An angle resolved electron-ion recoil vector correlation study of alternate ion dissociation channels in A CF3I+

I+ decay mechanism and the branching competition between the CF3+ and I+ channels. -->
Entry Date(s): Date Created: 20001021 Latest Revision: 20191120
Update Code: 20231215
DOI: 10.1039/b000439l
PMID: 11040503
Autor: Downie P; School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, UK., Powis I I
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Faraday discussions [Faraday Discuss] 2000 (115), pp. 103-17; discussion 175-204.
DOI: 10.1039/b000439l
Abstrakt: Electron-ion recoil vector correlations are examined for the ionization and subsequent dissociation of A state CF3I+. The magnitude of the electron and fragment ion recoil vectors permits the energetics of two alternative decays to I+ and CF3+ to be compared, while differences between the angular correlations are interpreted as molecule-frame photoelectron angular distributions which, in the I+ channel, are smeared by molecular rotation between ionization and dissociation. Quantitative estimates of sub-ps I+ decay lifetimes are extracted, indicating very different decay rates for the alternative dissociation channels. Surprisingly, the ka1 and ke photoelectron continua exchange polarization dependence in the I+ channel correlations and vibronic interactions are postulated in explanation. This can also rationalize the non-adiabatic A CF3I+-->I+ decay mechanism and the branching competition between the CF3+ and I+ channels.
Databáze: MEDLINE