VECTOR CORRELATION IN THE PHOTODISSOCIATION OF METAL NITROSYLS
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2010
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Ohio State University
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The vector correlation in the photodissociation of metal nitrosyls has been determined using linearly-polarized laser light and velocity-mapped ion imaging. The 225-nm dissociation beam excites a doubly-degenerate metal-to-ligand charge transfer in both $\eta$$^{5}$-C$_{5}$H$_{5}$NiNO and Co(CO)$_{3}$NO. State-resolved detection of the NO product through the A (v'=0) $\leftarrow$ X (v"=0) transition reveals that both molecules dissociate promptly with a high degree of vector correlation.
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Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, Kalamazoo College, 1200 Academy Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49006