hard spheres and spectator model to explain the energy partitioning, and compare the classical approach with direct ab initio dynamics simulations. The alkyl chain appears to be a soft, energy absorbing unit. We further investigate the role of the spin-orbit effects on the excitation and dynamics. Combining our experimental data with theory allows us to derive the probability of the direct absorption into the triplet electronic state as well as the probabilities for intersystem crossing. The results indicate an increasing direct absorption into the triplet state with increasing alkyl chain length.
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- Ivo S Vinklárek
- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, v.v.i., The Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 2155/3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic.
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- University of Chemistry and Technology, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, v.v.i., The Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 2155/3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic.
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, v.v.i., The Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 2155/3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic.
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, v.v.i., The Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 2155/3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic.
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- University of Chemistry and Technology, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, v.v.i., The Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 2155/3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic.
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Vinklárek IS, Rakovský J, Poterya V, Fárník M. Different Dynamics of CH3 and Cl Fragments from Photodissociation of CH3Cl in Clusters. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:7633-7643. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c05926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Ivo S. Vinklárek
- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 2155/3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Mathematics and PhysicsCharles UniversityKe Karlovu 3121 16Prague 2Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 2155/3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 2155/3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 2155/3, 182 23 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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Liang H, Zhou ZF, Hua ZF, Zhao YX, Feng SW, Chen Y, Zhao DF. Imaging the [1+1] two-photon dissociation dynamics of Br2+ in a cold ion beam. CHINESE J CHEM PHYS 2019. [DOI: 10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp1904085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- Hao Liang
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and Department of Chemical Physics, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Döntgen M, Pekkanen TT, Joshi SP, Timonen RS, Eskola AJ. Oxidation Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Resonance-Stabilized Radicals: The Pent-1-en-3-yl + O 2 Reaction. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:7897-7910. [PMID: 31446757 PMCID: PMC7076695 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b03923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2019] [Revised: 08/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The kinetics and thermochemistry of the pent-1-en-3-yl radical reaction with molecular oxygen (CH2CHCHCH2CH3 + O2) has been studied by both experimental and computational methods. The bimolecular rate coefficient of the reaction was measured as a function of temperature (198-370 K) and pressure (0.2-4.5 Torr) using laser photolysis-photoionization mass-spectrometry. Quantum chemical calculations were used to explore the potential energy surface of the reaction, after which Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus theory/master equation simulations were performed to investigate the reaction. The experimental data were used to adjust key parameters, such as well depths, in the master equation model within methodological uncertainties. The master equation simulations suggest that the formation rates of the two potential RO2 adducts are equal and that the reaction to QOOH is slower than for saturated hydrocarbons. The initial addition reaction, CH2CHCHCH2CH3 + O2, is found to be barrierless when accounting for multireference effects. This is in agreement with the current experimental data, as well as with past experimental data for the allyl + O2 reaction. Finally, we conducted numerical simulations of the pent-1-en-3-yl + O2 reaction system and observed significant amounts of penta-1,3-diene being formed under engine-relevant conditions.
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- Malte Döntgen
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55 (A.I. Virtasen aukio 1), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
- School
of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55 (A.I. Virtasen aukio 1), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55 (A.I. Virtasen aukio 1), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55 (A.I. Virtasen aukio 1), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55 (A.I. Virtasen aukio 1), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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Timmers H, Zhu X, Li Z, Kobayashi Y, Sabbar M, Hollstein M, Reduzzi M, Martínez TJ, Neumark DM, Leone SR. Disentangling conical intersection and coherent molecular dynamics in methyl bromide with attosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3133. [PMID: 31311933 PMCID: PMC6635414 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10789-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2019] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Attosecond probing of core-level electronic transitions provides a sensitive tool for studying valence molecular dynamics with atomic, state, and charge specificity. In this report, we employ attosecond transient absorption spectroscopy to follow the valence dynamics of strong-field initiated processes in methyl bromide. By probing the 3d core-to-valence transition, we resolve the strong field excitation and ensuing fragmentation of the neutral σ* excited states of methyl bromide. The results provide a clear signature of the non-adiabatic passage of the excited state wavepacket through a conical intersection. We additionally observe competing, strong field initiated processes arising in both the ground state and ionized molecule corresponding to vibrational and spin-orbit motion, respectively. The demonstrated ability to resolve simultaneous dynamics with few-femtosecond resolution presents a clear path forward in the implementation of attosecond XUV spectroscopy as a general tool for probing competing and complex molecular phenomena with unmatched temporal resolution.
