1. Photodissociation dynamics of methylamine in the blue edge of the A-band. II. The NH2 + CH3 channel.
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Cachón, Javier, Recio, Pedro, Zanchet, Alexandre, Marggi Poullain, Sonia, and Bañares, Luis
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PHOTODISSOCIATION ,AB-initio calculations ,SCISSION (Chemistry) ,MULTIPHOTON ionization ,CHEMICAL bond lengths ,RESONANCE ionization spectroscopy - Abstract
The photodissociation dynamics leading to the C–N bond cleavage in methylamine (CH
3 NH2 ) are investigated upon photoexcitation in the blue edge of the first absorption A-band, in the 198–204 nm range. Velocity map images of the generated methyl (CH3 ) fragment detected in specific vibrational modes, i.e., ν = 0, ν1 = 1, and ν2 = 1, through resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization, are presented along with the corresponding translational energy distributions and the angular analysis. The experimental results are complemented by high-level ab initio calculations of potential energy curves as a function of the C–N bond distance. While a similar single Boltzmann-type contribution is observed in all the translational energy distributions measured, the speed-dependent anisotropy parameter obtained through the angular analysis reveals the presence of two different mechanisms. Prompt dissociation through the conical intersection between the A ̃ 1 A ′ first excited state and the ground state located in the exit channel is, indeed, revealed as a minor channel. In contrast, slow dissociation on the ground state, presumably from frustrated N–H bond cleavage trajectories, constitutes the major reaction pathway leading to the methyl formation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2023
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