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Reaction dynamics and vibrational spectroscopy of CH3D molecules with both C-H and C-D stretches excited

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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A
Volume 112, Issue 39, Pages 9448-9453

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp803901p

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  1. National Science Foundation

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State-resolved reactions of CH3D molecules containing both C-H and C-D stretching excitation with Cl atoms provide new vibrational spectroscopy and probe the consumption and disposal of vibrational energy in the reactions. The vibrational action spectra have three different components, the combination of the C-H symmetric stretch and the C-D stretch (v(1) + v(2)) the combination of the C-D stretch and the C-H antisymmetric stretch (v(2) + v(4)), and the combination of the C-D stretch and the first overtone of the CH3 bend (v(2) + 2v(5)). The simulation for the previously unanalyzed (v(2) + v(4)) state yields a band center of v(0) = 5215.3 cm(-1), rotational constants of A = 5.223 cm(-1) and B = 3.803 cm(-1), and a Coriolis coupling constant of zeta = 0.084. The reaction dynamics largely follow a spectator picture in which the surviving bond retains its initial vibrational excitation. In at least 80% of the reactive encounters of vibrationally excited CH3D with Cl, cleavage of the C-H bond produces CH2D radicals with an excited C-D stretch, and cleavage of the C-D bond produces CH3 radicals with an excited C-H stretch. Deviations from the spectator picture seem to reflect mixing in the initially prepared eigenstates and, possibly, collisional coupling during the reaction.

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