Accession Number:

ADA056801

Title:

The Photodissociation of Tetramethyldioxetane.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

ILLINOIS UNIV AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN DEPT OF CHEMISTRY

Personal Author(s):

• Smith,Kevin K.
• Koo,Ja-young
• Schuster,Gary B.
• Kaufmann,Kenneth J.

Report Date:

1978-07-05

Pagination or Media Count:

18.0

Abstract:

Tetramethyldioxetane was excited with a single 10 psec pulse at 264 nm. The resulting acetone fluorescence was observed and the rise time was found to be less than 10 psec. A mechanism accounting for this and previous experimental evidence is proposed. Author

Descriptors:

• *PHOTODISSOCIATION
• *OXETANES
• FLUORESCENCE
• ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
• MOLECULAR STATES
• EXCITATION
• LASERS
• ACETONES
• THERMAL DEGRADATION
• CHEMILUMINESCENCE

Subject Categories:

• Radiation and Nuclear Chemistry
• Atomic and Molecular Physics and Spectroscopy

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE