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Chemical Bond Activation Observed with an X-ray Laser

Authors :
Jerry LaRue
Alexander Föhlisch
Henrik Öberg
Georgi L. Dakovski
William F. Schlotter
Dennis Nordlund
Martin Beye
Michael P. Minitti
Henrik Öström
Sarp Kaya
Jörgen Gladh
Ankush Mitra
Hirohito Ogasawara
Markus Hantschmann
Jens K. Nørskov
Frank Abild-Pedersen
Danilo Kühn
Martina Dell'Angela
Wilfried Wurth
Martin Wolf
Mats Persson
Hongliang Xin
Jonas A. Sellberg
May Ling Ng
Lars G. M. Pettersson
Anders Nilsson
F. Hieke
Stefan Moeller
Giuseppe Mercurio
Source :
The journal of physical chemistry letters 7 (2016): 3647–3651. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01543, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Beye, Martin; Oberg, Henrik; Xin, Hongliang; Dakovski, Georgi L.; Dell'Angela, Martina; Foehlisch, Alexander; Gladh, Jorgen; Hantschmann, Markus; Hieke, Florian; Kaya, Sarp; Kuehn, Danilo; LaRue, Jerry; Mercurio, Giuseppe; Minitti, Michael P.; Mitra, Ankush; Moeller, Stefan P.; Ng, May Ling; Nilsson, Anders; Nordlund, Dennis; Norskov, Jens; Ostrom, Henrik; Ogasawara, Hirohito; Persson, Mats; Schlotter, William F.; Sellberg, Jonas A.; Wolf, Martin; Abild-Pedersen, Frank; Pettersson, Lars G. M.; Wurth, Wilfried/titolo:Chemical Bond Activation Observed with an X-ray Laser/doi:10.1021%2Facs.jpclett.6b01543/rivista:The journal of physical chemistry letters/anno:2016/pagina_da:3647/pagina_a:3651/intervallo_pagine:3647–3651/volume:7, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, The journal of physical chemistry letters 7(18), 3647-3651 (2016). doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01543
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

The journal of physical chemistry letters 7(18), 3647 - 3651(2016). doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01543<br />The concept of bonding and antibonding orbitals is fundamental in chemistry. The population of those orbitals and the energetic difference between the two reflect the strength of the bonding interaction. Weakening the bond is expected to reduce this energetic splitting, but the transient character of bond-activation has so far prohibited direct experimental access. Here we apply time-resolved soft X-ray spectroscopy at a free-electron laser to directly observe the decreased bonding–antibonding splitting following bond-activation using an ultrashort optical laser pulse.<br />Published by ACS, Washington, DC

Details

ISSN :
19487185
Volume :
7
Issue :
18
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The journal of physical chemistry letters
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....0186515241ec9af47e22a50451634d47