title: Photodissociation of cis-, trans-, and 1,1-dichloroethylene in the ultraviolet range: characterization of Cl((2)P(J)) elimination.
abstract: By using photofragment velocity imaging detection coupled with a (2 + 1) resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization technique, the elimination channel of spin-orbit chlorine atoms in photodissociation of cis-, trans-, and 1,1-dichloroethylene at two photolysis wavelengths of 214.5 and 235 nm is investigated. Translational energy and angular distributions of Cl((2)P(J)) fragmentation are acquired. The Cl((2)P(J)) fragments are produced by two competing channels. The fast dissociation component with higher translational energy is characterized by a Gaussian distribution, resulting from a curve crossing of the initially excited (pi, pi*) state to nearby repulsive (pi, sigma*) and/or (n, sigma*). In contrast, the slow component with a lower translational energy is characterized by a Boltzmann distribution, which dissociates on the vibrationally hot ground state relaxed from the (pi, pi*) state via internal conversion. cis-C(2)H(2)Cl(2) is found to have a larger branching of Boltzmann component than the other two isomers. The fraction of available energy partitioning into translation increases along the trend of cis- < trans- < 1,1-C(2)H(2)Cl(2). This trend may be fitted by a rigid radical model and interpreted by means of a torque generated during the C-Cl bond cleavage. The anisotropy parameters are determined, and the transition dipole moments are expected to be essentially along the C horizontal lineC bond axis. The results are also predicted theoretically. The relative quantum yields of Cl((2)P(J)) have a similar value for the three isomers at the two photolysis wavelengths.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, PR China.
authors.forename: Linqiang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hua
authors.forename: Xiaopeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wei-Bin
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Meng-Hsuan
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: King-Chuen
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D002713:Chlorine / Q000737:chemistry*; D004000:Dichloroethylenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D055668:Photochemical Processes; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D004000:Dichloroethylenes; C029297:vinylidene chloride; D002713:Chlorine