Photoinduced vibrational predissociation of pyrimidine clusters in a supersonic molecualr beam: Evidence for statistical energy partitioning

Autor: K.T. Chen, H. Saigusa, B.E. Forch, E.C. Lim
Rok vydání: 1983
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Zdroj: Chemical Physics Letters. 101:6-11
ISSN: 0009-2614
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(83)80295-4
Popis: Evidence is presented which indicates that the vibrational predissociation of pyrimidine clusters leads primarily to the production of rotationally very hot S 1 pyrimidines in their zero-point vibrational levels. The generation of vibrationless S 1 pyrimidine is an indication of statistical energy partioning, and it contrasts the pattern of energy partitioning observed in the vibrational predissociation of tetrazine-argon van der Waals complexes. The tendency of the pyrimidine clusters to follow statistical-like energy partitioning is attributed to the greater numbers and reduced frequencies of van der Waals modes of the clusters relative to those of the complex.
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