VELOCITY-MAPPED ION IMAGING OF METHYL NITRITE PHOTODISSOCIATION
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Date
2010
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Ohio State University
Abstract
Methyl nitrite, CH$_{3}$ONO, was photodissociated at 355 nm in a velocity-map ion imaging apparatus. The NO photoproduct was detected through state-resolved 1+1' resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization. The NO products are highly oriented in the laboratory frame, indicating perpendicular transition and a prompt dissociation. The velocities of the NO products reveal that methyl nitrite undergoes rapid predissociation after 355 nm excitation.
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Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, Kalamazoo College, 1200 Academy Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49006