Evidence for the non-equilibration of vibrational excitation energy in a neopentane molecule, recently labelled by recoil tritium
Abstract
The reaction of hot recoil tritium atoms with neopentane can generate excited neopentane molecules which decompose by breaking the C–C bond nearest the labelling site; the excess energy is therefore not equilibrated before decomposition, τ½(neopentane–3H)*ca. 120 ps.