Note: Photodissociation of CH3COCN at 308 nm by time-resolved Fourier-transform infrared emission spectroscopy: Is CO a primary or secondary product?

Tsai, Po‐Yu; Lin, King‐Chuen

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“…5a). 43 A prior distribution method [44][45][46] was further conducted to characterize the vibrational energy distribution of CO on a statistical basis. Based on the energy level scheme shown in Fig.…”

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“…Given the vibrational population for each state, the vibrational energy is estimated to be 6.7 AE 0.7 kcal mol À1 16. To interpret how the CO fragment is eliminated, we found a pathway leading to the CO + CH 3 NC products via isomerization TS at 94 AE 2 kcal mol À1 (Fig.5a) 43. A prior distribution method[44][45][46] was further conducted to characterize the vibrational energy distribution of CO on a statistical basis.…”

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Regulation of nonadiabatic processes in the photolysis of some carbonyl compounds

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2016

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.

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Carbonyl compounds studied are confined to acetyl halide (CH3COCl), acetyl cyanide (CH3COCN), acetyl sulfide (CH3COSH), acetaldehyde (CH3CHO), and methyl formate (HCOOCH3). They are asymmetrically substituted, but do not follow the well-known Norrish type I reactions. Each compound ejected in an effusive beam at about 300 K is commonly excited to the (1)(n, π*)CO lower state; that is, a nonbonding electron on O of the C[double bond, length as m-dash]O group is promoted to the antibonding orbital of π*CO. The photolysis experiments are conducted in the presence of Ar gas and the corresponding fragments are detected using time-resolved Fourier-transform Infrared (FTIR) emission spectroscopy. The enhancement of the collision-induced internal conversion or intersystem crossing facilitates the dissociation channels via highly vibrational states of the ground singlet (So) or triplet (T1) potential energy surfaces. In this manner, an alternative nonadiabatic channel is likely to open yielding different products, even if the diabatic coupling strength is strong between the excited state and the neighboring state. For instance, the photodissociation of CH3COCl at 248 nm produces HCl, CO, and CH2 fragments, in contrast to the supersonic jet experiments showing dominance of the Cl fragment eliminated from the excited state. If the diabatic coupling strength is weak, dissociation proceeds mainly through internal conversion, such as the cases of CH3COCN and CH3COSH. The photodissociation of CH3COCN at 308 nm has never been reported before, while for CH3COSH matrix-isolated photodissociation was conducted that shows a distinct spectral feature from the current FTIR method. The CH3CHO and HCOOCH3 molecules belong to the same type of carbonyl compounds, in which the molecular products, CO + CH4 and CO + CH3OH, are produced through both transition state and roaming pathways. Their products are characterized differently between molecular beam and current FTIR experiments. For instance, the photodissociation of HCOOCH3 at 248 nm yields CO with the vibrational state v ≥ 4, in contrast to the molecular beam experiments producing CO at v = 1. The photodissociation of CH3CHO at 308 nm intensifies a low energy component in the CH4 vibrational distribution, thus verifying the transition state pathway for the first time.

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