LIFETIMES OF HE LOWEST EXCITED STATES OF THE CYCLOPENTADIENYL AND THE MONOMETHYLCYCLOPENTADIENYL RADICALS
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1987
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Ohio State University
Abstract
Measurements have been made of the lifetimes of various vibrational levels of the lowest excited electronic state of the cyclopentadienyl. $C_{5}H_{5}$. and methylcyclopentadienyl, $C_{5}H_{4}CH_{3}$, radicals. These measurements show a similar decrease in lifetime for each radical as the energy of the vibrational level is increased. These observations are consistent with a significant non-radiative decay route opening in the excited state.
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Author Institution: Department of Physics, Louisiana State University; Department of Chemistry, Ohio State University