Abstract
The dissociation dynamics of the m-iodotoluene molecular ion has been studied on nanosecond and microsecond time scales using photodissociation and metastable ion decomposition techniques. The rate constant for the iodine loss reaction has been determined by the photodissociation - mass-analyzed ion kinetic energy spectrometry method developed previously. Kinetic energy release distributions determined at widely different dissociation time scales have been found to be composite. This was attributed to the participation of two competing reaction channels, namely the formation of the m-tolyl and tropylium ions. The investigated reaction seems to be well explained by the statistical theories.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 103-126 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes |
| Volume | 107 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - 15 Jun 1991 |