Ultraviolet photodissociation dynamics of the propargyl radical

PHYS 621

Xianfeng Zheng, xfzheng@ucr.edu1, Yu Song, yu.song@email.ucr.edu1, and Jingsong Zhang, jingsong.zhang@ucr.edu2. (1) Department of Chemistry, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0403, (2) Department of Chemistry and Air Pollution Research Center, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0403

Ultraviolet (UV) photodissociation dynamics of jet-cooled propargyl (C3H3) radical is studied in the photolysis wavelength region of 230 to 250 nm using high-n Rydberg atom time-of-flight (HRTOF) technique.  In this wavelength region, the photofragment yield spectra of the H + C3H2 product channel are obtained with propargyl chloride, allene, and propyne as the precursors of the C3H3 radicals, and they show a broad peak near 240 nm and are in good agreement with the absorption spectrum of C3H3.  The H + C3H2 product translational energy distribution is obtained; the distribution peaks at ~ 5 kcal/mole and the average translational energy release is ~0.35 of the total available energy.  The H-atom product angular distribution is isotropic, with the anisotropy parameter = 0.  The dissociation mechanism will be discussed.

 

PHYS Poster Session - Computational Spectroscopy and Reaction Dynamics
7:30 PM-10:00 PM, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Morial Convention Center -- Hall A, Poster

Sci-Mix
8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Monday, April 7, 2008 Morial Convention Center -- Hall A, Sci-Mix

Division of Physical Chemistry

The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008