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- Henry Timmers
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and The PULSE Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
- SLAC Linear Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and The PULSE Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
- SLAC Linear Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and The PULSE Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
- SLAC Linear Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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Hafliðason A, Glodic P, Koumarianou G, Samartzis PC, Kvaran Á. Two-color studies of CH 3Br excitation dynamics with MPI and slice imaging. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:10391-10401. [PMID: 31065628 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp06376a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Two-color pump-probe experiments were performed to explore the multiphoton dynamics of CH3Br at high excitation energies of 8-10 eV, involving two-photon resonant excitations to a number of np and nd Rydberg states (pump) followed by REMPI detection (probe) of the Br, Br* and CH3(X) photoproducts. Slice images of Br+ and CH3+ ions were recorded in pump-only, probe-only and pump and probe experiments. Kinetic-energy release spectra (KERs), as well as spatial anisotropy parameters, were extracted from the images to identify the processes and the dynamics involved. Predissociation channels, following the two-photon resonant excitations and non-resonant photodissociation forming CH3(X) and Br/Br*, were identified and characterized. Furthermore, the probe excitations for CH3(X) involved near-resonant excitations to lower energy 5s Rydberg states of CH3Br. In three-photon excitation processes, a striking contrast is seen between excitations via the p/d and the s Rydberg states. Involvement of high-energy interactions between Rydberg and ion-pair states is identified.
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- Arnar Hafliðason
- Science Institute, University of Iceland, Dunhagi 3, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland.
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Hafliðason A, Glodic P, Koumarianou G, Samartzis PC, Kvaran Á. Multiphoton Rydberg and valence dynamics of CH 3Br probed by mass spectrometry and slice imaging. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:17423-17433. [PMID: 29911230 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp02350f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The multiphoton dynamics of CH3Br were probed by Mass Resolved MultiPhoton Ionization (MR-MPI), Slice Imaging and Photoelectron Imaging in the two-photon excitation region of 66 000 to 80 000 cm-1. Slice images of the CH3+ and Br+ photoproducts of ten two-photon resonant transitions to np and nd Rydberg states of the parent molecule were recorded. CH3+ ions dominate the mass spectra. Kinetic energy release spectra (KERs) were derived from slice and photoelectron images and anisotropy parameters were extracted from the angular distributions of the ions to identify the processes and the dynamics involved. At all wavelengths we observe three-photon excitations, via the two-photon resonant transitions to molecular Rydberg states, forming metastable, superexcited (CH3Br#) states which dissociate to form CH3 Rydberg states (CH3**) along with Br/Br*. A correlation between the parent Rydberg states excited and CH3** formed is evident. For the three highest excitation energies used, the CH3Br# metastable states also generate high kinetic energy fragments of CH3(X) and Br/Br*. In addition for two out of these three wavelengths we also measure one-photon photolysis of CH3Br in the A band forming CH3(X) in various vibrational modes and bromine atoms in the ground (Br) and spin-orbit excited (Br*) states.
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- Arnar Hafliðason
- Science Institute, University of Iceland, Dunhagi 3, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland.
