Ultrafast Decay Dynamics of N-Ethylpyrrole Excited to the S1 Electronic State: A Femtosecond Time-Resolved Photoelectron Imaging Study

N-ethylpyrrole is one of ethyl-substituted derivatives of pyrrole and its excited-state decay dynamics has never been explored. In this work, we investigate ultrafast decay dynamics of N-ethylpyrrole excited to the S₁ electronic state using a femtosecond time-resolved photoelectron imaging method. Two pump wavelengths of 241.9 and 237.7 nm are employed. At 241.9 nm, three time constants, 5.0±0.7 ps, 66.4±15.6 ps and 1.3±0.1 ns, are derived. For 237.7 nm, two time constants of 2.1±0.1 ps and 13.1±1.2 ps are derived. We assign all these time constants to be associated with different vibrational states in the S₁ state. The possible decay mechanisms of different S₁ vibrational states are briefly discussed.     

Time-dependent mass spectra and breakdown graphs. 10. Dissociative photoionization of anisole

Time-resolved photoionization mass spectrometry in the millisecond range has been employed to study the reaction C₆H₅OCH⁺₃ → C₆H⁺₆ + CH₂O in anisole. Photoionization efficiency (PIE) curves gave a long-time limiting appearance energy value, AE = 10.85 ± 0.05 eV at 298 K. Experimental PIE curves and breakdown graphs at t = 6 μs and 2 ms were compared to those predicted by the statistical theory (RRKM/QET) and by previous photoelectron—photoion coincidence spectrometry results. A sensitivity analysis yielded the following activation parameters: critical energy of activation, E₀ = 59.6 ± 0.6 kcal/mol, and entropy of activation, ΔS³(1000 K) = 7.25 ± 2.2 eu.     

Quasiclassical trajectory study of the reaction O(3P) + HI → OH + I

Three-dimensional quasiclassical trajectory calculations were carried out for the reaction of oxygen atoms O(³P) with hydrogen iodide molecules (HI and DI) for the temperature range 200–550 K, using a LEPS potential-energy surface. The calculated results include reaction cross sections, rate constants, kinetic isotope effects, the influence of vibrational and rotational excitation of the reactants on the dynamics, and the product energy partitioning and angular distribution. The calculated results are in good agreement with the available experimental results. The dynamics of the O + HI reaction is discussed in view of the associated mass combination H + LH′ (H and H′ are heavy atoms and L is a light atom), and in relation to earlier trajectory results for the reactions O + HCl and O + HBr.     

Quantum Wave Packet Studies on F ＋ HBr Reaction

IntroductionA series of reactions of fluorine atoms with hydro-gen halidesF HCl HF Cl (1)(ΔH—00=-137·10 kJ/mol)F HBr HF Br (2)(ΔH—00=-202·73 kJ/mol)F HI HF I (3)(ΔH—00= -270·45 kJ/mol)belongs to the prototypical heavy-light-heavy reactionsa     

S1 ← S0 laser excitation spectra of glyoxal in a supersonic jet: High-resolution rotational analysis

The high-resolution rotational spectra of several S₁ ← S₀ vibrational transitions of glyoxal are obtained and analyzed. Undispersed fluorescence excitation spectra are obtained with a CW ring dye laser in a supersonic jet, providing a linewidth down to 100 MHz. Rotational constants and band origins are determined with an asymmetric rotator program. Population distribution in the supersonic jet is studied. The overtones of the torsion mode (ν₇) are examined as an approach to the trans-cis potential barrier. The 8₀¹ and 8₀¹ 7₀² bands of A + B type, which are too congested at room temperature experiments, are well resolved in this jet experiment. As a result, the rotational constants obtained by fitting low-J and -K rotational transitions are in good agreement with the constants obtained by fitting large-J and -K transitions of room temperature spectra. Furthermore, on about 1000 analyzed lines no rotational perturbation has been observed.     

Dissociative nitrogen chemisorption and bonding on Gd(0001)

The electronic structure of dissociatively chemisorbed nitrogen on Gd(0001) has been studied using angle-resolved photoemission at 150 K. The symmetry of the nitrogen-induced states and bonding configuration for the initial chemisorption has been identified. Bonding occurs above the Gd(0001) surface plane via the N p_z orbital. Two possible adsorption sites are postulated, with preferential occupancy that is dependent upon coverage.     

State-to-State Quantum Dynamical Study of H+Br2→HBr+Br Reaction

The time-dependent wave packet method has been employed to calculate the state-to-state integral cross sections and differential cross sections (DCSs) for three initial states of the title reaction on the recently constructed neural network potential energy surface. It is found that the product HBr(\begin{document}$ v' $\end{document} = 2, 3, 4) states have the dominated population in the entire energy region considered here, indicating an inverted HBr vibrational state distribution. More than half of the available energy ends up as product internal motion, and most of which goes into the vibrational motion. Our calculations show that initial rotational excitation of Br\begin{document}$ _2 $\end{document} has little effect on the product ro-vibrational state distributions and DCSs of the reaction. While the initial vibrational excitation has some influences. The initial vibrational excitation to \begin{document}$ v_0 $\end{document} = 5 obviously enhance the product vibrational excitation in the low energy region. The DCSs for collision energy up to 0.5 eV at the ground and rotationally excited state are peaked in the backward direction, but the width of the angular distribution increases considerably with the increase of collision energy. For the vibrationally excited state, the DCSs are rather complicated with some strong forward scattering peaks for highly vibrationally excited products.