PROBING REACTION CHANNELS OF CHLOROBENZENE-AMMONIA CLUSTERS: A TWO-COLOR STUDY.

Mutete, Ronald

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Title

PROBING REACTION CHANNELS OF CHLOROBENZENE-AMMONIA CLUSTERS: A TWO-COLOR STUDY.

Author(s)

Mutete, Ronald

Contributor(s)

• Reid, Scott
• Kokkin, Damian L

Issue Date

2023-06-21

Keyword(s)

Dynamics and kinetics

Abstract

Noncovalent interactions including π-π stacking, CH/π interactions and halogen bonding play a significant role in many chemical and biological processes. Understanding their nature and behavior gives insight into how they influence processes such as protein folding, molecular self-assembly, and drug-substrate interactions. Using a combination of velocity mapped ion imaging, two-color photoionization, and theoretical calculations we probe the chlorobenzene-ammonia cluster system. From our previous studies, we have insight into the reactive pathways as well as the possible geometries of the σ-type reaction intermediate (Reid, et al. 2013 ᵃ). This study is focusing on probing the reaction pathways around the activation energy. The first photon is for excitation and a time delayed second photon is for ionization to initiate the radical reaction. The dimer cation radical reacts via Cl- atom or HCl loss pathways forming protonated aniline and aniline cation respectively or H-atom loss forming ortho-chloro protonated aniline. The energy of the photons can be controlled enabling the experiment to determine threshold energy of the reaction as well as confirm the primary reaction channel.

Publisher

International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy

Type of Resource

Text

Language

eng

Handle URL

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/122692

DOI

https://doi.org/10.15278/isms.2023.7241

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