Cold collisions catalyse conformational conversion

被引:71
作者
Erlekam, Undine [1 ]
Frankowski, Marcin [1 ]
von Helden, Gert [1 ]
Meijer, Gerard [1 ]
机构
[1] Max Planck Gesell, Fritz Haber Inst, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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10.1039/b703571c
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We have determined the abundance of two different conformational structures of the mixed benzene dimer (C6H6)(C6D6) in a molecular beam, with various carrier gases. These two T-shaped conformers have a subtle zero-point energy difference of only a few cm(-1), and a transition state barrier of about 64 cm(-1). Nevertheless, depending on the carrier gas, the lowest energy conformer can exclusively be prepared in the molecular beam. Low-energy two-body collisions of the benzene-dimers with the carrier gas atoms are concluded to be responsible for this.
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页码:3786 / 3789
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