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Title: The geometrical change and intramolecular energy transfer upon S{sub 1}←S{sub 0} excitation in cyclopentanone

Abstract

The ultrafast dynamics in vibrationally hot S{sub 1} electronic excited state in cyclopentanone molecule was discovered with time resolved spectroscopy. Investigation of the geometry change upon the S{sub 1}←S{sub 0} excitation and D{sub 0}←S{sub 1} ionization has shown that the dihedral angle between the C=O bond and the plane given by the carbonyl and the α-carbons is 180° either in S{sub 0} or D{sub 0} state and is reduced to 145.8° by out-out-plane deformation of the oxygen in S{sub 1} state according to the theoretical calculation. The time domain experiments with femtosecond resolution have given rich insights into the energy transfer of the cyclopentanone molecule. The molecules are excited to the vibrationally hot S{sub 1} (n,  π{sup ∗}) state following absorption of one 267-nm photon. It is found that the population of the S{sub 1} (n, π{sup ∗}) state undergoes ultrafast internal conversion to the highly vibrationally hot S{sub 0} state within 80 fs and nonradiative deactivation by intersystem crossing to triplet T{sub 1} (n, π{sup *}) state occurring in 3.14 ps. Several Rydberg states have worked as stepping stones during the ionization. The available energy was distributed in the symmetric methylene group wagging and the symmetric skeletal ring breathing modesmore » in D{sub 0} state.« less

Authors:
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  1. State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071 (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22493505
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Chemical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 143; Journal Issue: 6; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9606
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CARBON; CARBONYLS; DEACTIVATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITATION; INTERNAL CONVERSION; IONIZATION; MOLECULES; OXYGEN; PHOTONS; RYDBERG STATES; TIME RESOLUTION; TRIPLETS

Citation Formats

Wang, Yanmei, Liu, Zhiming, Xu, Yanqi, and Zhang, Bing. The geometrical change and intramolecular energy transfer upon S{sub 1}←S{sub 0} excitation in cyclopentanone. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4928335.
Wang, Yanmei, Liu, Zhiming, Xu, Yanqi, & Zhang, Bing. The geometrical change and intramolecular energy transfer upon S{sub 1}←S{sub 0} excitation in cyclopentanone. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4928335
Wang, Yanmei, Liu, Zhiming, Xu, Yanqi, and Zhang, Bing. 2015. "The geometrical change and intramolecular energy transfer upon S{sub 1}←S{sub 0} excitation in cyclopentanone". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4928335.
@article{osti_22493505,
title = {The geometrical change and intramolecular energy transfer upon S{sub 1}←S{sub 0} excitation in cyclopentanone},
author = {Wang, Yanmei and Liu, Zhiming and Xu, Yanqi and Zhang, Bing},
abstractNote = {The ultrafast dynamics in vibrationally hot S{sub 1} electronic excited state in cyclopentanone molecule was discovered with time resolved spectroscopy. Investigation of the geometry change upon the S{sub 1}←S{sub 0} excitation and D{sub 0}←S{sub 1} ionization has shown that the dihedral angle between the C=O bond and the plane given by the carbonyl and the α-carbons is 180° either in S{sub 0} or D{sub 0} state and is reduced to 145.8° by out-out-plane deformation of the oxygen in S{sub 1} state according to the theoretical calculation. The time domain experiments with femtosecond resolution have given rich insights into the energy transfer of the cyclopentanone molecule. The molecules are excited to the vibrationally hot S{sub 1} (n,  π{sup ∗}) state following absorption of one 267-nm photon. It is found that the population of the S{sub 1} (n, π{sup ∗}) state undergoes ultrafast internal conversion to the highly vibrationally hot S{sub 0} state within 80 fs and nonradiative deactivation by intersystem crossing to triplet T{sub 1} (n, π{sup *}) state occurring in 3.14 ps. Several Rydberg states have worked as stepping stones during the ionization. The available energy was distributed in the symmetric methylene group wagging and the symmetric skeletal ring breathing modes in D{sub 0} state.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4928335},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22493505}, journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
issn = {0021-9606},
number = 6,
volume = 143,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}