The photodissociation dynamics of m-brornofluorobenzene has been experimentally investi- gated at around 240 nrn using the DC-slice velocity map imaging technique. The kinetic energy release spectra and the recoiling ...The photodissociation dynamics of m-brornofluorobenzene has been experimentally investi- gated at around 240 nrn using the DC-slice velocity map imaging technique. The kinetic energy release spectra and the recoiling angular distributions of fragmented Br（2P3/2） and Br（2P1/2） atoms from photodissociation of m-bromofluorobenzene have been measured at diff）rent photolysis wavelengths around 240 nm. The experimental results indicate that two dissociation pathways via （pre-）dissociation of the two low-lying 1ππ excited states dominate the production process of the ground state Br（2P3/2） atoms. Because of the weak spin-orbit coupling eff）ct among the low-lying triplet and singlet states, the spin-orbit excited Br（2P1/2） atoms are mainly produced via singlet-triplet state coupling in the dissociation step. The similarity between the present results and that recently reported for o-bromofluorobenzene indicates that the substitution position of the fluorine atom does not significantly affect the UV photodissociation dynamics of bromofluorobenzenes.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2017YFA0303502)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21773221 and No.21727804)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China
文摘The photodissociation dynamics of m-brornofluorobenzene has been experimentally investi- gated at around 240 nrn using the DC-slice velocity map imaging technique. The kinetic energy release spectra and the recoiling angular distributions of fragmented Br（2P3/2） and Br（2P1/2） atoms from photodissociation of m-bromofluorobenzene have been measured at diff）rent photolysis wavelengths around 240 nm. The experimental results indicate that two dissociation pathways via （pre-）dissociation of the two low-lying 1ππ excited states dominate the production process of the ground state Br（2P3/2） atoms. Because of the weak spin-orbit coupling eff）ct among the low-lying triplet and singlet states, the spin-orbit excited Br（2P1/2） atoms are mainly produced via singlet-triplet state coupling in the dissociation step. The similarity between the present results and that recently reported for o-bromofluorobenzene indicates that the substitution position of the fluorine atom does not significantly affect the UV photodissociation dynamics of bromofluorobenzenes.
