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Title: Photodissociation of acrylonitrile at 193 nm: A photofragment translational spectroscopy study using synchrotron radiation for product photoionization

Abstract

We have investigated the photodissociation of acrylonitrile (H{sub 2}CCHCN) at 193 nm using the technique of photofragment translational spectroscopy. The experiments were performed at the Chemical Dynamics Beamline at the Advanced Light Source and used tunable vacuum ultraviolet synchrotron radiation for product photoionization. We have identified four primary dissociation channels including atomic and molecular hydrogen elimination, HCN elimination, and CN elimination. There is significant evidence that all of the dissociation channels occur on the ground electronic surface following internal conversion from the initially optically prepared state. The product translational energy distributions reflect near statistical simple bond rupture for the radical dissociation channels, while substantial recombination barriers mediate the translational energy release for the two molecular elimination channels. Photoionization onsets have provided additional insight into the chemical identities of the products and their internal energy content. {copyright} {ital 1998 American Institute of Physics.}

Authors:
; ;  [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, and Chemistry Department, University of California, Berkeley, California94720 (United States)
  2. Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York11973-5000 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
625382
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Chemical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 108; Journal Issue: 14; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
66 PHYSICS; ACRYLONITRILE; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTOLYSIS; ADVANCED LIGHT SOURCE; GROUND STATES; FRAGMENTATION

Citation Formats

Blank, D A, Suits, A G, Lee, Y T, North, S W, and Hall, G E. Photodissociation of acrylonitrile at 193 nm: A photofragment translational spectroscopy study using synchrotron radiation for product photoionization. United States: N. p., 1998. Web. doi:10.1063/1.475989.
Blank, D A, Suits, A G, Lee, Y T, North, S W, & Hall, G E. Photodissociation of acrylonitrile at 193 nm: A photofragment translational spectroscopy study using synchrotron radiation for product photoionization. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.475989
Blank, D A, Suits, A G, Lee, Y T, North, S W, and Hall, G E. 1998. "Photodissociation of acrylonitrile at 193 nm: A photofragment translational spectroscopy study using synchrotron radiation for product photoionization". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.475989.
@article{osti_625382,
title = {Photodissociation of acrylonitrile at 193 nm: A photofragment translational spectroscopy study using synchrotron radiation for product photoionization},
author = {Blank, D A and Suits, A G and Lee, Y T and North, S W and Hall, G E},
abstractNote = {We have investigated the photodissociation of acrylonitrile (H{sub 2}CCHCN) at 193 nm using the technique of photofragment translational spectroscopy. The experiments were performed at the Chemical Dynamics Beamline at the Advanced Light Source and used tunable vacuum ultraviolet synchrotron radiation for product photoionization. We have identified four primary dissociation channels including atomic and molecular hydrogen elimination, HCN elimination, and CN elimination. There is significant evidence that all of the dissociation channels occur on the ground electronic surface following internal conversion from the initially optically prepared state. The product translational energy distributions reflect near statistical simple bond rupture for the radical dissociation channels, while substantial recombination barriers mediate the translational energy release for the two molecular elimination channels. Photoionization onsets have provided additional insight into the chemical identities of the products and their internal energy content. {copyright} {ital 1998 American Institute of Physics.}},
doi = {10.1063/1.475989},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/625382}, journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
number = 14,
volume = 108,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1998},
month = {Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1998}
}