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Marggi Poullain S, Chicharro DV, Navarro E, Rubio-Lago L, González-Vázquez J, Bañares L. Photodissociation dynamics of bromoiodomethane from the first and second absorption bands. A combined velocity map and slice imaging study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:3490-3503. [PMID: 29335697 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp07077b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ion imaging is applied to disentangle the selective bond cleavage in the photodissociation of bromoiodomethane from the two first absorption bands.
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- Sonia Marggi Poullain
- Departamento de Qumica Fsica I
- Facultad de Ciencias Qumicas
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- 28040 Madrid
- Spain
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- Departamento de Qumica Fsica I
- Facultad de Ciencias Qumicas
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- 28040 Madrid
- Spain
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- Departamento de Qumica Fsica I
- Facultad de Ciencias Qumicas
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- 28040 Madrid
- Spain
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- Departamento de Qumica Fsica I
- Facultad de Ciencias Qumicas
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- 28040 Madrid
- Spain
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- Departamento de Qumica
- Módulo 13
- Facultad de Ciencias
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
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- Departamento de Qumica Fsica I
- Facultad de Ciencias Qumicas
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- 28040 Madrid
- Spain
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Murillo-Sánchez ML, Marggi Poullain S, Bajo JJ, Corrales ME, González-Vázquez J, Solá IR, Bañares L. Halogen-atom effect on the ultrafast photodissociation dynamics of the dihalomethanes CH2ICl and CH2BrI. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:20766-20778. [PMID: 30020280 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp03600d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Real time photodissociation of dihalomethanes has been measured by femtosecond velocity map imaging to disentangle the effect of the halogen-atom on the carbon–iodine cleavage dynamics.
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- Marta L. Murillo-Sánchez
- Departamento de Química Física
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- 28040 Madrid
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química
- Módulo 13
- Facultad de Ciencias
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
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- Departamento de Química Física
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- 28040 Madrid
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- 28040 Madrid
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química
- Módulo 13
- Facultad de Ciencias
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- 28049 Madrid
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- Departamento de Química Física
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- 28040 Madrid
- Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- 28040 Madrid
- Spain
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Chicharro DV, Marggi Poullain S, González-Vázquez J, Bañares L. Slice imaging of the UV photodissociation of CH 2BrCl from the maximum of the first absorption band. J Chem Phys 2017; 147:013945. [PMID: 28688417 DOI: 10.1063/1.4984789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The photodissociation dynamics of bromochloromethane (CH2BrCl) have been investigated at the maximum of the first absorption band, at the excitation wavelengths 203 and 210 nm, using the slice imaging technique in combination with a probe detection of bromine-atom fragments, Br(2P3/2) and Br*(2P1/2), via (2 + 1) resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization. Translational energy distributions and angular distributions reported for both Br(2P3/2) and Br*(2P1/2) fragments show two contributions for the Br(2P3/2) channel and a single contribution for the Br*(2P1/2) channel. High level ab initio calculations have been performed in order to elucidate the dissociation mechanisms taking place. The computed absorption spectrum and potential energy curves indicate the main contribution of the populated 4A″, 5A', and 6A' excited states leading to a C-Br cleavage. Consistently with the results, the single contribution for the Br*(2P1/2) channel has been attributed to direct dissociation through the 6A' state as well as an indirect dissociation of the 5A' state requiring a 5A' → 4A' reverse non-adiabatic crossing. Similarly, a faster contribution for the Br(2P3/2) channel characterized by a similar energy partitioning and anisotropy than those for the Br*(2P1/2) channel is assigned to a direct dissociation through the 5A' state, while the slower component appears to be due to the direct dissociation on the 4A″ state.
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- D V Chicharro
- Departmento de Química Física I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departmento de Química Física I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química and Institute for Advanced Research in Chemistry, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departmento de Química Física I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Stojanović L, Alyoubi AO, Aziz SG, Hilal RH, Barbatti M. UV excitations of halons. J Chem Phys 2016; 145:184306. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4967170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Chatterley AS, Lackner F, Neumark DM, Leone SR, Gessner O. Tracking dissociation dynamics of strong-field ionized 1,2-dibromoethane with femtosecond XUV transient absorption spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:14644-53. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp02598f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Using femtosecond time-resolved extreme ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy, the dissociation dynamics of the haloalkane 1,2-dibromoethane (DBE) have been explored following strong field ionization by femtosecond near infrared pulses at intensities between 7.5 × 1013 and 2.2 × 1014 W cm−2.
