Nitric oxide photofragment rotational distribution from UV dissociation of cyclopentadienylnickel nitrosyl

Article abstract of DOI:10.1063/1.454305

The rotational state distribution for NO produced by dissociation of (η⁵-C5H5)NiNO near 225 nm has been obtained by <1 + 1> resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization.The distribution is approximately characterized by a Boltzmann distribution at T = 900+/-200 K.The relative populations of the two spin-orbit components of the ground ²Π manifold are also consistent with this temperature.No preference is observed for populating either of the lambda--doublet components, even at high rotational quantum numbers.Comparison of the results with statistical models shows that the state distribution is significantly colder than expected.One plausible explanation for this is that the parent molecule dissociates to produce cyclopentadienylnickel fragments in an excited electronic state.

Full text of DOI:10.1063/1.454305

Nitric oxide photofragment rotational distribution from UV dissociation of
cyclopentadienylnickel nitrosyl
Savas Georgiou and Charles A. Wight
Citation: The Journal of Chemical Physics 88, 7418 (1988); doi: 10.1063/1.454305
View online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.454305
View Table of Contents: http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jcp/88/12?ver=pdfcov
Published by the AIP Publishing
Articles you may be interested in
Photofragment energy distributions and dissociation pathways in dimethyl sulfoxide
J. Chem. Phys. 110, 10843 (1999); 10.1063/1.479000
Rotational state distribution of CO photofragments from triplet ketene
J. Chem. Phys. 85, 5101 (1986); 10.1063/1.451702
Direct inelastic scattering of nitric oxide from clean Ag(111): Rotational and fine structure distributions
J. Chem. Phys. 79, 5163 (1983); 10.1063/1.445643
Dissociation Energies of Nitrogen and Nitric Oxide
J. Chem. Phys. 16, 848 (1948); 10.1063/1.1747019
The Heat of Dissociation of Nitric Oxide
J. Chem. Phys. 16, 604 (1948); 10.1063/1.1746954
This article is copyrighted as indicated in the article. Reuse of AIP content is subject to the terms at: http://scitation.aip.org/termsconditions. Downloaded to IP:
130.70.241.163 On: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 18:21:02

This article is copyrighted as indicated in the article. Reuse of AIP content is subject to the terms at: http://scitation.aip.org/termsconditions. Downloaded to IP:
130.70.241.163 On: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 18:21:02

This article is copyrighted as indicated in the article. Reuse of AIP content is subject to the terms at: http://scitation.aip.org/termsconditions. Downloaded to IP:
130.70.241.163 On: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 18:21:02

This article is copyrighted as indicated in the article. Reuse of AIP content is subject to the terms at: http://scitation.aip.org/termsconditions. Downloaded to IP:
130.70.241.163 On: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 18:21:02

This article is copyrighted as indicated in the article. Reuse of AIP content is subject to the terms at: http://scitation.aip.org/termsconditions. Downloaded to IP:
130.70.241.163 On: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 18:21:02

This article is copyrighted as indicated in the article. Reuse of AIP content is subject to the terms at: http://scitation.aip.org/termsconditions. Downloaded to IP:
130.70.241.163 On: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 18:21:02

This article is copyrighted as indicated in the article. Reuse of AIP content is subject to the terms at: http://scitation.aip.org/termsconditions. Downloaded to IP:
130.70.241.163 On: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 18:21:02