Volume 228, 2021

Strong-field ionization of polyatomic molecules: ultrafast H atom migration and bond formation in the photodissociation of CH3OH

Abstract

Strong-field ionization induces various complex phenomena like bond breaking, intramolecular hydrogen migration, and bond association in polyatomic molecules. The H-atom migration and bond formation in CH3OH induced by intense femtosecond laser pulses are investigated using a Velocity Map Imaging (VMI) spectrometer. Various laser parameters like intensity (1.5 × 1013 W cm−2–12.5 × 1013 W cm−2), pulse duration (29 fs and 195 fs), wavelength (800 nm and 1300 nm), and polarization (linear and circular) can serve as a quantum control for hydrogen migration and the yield of Hn+ (n = 1–3) ions which have been observed in this study. Further, in order to understand the ejection mechanism of the hydrogen molecular ions H2+ and H3+ from singly-ionized CH3OH, quantum chemical calculations were employed. The dissociation processes of CH3OH+ occurring by four dissociative channels to form CHO+ + H3, H3+ + CHO, CH2+ + H2O, and H2O+ + CH2 are studied. Using the combined approach of experiments and theory, we have successfully explained the mechanism of intramolecular hydrogen migration and predicted the dissociative channels of singly-ionized CH3OH.

Graphical abstract: Strong-field ionization of polyatomic molecules: ultrafast H atom migration and bond formation in the photodissociation of CH3OH

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Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 des 2020
Accepted
05 jan 2021
First published
06 jan 2021

Faraday Discuss., 2021,228, 432-450

Strong-field ionization of polyatomic molecules: ultrafast H atom migration and bond formation in the photodissociation of CH3OH

R. Das, D. K. Pandey, V. Nimma, M. P., P. Bhardwaj, P. Chandravanshi, M. Shameem K. M., D. K. Singh and R. K. Kushawaha, Faraday Discuss., 2021, 228, 432 DOI: 10.1039/D0FD00129E

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