Molecular beam photodissociation studies of polyatomic molecules and radicals

Technical Report · Tue Feb 28 23:00:00 EST 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6046463· OSTI ID:6046463

Hintsa, E. J.

This thesis contains the results of a series of molecular beam photodissociation experiments in which the identity, relative amounts, and velocity distributions of the products were measured, to determine the photochemical pathways and the energy released into translation. Chapter I provides an introduction to the molecular beam photofragmentation technique and a description of the apparatus used in Chapters II and III. A study of the infrared multiphoton dissociation of ethyl and methyl acetate is presented in Chapter II. For both molecules, there was competition between simple bond rupture to produce CH/sub 3/CO/sub 2/ and ethyl or methyl radical and a concerted reaction.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 6046463
• Report Number(s): LBL-26904; ON: DE89012486
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400500* -- Photochemistry
ACETIC ACID ESTERS
ALCOHOLS
BEAMS
CARBON TETRACHLORIDE
CARBOXYLIC ACID ESTERS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
DECOMPOSITION
DISSOCIATION
ESTERS
ETHANOL
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
METHYL ACETATE
MOLECULAR BEAMS
ORGANIC BROMINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS
PHOTOCHEMISTRY
PHOTOLYSIS