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Ultrafast structural dynamics of in-cage isomerization of diiodomethane in solution.


ABSTRACT: Despite extensive studies on the isomer species formed by photodissociation of haloalkanes in solution, the molecular structure of the precursor of the isomer, which is often assumed to be a vibrationally hot isomer formed from the radical pair, and its in-cage isomerization mechanism remain elusive. Here, the structural dynamics of CH2I2 upon 267 nm photoexcitation in methanol were probed with femtosecond X-ray solution scattering at an X-ray free-electron laser. The determined molecular structure of the transiently formed species that converts to the CH2I-I isomer has the I-I distance of 4.17 Å, which is longer than that of the isomer (3.15 Å) by more than 1.0 Å and the mean-squared displacement of 0.45 Å2, which is about 100 times larger than those of typical regular chemical bonds. These unusual structural characteristics are consistent with either a vibrationally hot form of the CH2I-I isomer or the loosely-bound radical pair (CH2I˙⋯I˙).

SUBMITTER: Kim H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8179290 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Ultrafast structural dynamics of in-cage isomerization of diiodomethane in solution.

Kim Hanui H   Kim Jong Goo JG   Kim Tae Wu TW   Lee Sang Jin SJ   Nozawa Shunsuke S   Adachi Shin-Ichi SI   Yoon Kihwan K   Kim Joonghan J   Ihee Hyotcherl H  

Chemical science 20201207 6


Despite extensive studies on the isomer species formed by photodissociation of haloalkanes in solution, the molecular structure of the precursor of the isomer, which is often assumed to be a vibrationally hot isomer formed from the radical pair, and its in-cage isomerization mechanism remain elusive. Here, the structural dynamics of CH<sub>2</sub>I<sub>2</sub> upon 267 nm photoexcitation in methanol were probed with femtosecond X-ray solution scattering at an X-ray free-electron laser. The deter  ...[more]

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