Molecular beam photodissociation studies of polyatomic molecules and radicals

Technical Report · Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 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 National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 6046463
• Report Number(s): LBL-26904; ON: DE89012486
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Thesis (Ph.D.). Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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