Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.118, No.20, 9073-9076, 2003
Photoelimination of C2H2 and H-2 from styrene at 193 nm
In this letter, we report the photodissociation of styrene at 193 nm by product translational spectroscopy. The results show that the molecule undergoes predominantly molecular elimination of C2H2 and H-2 with a branching ratio C2H2/H-2 approximate to 7. In addition, a secondary dissociation channel from the internally excited C6H6 product was identified. Product translational energy distributions were measured for all reaction channels. The lack of the product anisotropy is consistent with previous investigations that fragment separation occurred after structural rearrangement. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.