Photodissociation of iodocyclohexane at 266 and 277 nm: Energy partitioning and curve crossing analysis

The photodissociation dynamics of iodocyclohexane (C₆H₁₁I) at 266 and 277 nm has been investigated by ion velocity imaging technique. The velocity distributions, angular distributions and relative quantum yields are obtained for I (²P_3/2) (denoted I) and I (²P_1/2) (denoted I*) fragments. The energy partitioning shows that about 70% of the available energy goes into the internal excitation of the photofragments for both dissociation channels. From the angular distributions, we found the value of the anisotropy parameter β for I* at the corresponding excitation wavelength was less than that for I. Based on the measured angular distributions and relative quantum yields, the relative fractions of each excited state to the products are determined. The curve crossing probabilities between the ³Q₀ and ¹Q₁ states are determined 0.503 at 266 nm and 0.443 at 277 nm.