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Title: Velocity map imaging of OH radical products from IR activated (CH3)2COO Criegee intermediates

Abstract

The unimolecular dissociation dynamics of the dimethyl-substituted Criegee intermediate (CH3)2COO is examined experimentally using velocity map imaging to ascertain the translational and internal energy distributions of the OH and H2CC(CH3)O radical products. The energy profile of key features along the reaction coordinate is also evaluated theoretically. Unimolecular decay of (CH3)2COO is initiated by vibrational activation in the CH stretch overtone region and the resultant OH X2Π3/2 (v = 0) products are state-selectively ionized and imaged. Analysis reveals an isotropic spatial distribution, indicative of a 3 ps lower limit for the timescale of dissociation, and a broad and unstructured total kinetic energy release distribution. The energy released to products is partitioned principally as internal excitation of the H2CC(CH3)O fragments with modest translational excitation of the fragments and a small degree of OH rotational excitation. The total kinetic energy release distribution observed for (CH3)2COO is compared with that predicted for statistical partitioning over product quantum states, and contrasted with recent experimental and quasi-classical trajectory results for syn-CH3CHOO [N. M. Kidwell et al., Nat. Chem. 8, 509 (2016)].

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [2];  [1]
  1. Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
  2. Emory Univ., Atlanta, GA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
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Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1467883
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1323993
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-87ER13792; FG02-97ER14782
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Chemical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 145; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9606
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Li, Hongwei, Kidwell, Nathanael M., Wang, Xiaohong, Bowman, Joel M., and Lester, Marsha I. Velocity map imaging of OH radical products from IR activated (CH3)2COO Criegee intermediates. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4962361.
Li, Hongwei, Kidwell, Nathanael M., Wang, Xiaohong, Bowman, Joel M., & Lester, Marsha I. Velocity map imaging of OH radical products from IR activated (CH3)2COO Criegee intermediates. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4962361
Li, Hongwei, Kidwell, Nathanael M., Wang, Xiaohong, Bowman, Joel M., and Lester, Marsha I. Mon . "Velocity map imaging of OH radical products from IR activated (CH3)2COO Criegee intermediates". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4962361. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1467883.
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title = {Velocity map imaging of OH radical products from IR activated (CH3)2COO Criegee intermediates},
author = {Li, Hongwei and Kidwell, Nathanael M. and Wang, Xiaohong and Bowman, Joel M. and Lester, Marsha I.},
abstractNote = {The unimolecular dissociation dynamics of the dimethyl-substituted Criegee intermediate (CH3)2COO is examined experimentally using velocity map imaging to ascertain the translational and internal energy distributions of the OH and H2CC(CH3)O radical products. The energy profile of key features along the reaction coordinate is also evaluated theoretically. Unimolecular decay of (CH3)2COO is initiated by vibrational activation in the CH stretch overtone region and the resultant OH X2Π3/2 (v = 0) products are state-selectively ionized and imaged. Analysis reveals an isotropic spatial distribution, indicative of a 3 ps lower limit for the timescale of dissociation, and a broad and unstructured total kinetic energy release distribution. The energy released to products is partitioned principally as internal excitation of the H2CC(CH3)O fragments with modest translational excitation of the fragments and a small degree of OH rotational excitation. The total kinetic energy release distribution observed for (CH3)2COO is compared with that predicted for statistical partitioning over product quantum states, and contrasted with recent experimental and quasi-classical trajectory results for syn-CH3CHOO [N. M. Kidwell et al., Nat. Chem. 8, 509 (2016)].},
doi = {10.1063/1.4962361},
journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
number = 10,
volume = 145,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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