Observing the Structural Evolution in the Photodissociation of Diiodomethane with Femtosecond Solution X-Ray Scattering

Panman, Matthijs R.; Biasin, Elisa; Berntsson, Oskar; Hermann, Markus; Niebling, Stephan; Hughes, Ashley J.; Kübel, Joachim; Atkovska, Kalina; Gustavsson, Emil; Nimmrich, Amke; Dohn, Asmus O.; Laursen, Mads; Zederkof, Diana B.; Honarfar, Alireza; Tono, Kensuke; Katayama, Tetsuo; Owada, Shigeki; van Driel, Tim B.; Kjaer, Kasper; Nielsen, Martin M.; Davidsson, Jan; Uhlig, Jens; Haldrup, Kristoffer; Hub, Jochen S.; Westenhoff, Sebastian

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.125.226001

Title: Observing the Structural Evolution in the Photodissociation of Diiodomethane with Femtosecond Solution X-Ray Scattering

Journal Article · 24 November 2020 · Physical Review Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.125.226001 · OSTI ID:1724239

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^[5]; Tono, Kensuke ^[6]; Katayama, Tetsuo ^[6]; Owada, Shigeki ^[7]; van Driel, Tim B. ^[8]; Kjaer, Kasper ^[8]; Nielsen, Martin M. ^[4] more »

Univ. of Gothenburg (Sweden)
Technical Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby (Denmark); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Georg-August-Univ. Göttingen (Germany)
Technical Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby (Denmark)
Lund Univ. (Sweden)
Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Inst., Hyogo (Japan)
RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Hyogo (Japan)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Uppsala Univ. (Sweden)

Resolving the structural dynamics of the initial steps of chemical reactions is challenging. We report the femtosecond time-resolved wide-angle x-ray scattering of the photodissociation of diiodomethane in cyclohexane. The data reveal with structural detail how the molecule dissociates into radicals, how the radicals collide with the solvent, and how they form the photoisomer. We extract how translational and rotational kinetic energy is dispersed into the solvent. We also find that 85% of the primary radical pairs are confined to their original solvent cage and discuss how this influences the downstream recombination reactions.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); German Research Foundation (DFG); European Research Council (ERC); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; 279944; 6581802; HU 1971-1/1; HU 1971-3/1; HU 1971-4/1; 2016A8037

OSTI ID:: 1724239

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1768066

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 125, Issue 22; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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