Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.113, No.16, 3988-3996, 2009
Three-Body Dissociative Charge Exchange Dynamics of sym-Triazine
Translational spectroscopy and coincidence detection techniques have been employed to observe the three-body dissociation dynamics resulting from charge exchange between a fast molecular beam of the sym-triazine cation (C3N3H3+) and cesium. The energetics and momentum correlation between the three hydrogen cyanide products suggest that dissociation proceeds via two mechanisms that reflect the initial excited states in which sym-triazine is produced. Monte Carlo simulations support a stepwise mechanism resulting from initial excitation into the 3s Rydberg state. Excitation into the valence pi* <- n manifold was found to proceed via a near-symmetric concerted mechanism, in agreement with recent theoretical studies on the dissociation of sym-triazine.