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- Adam S. Chatterley
- Chemical Sciences Division
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Berkeley
- USA
- Department of Chemistry
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- Chemical Sciences Division
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Berkeley
- USA
- Department of Chemistry
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- Chemical Sciences Division
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Berkeley
- USA
- Department of Chemistry
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- Chemical Sciences Division
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Berkeley
- USA
- Department of Chemistry
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- Chemical Sciences Division
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Berkeley
- USA
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Tracing dissociation dynamics of CH3Br in the 3Q0 state with femtosecond extreme ultraviolet ionization. Chem Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2014.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Wang F, Lipciuc ML, Kartakoullis A, Glodic P, Samartzis PC, Yang X, Kitsopoulos TN. Slice imaging of methyl bromide photofragmentation at 193 nm. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:599-606. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp53139b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Pan L, Bian W. Theoretical study on the photodegradation mechanism of nona-BDEs in methanol. Chemphyschem 2013; 14:1264-71. [PMID: 23426982 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201200952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have received special environmental concern due to their potential toxicity to humans and wildlife worldwide, however, it is difficult to reveal their dominant photochemical degradation pathways by experiment. We explored the reaction mechanisms of photochemical degradation-debromination of three nona-BDEs in methanol using theoretical calculations, in which time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) combined with the polarizable continuum (PCM) model is applied. The selectivity of debromination was studied, and the major octa-BDE products photochemically debrominated from nona-BDEs were identified. We find that the debromination reaction results from the electronic transitions from π to σ* orbitals when nona-BDEs are exposed to UV-light in the sunlight region, at which point the two low-lying excited states for each nona-BDE are πσ*(5Br) and πσ*(4Br), which correlate to the σ* orbitals located on the penta-Br and tetra-Br substituted phenyls, respectively. Our calculations indicate that each nona-BDE may degrade to form three kinds of octa-BDE products via the πσ*(5Br) state, whereas only one kind of octa-BDEs can be formed via the πσ*(4Br) state. Our calculations can interpret the recent experiments successfully.
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- Lu Pan
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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Hayakawa S, Tsujinaka T, Fujihara A. Dissociation mechanisms of excited CH3X (X = Cl, Br, and I) formed via high-energy electron transfer using alkali metal targets. J Chem Phys 2012; 137:184308. [PMID: 23163372 DOI: 10.1063/1.4765103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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High-energy electron transfer dissociation (HE-ETD) on collisions with alkali metal targets (Cs, K, and Na) was investigated for CH(3)X(+) (X = Cl, Br, and I) ions by a charge inversion mass spectrometry. Relative peak intensities of the negative ions formed via HE-ETD strongly depend on the precursor ions and the target alkali metals. The dependency is explained by the exothermicities of the respective dissociation processes. Peak shapes of the negative ions, especially of the X(-) ions, which comprise a triangle and a trapezoid, also strongly depend on the precursor ions and the target alkali metals. The trapezoidal part of the I(-) peak observed with the Na target is more dominant and much broader than that with the Cs target. This dependence on the targets shows an inverse relation between the peak width and the available energy, which corresponds to the exothermicity assuming formation of fragment pair in their ground internal states. From a comparison of the kinetic energy release value calculated from the trapezoidal shape of I(-) with the available energy of the near-resonant level on the CH(3)I potential energy curve reported by ab initio calculations, the trapezoidal part is attributed to the dissociation to CH(3) + I((2)P(3/2)) via the repulsive (3)Q(1) state of CH(3)I, which is not dominant in the photo-dissociation of CH(3)I. The observation of trapezoid shape of the CH(2)I(-) peak with the Cs target indicates spontaneous dissociation via repulsive potential from the (3)R(2) Rydberg state, although the correlation between the (3)R(2) Rydberg state and relevant repulsive states has not been reported by any theoretical calculation.
