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Published November 21, 1985 | public
Journal Article

Femtosecond Photofragment Spectroscopy: The Reaction ICN → CN + I

Abstract

In this Letter we report our first results on femtosecond photofragment spectroscopy. The reaction studied is I-CN → [I···CN] → I + CN. A photolysis-and-probe scheme is used to measure the rate of the primary photodissociation of ICN under collisionless conditions. The CN buildup time is measured from these preliminary results to be 600 • 100 fs. These direct measurements for the time of bond breakage in ICN are discussed in relation to the dynamics of the recoil process of the reaction.

Additional Information

© 1985 American Chemical Society. Received: September 28, 1985. This research was supported by the National Science Foundation. We thank Prof. C. Wittig for his interest in this work and useful discussions on ICN.

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