Issue 2, 2014

Critical influences on the rate of intramolecular vibrational redistribution: a comparative study of toluene, toluene-d3 and p-fluorotoluene

Abstract

The intramolecular vibrational redistribution (IVR) dynamics following the excitation of a mode in the first electronically excited states of toluene, toluene-d3 and p-fluorotoluene that has predominantly C–CH3 stretching character and an internal energy of ∼1200 cm−1 have been compared using picosecond time-resolved photoelectron imaging spectroscopy as a probe. Temporal changes in the intensities of spectral features in each molecule have enabled IVR lifetimes of 12, 15 and 50 ps, respectively, to be determined. Our measurements show that doorway states are critical in mediating the IVR dynamics in toluene and toluene-d3, and we deduce that these doorway states, which are assigned in the course of this work, are also instrumental in reducing the IVR lifetimes of these molecules relative to p-fluorotoluene.

Graphical abstract: Critical influences on the rate of intramolecular vibrational redistribution: a comparative study of toluene, toluene-d3 and p-fluorotoluene

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Jul 2013
Accepted
09 Sep 2013
First published
17 Sep 2013

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014,16, 430-443

Critical influences on the rate of intramolecular vibrational redistribution: a comparative study of toluene, toluene-d3 and p-fluorotoluene

J. A. Davies, A. M. Green, A. M. Gardner, C. D. Withers, T. G. Wright and K. L. Reid, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16, 430 DOI: 10.1039/C3CP53055H

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