Photodissociation spectroscopy and dynamics of the vinoxy (CH{sub 2}CHO) radical
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
The photodissociation spectroscopy and dynamics of the vinoxy (CH{sub 2}CHO) radical have been studied using fast beam photofragment translational spectroscopy. The photodissociation cross section over the B{sup 2}A{double_prime} {l_arrow} X{sup 2}A{double_prime} band is measured, and photofragment translational energy and angular distributions are obtained at several excitation energies. For CH{sub 2}CHO, predissociation is observed over the entire band, including several transitions near the band origin which were seen previously in laser-induced fluorescence experiments. Two dissociation channels are seen: CH{sub 3} + CO and H + CH{sub 2}CO. The CH{sub 3} + CO channel was investigated in considerable detail and appears to proceed via internal conversion to the CH{sub 2}CHO ground state followed by isomerization to CH{sub 3}CO and subsequent dissociation. The translational energy distributions for this channel suggest an isomerization barrier in the range of 2 eV with respect to CH{sub 3} + CO products.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 195626
- Report Number(s):
- LBL--37961; CONF-9511139--2; ON: DE96004742
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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