Dynamics of harpooning studied by transition state spectroscopy Part III.† Li···FCH3
Abstract
The Van der Waals complex Li···FCH3 has been formed in a crossed molecular beam apparatus. The transition state (TS) for the reaction Li*(2p 2P) + FCH3
→ LiF + CH3 was accessed at various configurations by laser-excitation of the Li···FCH3 complex by tunable visible radiation, λ1. Photoinduced depletion of the complex by excitation to this TS was found to occur across a broad range of λ1 from 570 to 850 nm. This ‘