FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION STUDY OF THE RING-OPENING REACTION OF 1,3-CYCLOHEXADIENE

Authors
PULLEN S WALKER LA DONOVAN B SENSION RJ
Citation
S. Pullen et al., FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION STUDY OF THE RING-OPENING REACTION OF 1,3-CYCLOHEXADIENE, Chemical physics letters, 242(4-5), 1995, pp. 415-420
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Chemical physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00092614
Volume
242
Issue
4-5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
415 - 420
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-2614(1995)242:4-5<415:FTASOT>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Deep ultraviolet femtosecond transient absorption measurements of the photoisomerization reaction of 1,3-cyclohexadiene to form cis-1,3,5-he xatriene demonstrate that the rate of the photochemical ring-opening r eaction is greater than or equal to 1 ps(-1). The subsequent kinetics observed in picosecond resonance Raman and transient absorption measur ements represent the time scales for vibrational and conformational re laxation of the photoproduct.