Semiclassical study of collision-induced predissociation: Comparison of the Landau-Zener model with the method of analytic continuation

Semiclassical calculations are carried out by two methods for the problem of collision-induced predissociation of electronically excited I₂. The first method is that of surface-hopping with the Landau-Zener model. The second method is similar to surface-hopping, except that analytic continuation of the adiabatic potential energy surfaces replaces the Landau-Zener model. Results of the calculations by the two methods compare favorably with each other and with experiment. The possible advantages of the second method are discussed.Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow.     

Photothermochemical process in ammonium perchlorate crystals: II

The influence of phase transition (PT) on the process of thermal development of a latent image arising after X-ray and uv irradiation of ammonium perchlorate (AP) crystals has been studied. Despite the production of a large number of new dislocations accompanying PT, it essentially does not influence the thermal development: The developed image does not smear at PT, remaining as clear as before it. By comparing mirror-symmetric surfaces of cleavage planes of AP crystals, it has been shown that at doses of X-ray and uv irradiation sufficient for obtaining an image, no production of new dislocations was observed in AP crystals. It is suggested that latent image arises due to formation during irradiation of chlorine oxidic products of radiolysis: ClO₃, ClO₂, and ClO as well as the corresponding ions ClO^?, ClO^?₂, and ClO^?₃, i.e., initiators of AP low-temperature decomposition.     

Structure and properties of 2,4a-dimethyl-4-phenyl-3-ethoxycarbonyl-5-oxo-4a,5-dihydro-4H-indeno[1,2-b]pyridine

The molecular and crystal structure of 2,3a-dimethyl-4-phenyl-3-ethoxycarbony-5-oxo-4a,5-dihydro-4H-indeno[1,2-b]pyridine has been determined, and its reduction and alkaline and acid hydrolysis reactions have been studied.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedineii, No. 10, pp. 1388–1392, October, 1984.     

Kinetics of the reaction between phenylacetylene and the complex of decaborane with diethyl sulfide

Conclusions The manometric method was used to study the kinetics of the reaction of phenylacetylene with the complex of decaborane and diethyl sulfide, with the formation of 1-phenyl-o-carborane. The reaction is described by a second order equation.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, p. 1818, August, 1971.