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Dynamics at conical intersections: The influence of O–H stretching vibrations on the photodissociation of phenol.
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Journal of Chemical Physics . 3/14/2008, Vol. 128 Issue 10, p104307. 8p. 1 Diagram, 4 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Comparing the recoil energy distributions of the fragments from one-photon dissociation of phenol-d5 with those from vibrationally mediated photodissociation shows that initial vibrational excitation strongly influences the disposal of energy into relative translation. The measurements use velocity map ion imaging to detect the H-atom fragments and determine the distribution of recoil energies. Dissociation of phenol-d5 molecules with an initially excited O–H stretching vibration produces significantly more fragments with low recoil energies than does one-photon dissociation at the same total energy. The difference appears to come from the increased probability of adiabatic dissociation in which a vibrationally excited molecule passes around the conical intersection between the dissociative state and the ground state to produce electronically excited phenoxyl-d5 radicals. The additional energy deposited in electronic excitation of the radical reduces the energy available for relative translation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00219606
- Volume :
- 128
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Chemical Physics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31335073
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2831512