Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.104, No.40, 9087-9090, 2000
Picosecond hydrogen transfer in the phenol-(NH3)(n=1-3) excited state
The phenol-(NH3)(n=1,2,3) (S-1) lifetimes have been measured near their band origins by a picosecond pump/probe scheme. The very short lifetimes observed reveal that the excited clusters undergo a reactive process, namely the following dissociative hydrogen transfer reaction: PhOH*-(NH3)(n) --> PhO. + NH4(NH3)(n-1).