Nucleophilic Substitution within the Photoionized van der Waals Complex C6H5Cl-NH3

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/j100381a012

Efficient generation of C6H5NH3⁺ was found after the selective ionization of the van der Waals complex C6H5Cl-NH3 which was prepared in a supersonic molecular beam.The action spectrum of the product and its appearance energy were observed by using the two-color mass-selected multiphoton ionization spectroscopy.From the energetics of the reaction it was concluded that the ion-molecule reaction is responsible for the process and the product is generated by the nucleophilic substitution reaction occurring within the photoionized van der Waals complex.