Deuteration Affects the Photodissociation of Formaldehyde Pubblico
Shearouse, James Craig (2009)
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Abstract Deuteration Affects the Photodissociation of Formaldehyde
By James Craig Shearouse The effect of mass in the phenomenon of formaldehyde roaming is investigated by the substitution of a single deuterium to determine whether the proton or the deuteron is more likely to roam. Possible issues with the preparation of the initial conditions for a physically accurate and meaningful quasiclassical trajectory simulation of formaldehyde photodissociation are explored in light of the proposed intramolecular relaxation mechanism, and a microcanonical sampling method is utilized. Additionally, an investigation is made as to whether the roaming phenomenon is associated with its own transition state or whether it is, as hypothesized, a barrierless process. The results of quasiclassical trajectory simulation of the deuterated system are compared to the predictions made by a phase space theory/RRKM theory prediction of product distributions.
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1. Introduction pg. 1 2. Phase Space/RRKM Theory Predictions pg. 4 3. Quasiclassical Trajectory Simulation pg. 9 4. Detecting Roaming pg. 12 5. Stationary Point Search pg. 16 6. Results and Discussion pg. 18 7. Conclusions pg. 21 List of Figures Fig. 1 Lifetimes of all Trajectories Starting from "Stretched Formaldehyde" pg. 26 Fig. 2 Lifetimes of H+HCO Trajectories Starting from "Stretched Formaldehyde" pg. 27 Fig. 3 Lifetimes of H2+CO Trajectories Starting from "Stretched Formaldehyde" pg. 28 Fig. 4 HD Vibrational Distribution from 37000 cm-1 Photodissociation pg. 29 Fig. 5 H2 Vibrational Distribution from 37000 cm-1 Photodissociation pg. 30 Fig. 6 C-H Bond Length during a Roaming D Trajectory, Example 1 pg. 31 Fig. 7 C-D Bond Length during a Roaming D Trajectory, Example 1 pg. 32 Fig. 8 C-H Bond Length during a Roaming D Trajectory, Example 2 pg. 33 Fig. 9 C-D Bond Length during a Roaming D Trajectory, Example 2 pg. 34 Fig. 10 Comparison of H2 and HD Vibrational Distributions pg. 35 Fig. 11 Comparison of CO Vibrational Distributions from H2CO and HDCO pg. 36
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