Random energy flow in the dissociation of energy selected bromobenzene and bromobenzene-d5 ions

✍ Scribed by Tomas Baer; Robert Kury

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 265 KB
• Volume: 92
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2614
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(82)83669-5

✦ Synopsis

The absolute rates of bromine atom loss in bromobenzene and deuterobromobenzene ions were measured as a function of the internal energy. The ions were prepared at selected energies by photoion photoelectron coincidence. The results were compared to the rates predicted by the statistical theory. The excellent agreement between theory and experiment indicates that the CH or CD vibrational modes participate fully in the energy flow of the isolated molecular ions, even though the CH and CD bonds are not involved in the formation of product C6H" ~ and C6D ~ fragment ions.