Spectroscopy and reactivity of size-selected Mg+-ammonia clusters

• Published in: The Journal of chemical physics Vol. 121; no. 17; pp. 8375 - 8384
• Main Authors: Lee, James I., Sperry, David C., Farrar, James M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.2004
• Subjects: AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATOMIC CLUSTERS; BRANCHING RATIO; CHEMICAL BONDS; DISSOCIATION; GROUND STATES; INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; INTERNAL CONVERSION; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM IONS; PHOTON-MOLECULE COLLISIONS; PHOTONS; REACTIVITY; SOLVATION; SOLVENTS; SPECTRA; SPECTRAL SHIFT; SPECTROSCOPY; VIBRATIONAL STATES

Photodissociation spectra for mass-selected Mg+(NH3)n clusters for n=1 to 7 are reported over the photon energy range from 7000 to 38 500 cm−1. The singly solvated cluster, which dissociates primarily via a N–H bond cleavage, exhibits a resolved vibrational structure corresponding to two progression...