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- Shigeo Hayakawa
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1, Gakuencho, Nakaku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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Womack CC, Ratliff BJ, Butler LJ, Lee SH, Lin JJM. Photoproduct Channels from BrCD2CD2OH at 193 nm and the HDO + Vinyl Products from the CD2CD2OH Radical Intermediate. J Phys Chem A 2012; 116:6394-407. [DOI: 10.1021/jp212167t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Caroline C. Womack
- The James Franck Institute and
the Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- The James Franck Institute and
the Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- The James Franck Institute and
the Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan, Republic
of China
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- Institute of Atomic
and Molecular
Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617,
Taiwan, Republic of China
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Vaida ME, Bernhardt TM. Surface-aligned femtochemistry: Photoinduced reaction dynamics of CH3I and CH3Br on MgO(100). Faraday Discuss 2012; 157:437-49; discussion 475-500. [DOI: 10.1039/c2fd20104f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Womack CC, Booth RS, Brynteson MD, Butler LJ, Szpunar DE. Characterizing the Rovibrational Distribution of CD2CD2OH Radicals Produced via the Photodissociation of 2-Bromoethanol-d4. J Phys Chem A 2011; 115:14559-69. [DOI: 10.1021/jp2059694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Caroline C. Womack
- Department of Chemistry and the James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and the James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and the James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and the James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Biological, Chemical, and Physical Sciences, Roosevelt University, Schaumburg, Illinois 60173, United States
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Indulkar YN, Saha A, Upadhyaya HP, Kumar A, Waghmode SB, Naik PD, Bajaj PN. Photodissociation dynamics of 3-bromo-1,1,1-trifluoro-2-propanol and 2-(bromomethyl) hexafluoro-2-propanol at 234 nm: Resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization detection of Br (2Pj). J Chem Phys 2011; 134:194313. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3591373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Vaida ME, Tchitnga R, Bernhardt TM. Femtosecond time-resolved photodissociation dynamics of methyl halide molecules on ultrathin gold films. BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY 2011; 2:618-27. [PMID: 22003467 PMCID: PMC3190631 DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.2.65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2011] [Accepted: 09/16/2011] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The photodissociation of small organic molecules, namely methyl iodide, methyl bromide, and methyl chloride, adsorbed on a metal surface was investigated in real time by means of femtosecond-laser pump-probe mass spectrometry. A weakly interacting gold surface was employed as substrate because the intact adsorption of the methyl halide molecules was desired prior to photoexcitation. The gold surface was prepared as an ultrathin film on Mo(100). The molecular adsorption behavior was characterized by coverage dependent temperature programmed desorption spectroscopy. Submonolayer preparations were irradiated with UV light of 266 nm wavelength and the subsequently emerging methyl fragments were probed by photoionization and mass spectrometric detection. A strong dependence of the excitation mechanism and the light-induced dynamics on the type of molecule was observed. Possible photoexcitation mechanisms included direct photoexcitation to the dissociative A-band of the methyl halide molecules as well as the attachment of surface-emitted electrons with transient negative ion formation and subsequent molecular fragmentation. Both reaction pathways were energetically possible in the case of methyl iodide, yet, no methyl fragments were observed. As a likely explanation, the rapid quenching of the excited states prior to fragmentation is proposed. This quenching mechanism could be prevented by modification of the gold surface through pre-adsorption of iodine atoms. In contrast, the A-band of methyl bromide was not energetically directly accessible through 266 nm excitation. Nevertheless, the one-photon-induced dissociation was observed in the case of methyl bromide. This was interpreted as being due to a considerable energetic down-shift of the electronic A-band states of methyl bromide by about 1.5 eV through interaction with the gold substrate. Finally, for methyl chloride no photofragmentation could be detected at all.
