Ultrafast electron diffraction: determination of radical structure with picosecond time resolution

被引:44
作者
Cao, J [1 ]
Ihee, H [1 ]
Zewail, AH [1 ]
机构
[1] CALTECH, Arthur Amos Noyes Lab Chem Phys, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
关键词
D O I
10.1016/S0009-2614(98)00520-X
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Using ultrafast electron diffraction (UED) with the temporal diffraction-difference method recently developed in this laboratory, we report accurate determination of the radical (CF2) structure in the dissociation of diiododifluoromethane (CF2I2) with picosecond time resolution. Time-zero was clocked accurately within 2 ps and both iodine atoms were found to be liberated in less than 4 ps. The structure, absolute fraction, and electronic state of the radical were determined. The CF2 radical was found to be in X(1)A(1) ground state with C-F and F ... F distances of 1.30(+/-0.02) Angstrom and 2.06(+/-0.06) Angstrom, respectively. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
引用
收藏
页码:1 / 8
页数:8
相关论文
共 34 条
[11]  
Hargittai I., 1988, STEREOCHEMICAL APPL
[12]   LEAST-SQUARES REFINEMENT OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURES FROM GASEOUS ELECTRON-DIFFRACTION SECTOR-MICROPHOTOMETER 2NTENSITY DATA .I. METHOD [J].
HEDBERG, K ;
IWASAKI, M .
ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA, 1964, 17 (05) :529-&
[13]   Ultrafast electron diffraction:: structures in dissociation dynamics of Fe(CO)5 [J].
Ihee, H ;
Cao, J ;
Zewail, AH .
CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 1997, 281 (1-3) :10-19
[14]   STRUCTURAL AND VIBRATIONAL KINETICS BY STROBOSCOPIC GAS ELECTRON-DIFFRACTION - THE 193-NM PHOTODISSOCIATION OF CS2 [J].
ISCHENKO, AA ;
SCHAFER, L ;
LUO, JY ;
EWBANK, JD .
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY, 1994, 98 (35) :8673-8678
[15]   PICOSECOND PHOTOFRAGMENT SPECTROSCOPY .4. DYNAMICS OF CONSECUTIVE BOND BREAKAGE IN THE REACTION C2F4I2-]C2F4+ 2I [J].
KHUNDKAR, LR ;
ZEWAIL, AH .
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 1990, 92 (01) :231-242
[16]   MICROWAVE-SPECTRUM, FORCE FIELD AND DIPOLE-MOMENT OF CF2 [J].
KIRCHHOFF, WH ;
LIDE, DR ;
POWELL, FX .
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY, 1973, 47 (03) :491-498
[17]   THE GAS-PHASE STRUCTURE OF DIFLUORODIIODOMETHANE, CF2I2 [J].
MACK, HG ;
OBERHAMMER, H ;
JOHN, EO ;
KIRCHMEIER, RL ;
SHREEVE, JM .
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE, 1991, 250 (01) :103-106
[18]   ABSORPTION SPECTRUM OF CF [J].
MATHEWS, CW .
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, 1967, 45 (07) :2355-&
[19]   INFRARED ABSORPTION SPECTRA AND VIBRATIONAL ASSIGNMENT OF DIFLUORODIIODOMETHANE [J].
MCALPINE, I ;
SUTCLIFFE, H .
SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY, 1969, A 25 (10) :1723-&
[20]   Energy transduction on the nanosecond time scale: Early structural events in a xanthopsin photocycle [J].
Perman, B ;
Srajer, V ;
Ren, Z ;
Teng, TY ;
Pradervand, C ;
Ursby, T ;
Bourgeois, D ;
Schotte, F ;
Wulff, M ;
Kort, R ;
Hellingwerf, K ;
Moffat, K .
SCIENCE, 1998, 279 (5358) :1946-1950