Dynamics of hydrogen and methyl radical loss from ionized dihydro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: A tandem mass spectrometry and imaging photoelectron-photoion coincidence (iPEPICO) study of dihydronaphthalene and dihydrophenanthrene

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1807-1816

  West, Brandi ^a   Joblin, Christine ^b   Blanchet, Valerie ^c   Bodi, Andras ^d   Sztáray, Bálint ^e   Mayer, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); CARBON; DISSOCIATION; IONS; ISOMERIZATION; ISOMERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAPHTHALENE; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PROTONATION; RESTORATION;

9 ,10-DIHYDROPHENANTHRENE; C-H BOND DISSOCIATION ENERGY; COLLISION INDUCED DISSOCIATION; DISSOCIATION CHANNELS; ENTROPY OF ACTIVATION; PHOTOELECTRON-PHOTOION COINCIDENCE; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

PHOTOIONIZATION;

EID: 84896312896     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp500430g     Document Type: Article

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