Abstract
The competitive photodissociation kinetics of the isobutanal radical cation ((CH3)2CHCHO+, 1) were investigated using experimental and theoretical methods. The photodissociation was followed by the 2 + 1 REMPI process in the gas phase. The reaction pathways for the main product ions with m/z 43 and 29 were determined by calculating the potential energy surface of the dissociation with the G4 method. Through a kinetic analysis using RRKM calculations, we proposed that the main photodissociation pathways were 1 → (CH3)2CH+ + CHO, 1 → (CH3)2CH+ + H + CO, and 1 → CH3CH2COCH3+ → CH3CH2+ + CH3 + CO.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 47689-47694 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | RSC Advances |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 75 |
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| State | Published - 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was nancially supported by Ewha Womans University and by the National Institute of Supercomputing and Network/Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information with supercomputing resources including technical support (KSC-2017-C1-0001).
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© 2017 The Royal Society of Chemistry.