Solvent dependent branching between C-I and C-Br bond cleavage following 266 nm excitation of CH2BrI

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作者
Anderson, Christopher P.
Spears, Kenneth G.
Wilson, Kaitlynn R.
Sension, Roseanne J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Michigan, Dept Chem, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
TRANSIENT RESONANCE RAMAN; A-BAND PHOTODISSOCIATION; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOLYSIS; ALKYL-HALIDES; SELECTIVE PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; CHEMICAL-REACTIVITY; ISO-DIIODOMETHANE; SOLUTION-PHASE; CH2I-I ISOMER;
D O I
10.1063/1.4829899
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
It is well known that ultraviolet photoexcitation of halomethanes results in halogen-carbon bond cleavage. Each halogen-carbon bond has a dominant ultraviolet (UV) absorption that promotes an electron from a nonbonding halogen orbital (n(X)) to a carbon-halogen antibonding orbital (sigma(C-X)*). UV absorption into specific transitions in the gas phase results primarily in selective cleavage of the corresponding carbon-halogen bond. In the present work, broadband ultrafast UV-visible transient absorption studies of CH2BrI reveal a more complex photochemistry in solution. Transient absorption spectra are reported spanning the range from 275 nm to 750 nm and 300 fs to 3 ns following excitation of CH2BrI at 266 nm in acetonitrile, 2-butanol, and cyclohexane. Channels involving formation of CH2Br + I radical pairs, iso-CH2Br-I, and iso-CH2I-Br are identified. The solvent environment has a significant influence on the branching ratios, and on the formation and stability of iso-CH2Br-I. Both iso-CH2Br-I and iso-CH2I-Br are observed in cyclohexane with a ratio of similar to 2.8:1. In acetonitrile this ratio is 7: 1 or larger. The observation of formation of iso-CH2I-Br photoproduct as well as iso-CH2Br-I following 266 nm excitation is a novel result that suggests complexity in the dissociation mechanism. We also report a solvent and concentration dependent lifetime of iso-CH2Br-I. At low concentrations the lifetime is >4 ns in acetonitrile, 1.9 ns in 2-butanol and similar to 1.4 ns in cyclohexane. These lifetimes decrease with higher initial concentrations of CH2BrI. The concentration dependence highlights the role that intermolecular interactions can play in the quenching of unstable isomers of dihalomethanes. (C) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.
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