Ultrafast photo-ion probing of the ring-opening process in trans-stilbene oxide
- The ultrafast photo-induced ring opening of the oxirane derivative trans-stilbene oxide has been studied through the use of ultrafast UV/UV pump-probe spectroscopy by using photo-ion detection. Single- and multiphoton probe paths and final states were identified through comparisons between UV power studies and synchrotron-based vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) single-photon ionization studies. Three major time-dependent features of the parent ion (sub-450 fs decay, (1.5 +/- 0.2) ps, and >100 ps) were observed. These decays are discussed in conjunction with the primary ring-opening mechanism of stilbene oxide, which occurs through C-C dissociation in the oxirane ring. The appearance of fragments relating to the masses of dehydrogenated diphenylmethane (167 amu) and dehydrogenated methylbenzene (90 amu) were also investigated. The appearance of the 167 amu fragment could suggest an alternative ultrafast ring-opening pathway via the dissociation of one of the C-O bonds within the oxirane ring.
| Author details: | Matthew Scott RobinsonORCiD, Mario NiebuhrORCiDGND, Fabiano LeverORCiD, Dennis MayerORCiD, Jan Metje, Markus GührORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202101343 |
| ISSN: | 1521-3765 |
| Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34037274 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Chemistry - a European journal |
| Publisher: | Wiley-VCH |
| Place of publishing: | Weinheim |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2021/05/26 |
| Publication year: | 2021 |
| Release date: | 2023/11/08 |
| Tag: | femtochemistry; mass spectrometry; photochemistry; small ring systems; stilbene oxide |
| Volume: | 27 |
| Issue: | 44 |
| Number of pages: | 10 |
| First page: | 11418 |
| Last Page: | 11427 |
| Funding institution: | Lichtenberg Professorship of the Volkswagen Foundation; BMBF VerbundforschungsprojektFederal Ministry of Education & Research (BMBF) [05K16IP1]; DFGGerman Research Foundation (DFG)European Commission [INST 336/112-1]; Projekt DEAL |
| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik und Astronomie |
| DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 54 Chemie / 540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften |
| 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 66 Chemische Verfahrenstechnik / 660 Chemische Verfahrenstechnik | |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Publishing method: | Open Access / Hybrid Open-Access |
| License (German): |  CC-BY-NC - Namensnennung, nicht kommerziell 4.0 International |
