New insights into photodissociation dynamics of cyclobutanone from the AIMS dynamic simulation
- Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry Ministry of Education College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875 (China)
In this work, the combined electronic structure calculations and non-adiabatic dynamics simulations were performed for understanding mechanistic photodissociation of cyclobutanone at ∼248 nm. Besides the stationary and intersection structures reported before, two new conical intersections between the ground (S{sub 0}) and the first excited singlet (S{sub 1}) states were determined in the present study, which were confirmed to be the new S{sub 1} → S{sub 0} funnels by the ab initio multiple spawning dynamic simulation, giving rise to products in the S{sub 0} state selectively. The time evolution of the S{sub 1} electronic population was fitted with the pure exponential formulae, from which the S{sub 1} lifetime was estimated to be 484.0 fs. The time constant for the S{sub 1} α-cleavage is calculated to be 176.6 fs, which is based on the present dynamics simulation. As a result of the ultrafast S{sub 1} processes, the statistical distribution of the excess energies is prevented in the S{sub 1} state. The S{sub 1} dynamic effect (the nonergodic behavior) was predicted to be an important factor that is responsible for the wavelength dependence of the branching ratio of photodissociation products, which will be discussed in detail.
- OSTI ID:
- 22657916
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 144, Issue 14; Other Information: (c) 2016 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-9606
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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