SOLVATED METAL CATION PHOTOCHEMISTRY - ELECTRONIC STATE-SELECTIVE REACTION VERSUS EVAPORATION IN SR+(CH3OH) SR+(CH3OD)/

Authors
QIAN J MIDEY AJ DONNELLY SG LEE JI FARRAR JM
Citation
J. Qian et al., SOLVATED METAL CATION PHOTOCHEMISTRY - ELECTRONIC STATE-SELECTIVE REACTION VERSUS EVAPORATION IN SR+(CH3OH) SR+(CH3OD)/, Chemical physics letters, 244(5-6), 1995, pp. 414-420
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Chemical physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00092614
Volume
244
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
414 - 420
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-2614(1995)244:5-6<414:SMCP-E>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We present a study of the photodissociation spectrum of Sr+(CH3OH)/Sr(CH3OD) ions, yielding Sr+ by evaporation and SrOH+/SrOD+ by reaction. The two highest energy bands are 5p pi electronic states and yield 90 % SrOH+/SrOD+ products. The three lower energy bands show vibrational structure that can be assigned to Sr-O stretching and Sr-solvent waggi ng motions. The reactive fraction of the photodissociation yield shows a strong anticorrelation with sharp resonances in the spectrum, likel y arising from competition between rapid reaction and evaporation on t he ground state surface and a slower reactive process occurring on an excited surface.