Acceleration of intramolecular vibrational redistribution by methyl internal rotation. II. A comparison of m‐fluorotoluene and p‐fluorotoluene
Acceleration of intramolecular vibrational redistribution by methyl internal rotation. II. A comparison of m‐fluorotoluene and p‐fluorotoluene
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甲基内旋转加速分子内振动重新分布 II。
DOI:
10.1063/1.466685
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发表时间:
1994
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
D. Moss
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作者:
P. Timbers;C. Parmenter;D. Moss
Comparisons of rate constants for intramolecular vibrational redistribution (IVR) within the S1 manifolds of aromatic molecules with and without methyl internal rotation have been extended to meta‐fluorotoluene (mFT). The IVR rate constant, as determined by the method of O2 fluorescence quenching (chemical timing), is 8.2×1011 s−1 for the zero‐order level 31 with evib≊1250 cm−1. This rate is approximately 10 times greater than that for the comparable level in para‐fluorotoluene (pFT). The IVR rate in pFT in turn exceeds that for a comparable level in para‐difluorobenzene (pDFB) by a factor of 40. We consider these differences using the Fermi golden rule formulation of the IVR rate constant. The enhanced value for mFT vs pFT may be a consequence of increased coupling strength between the internal rotation and molecular vibration plus a combination of factors that increase the coupled state density. This result is in contrast to the comparison between pFT and pDFB, where IVR acceleration is attributed prima...