Evidence for stepwise dissociation dynamics in acetone at 248 and 193 nm

SW North, DA Blank, JD Gezelter… - The Journal of …, 1995 - pubs.aip.org
The technique of molecular beam photofragment translational spectroscopy has been used
to study the dissociation of acetone following S 1← S 0 (248 nm) and S 2← S 0 (193 nm) …

Femtochemistry of Norrish Type‐I Reactions: I. Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Acetone and Related Ketones on the S1 Surface

EWG Diau, C Kötting, AH Zewail - ChemPhysChem, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The dissociation dynamics of two acetone isotopomers ([D0]‐and [D6] acetone) after 93 kcal
mol− 1 (307 nm) excitation to the S1 (n, π*) state have been investigated using femtosecond …

Photo induced three body decay

C Maul, KH Gericke - International Reviews in Physical Chemistry, 1997 - Taylor & Francis
The photo induced three body decay: ABC hnu ABC, where a molecule ABC decays into
three fragments A, B and C upon irradiation, is reviewed. Various experimental and …

Direct femtosecond observation of the transient intermediate in the α‐cleavage reaction of (CH3)2CO to 2CH3+CO: Resolving the issue of concertedness

SK Kim, S Pedersen, AH Zewail - The Journal of chemical physics, 1995 - pubs.aip.org
When a reaction involving two equivalent bonds has sufficient energy to break both of them,
it can proceed by either a concerted or a stepwise mechanism. For Norrish type‐I and other …

Excited states of carbonyl compounds. 1. Formaldehyde and acetaldehyde

CM Hadad, JB Foresman… - The Journal of Physical …, 1993 - ACS Publications
Carbonyl compounds play an important role in chemistry from physical-organic to
photochemical, synthetic, and biological studies. 1 Many of these compounds have been …

Photodissociation dynamics

LJ Butler, DM Neumark - The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1996 - ACS Publications
Advances in the study of photodissociation dynamics over the past 30 years are reviewed.
An overview of experimental techniques that have been developed to extract photofragment …

The ultrafast photodissociation of in the gas phase

L Banares, T Baumert, M Bergt, B Kiefer… - The Journal of chemical …, 1998 - pubs.aip.org
The photodissociation dynamics of Fe (CO) 5 in a molecular beam have been investigated
with femtosecond time resolution. In single pulse experiments, the parent ion Fe (CO) 5+ …

UV photodissociation of oxalyl chloride yields four fragments from one photon absorption

M Ahmed, D Blunt, D Chen, AG Suits - The Journal of chemical physics, 1997 - pubs.aip.org
The photodissociation of oxalyl chloride,(ClCO) 2, has been studied near 235 nm using the
photofragment imaging technique. Observed products include both ground state Cl (2 P 3/2) …

Femtochemistry of Norrish Type‐I Reactions: III. Highly Excited Ketones—Theoretical

EWG Diau, C Kötting, TI Sølling, AH Zewail - ChemPhysChem, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Time‐dependant density functional theory (TDDFT) and ab initio methods (CASSCF and
CASMP2) are applied here for the investigation of the excited‐state potential energy …

Dynamics of the acetyloxyl radical studied by dissociative photodetachment of the acetate anion

Z Lu, RE Continetti - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2004 - ACS Publications
Photodetachment of the acetate anion, CH3CO2-, and the subsequent dissociation
dynamics of the CH3CO2• radical were studied using photoelectron− photofragment …