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- Mihai E Vaida
- Institute of Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 47, 89069 Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 47, 89069 Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 47, 89069 Ulm, Germany
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Kvaran A, Wang H, Matthíasson K, Bodi A. Two-dimensional (2+n) REMPI of CH(3)Br: photodissociation channels via Rydberg states. J Phys Chem A 2010; 114:9991-8. [PMID: 20726579 DOI: 10.1021/jp104128j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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(2+n) resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) spectra of CH(3)Br for the masses H(+), CH(m)(+), (i)Br(+), H(i)Br(+), and CH(m)(i)Br(+) (m = 0-3; i = 79, 81) have been recorded in the 66 000-81 000 cm(-1) resonance energy range. Signals due to resonance transitions from the zero vibrational energy level of the ground state CH(3)Br to a number of Rydberg states [Ω(c)]nl;ω (Ω(c) = 3/2, 1/2; ω = 0, 2; l = 1(p), 2(d)) and various vibrational states were identified. C((3)P) and C*((1)D) atom and HBr intermediate production, detected by (2+1) REMPI, most probably is due to photodissociation of CH(3)Br via two-photon excitations to Rydberg states followed by an unusual breaking of four bonds and formation of two bonds to give the fragments H(2) + C/C* + HBr prior to ionization. This observation is supported by REMPI observations as well as potential energy surface (PES) ab initio calculations. Bromine atom production by photodissociation channels via two-photon excitation to Rydberg states is identified by detecting bromine atom (2+1) REMPI.
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- Agúst Kvaran
- Science Institute, University of Iceland, Dunhagi 3, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland.
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Kato H, Masui H, Hoshino M, Cho H, Ingólfsson O, Brunger MJ, Limão-Vieira P, Tanaka H. A-band methyl halide dissociation via electronic curve crossing as studied by electron energy loss spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2010; 133:054304. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3464483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Escure C, Leininger T, Lepetit B. Ab initio study of valence and Rydberg states of CH3Br. J Chem Phys 2009; 130:244306. [PMID: 19566152 DOI: 10.1063/1.3152865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We performed configuration interaction ab initio calculations on the valence and 5s, 5p(a(1)), and 5p(e) Rydberg bands of the CH(3)Br molecule as a function of the methyl-bromide distance for frozen C(3v) geometries. The valence state potential energy curves are repulsive, the Rydberg state ones are similar to the one of the CH(3)Br(+) ion with a minimum at short distance. One state emerging from the 5p(e) band has valence and ion-pair characters as distance increases and the corresponding potential curve has a second minimum at large distance. This state has a very strong parallel electric dipole transition moment with the ground state and plays a central role in UV photon absorption spectra. It is also responsible for the parallel character of the anisotropy parameters measured in ion-pair production experiments. In each band, there is a single state, which has a non-negligible transition moment with the ground state, corresponding to a transition perpendicular to the molecular axis of symmetry, except for the 5p(e) band where it is parallel. The perpendicular transition moments between ground and valence states increase sharply as methyl-bromide distance decreases due to a mixing between valence and 5s Rydberg band at short distance. In each band, spin orbit interaction produces a pair of states, which have significant transition moments with the ground one. In the valence band, the mixing between singlet and triplet states is weak and the perpendicular transition to the (1)Q(1) state is dominant. In each Rydberg band, however, spin-orbit interaction is larger than the exchange interaction and the two significant transition moments with the ground state have comparable strengths. The valence band has an additional state ((1)Q(0)) with significant parallel transition moment induced by spin-orbit interaction with the ground state at large distance.
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- Christelle Escure
- Université de Toulouse, UPS, Laboratoire Collisions Agrégats Réactivité, IRSAMC, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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