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J Chem Phys. 2006 May 28;124(20):204303. doi: 10.1063/1.2196890.

Photodissociation dynamics of the HCNN radical.

The Journal of chemical physics

Ann Elise Faulhaber, Jason R Gascooke, Alexandra A Hoops, Daniel M Neumark

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.

PMID: 16774328 DOI: 10.1063/1.2196890

Abstract

The photodissociation dynamics of the diazomethyl (HCNN) radical have been studied using fast radical beam photofragment translational spectroscopy. A photofragment yield spectrum was obtained for the range of 25,510-40,820 cm(-1), and photodissociation was shown to occur for energies above 25,600 cm(-1). The only product channel observed was the formation of CH and N2. Fragment translational energy and angular distributions were obtained at several energies in the range covered by the photofragment yield spectrum. The fragment translational energy distributions showed at least two distinct features at energies up to 4.59 eV, and were not well fit by phase space theory at any of the excitation energies studied. A revised C-N bond dissociation energy and heat of formation for HCNN, D0(HC-NN)=1.139+/-0.019 eV and DeltafH0(HCNN)=5.010+/-0.023 eV, were determined.

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