A look at the dissociation pathways of Acetone and Trifluoro Acetone By Smriti Anand and Muhannad Zamari
Outline Introduction Systems Studied Calculations Results and Discussions Future Work Acknowledgements
Introduction Previous Work Dissociation of molecules in an intense laser field What is our interest? Other fragments ????? Pathways for the dissociation ???
Systems of Interest Molecules studied: Acetone Trifluoro Acetone
Acetone Neutral Radical Cation
Trifluoro Acetone Neutral Radical Cation
Possible fragments ??? Acetone: Radicals, anions, and cations of CH 3 and CH 3 CO. CO ???? Trifluoro Acetone Radicals, anions, and cations of CH 3, CF 3, CH 3 CO, CF 3 CO. CO ????
Energetics (Neutral molecule) at HF/3-21G
Energetics (Radical cation) at HF/3-21G
Rigid Vs Relaxed Scan along C-CH 3 in Acetone at HF/3-21G
Rigid Vs Relaxed Scan along C-CF 3 bond in Trifluoro Acetone at HF/3-21G
Rigid Vs Relaxed Scan along C-CH 3 bond in Trifluoro Acetone at HF/3-21G
Transition State (Trifluoro Acetone)
Transition State (Acetone)
Future Work Trajectory Calculations. Branching ratios of the various pathways ? CH 3 COCF > COCF 3 + CH > COCH 3 + CF > CH 3 + CF 3 + CO CH 3 COCH > CH 3 CO + CH > CH 3 + CH 3 + CO
Future Work Other fragments ??? Possibility of Rearrangement ?? Further studies at a higher level of theory Study other molecules.
Acknowledgments Thanks to: Dr. Schlegel Dr. Levis Noel Moore (Levis Group) Xiaosong Li (Schlegel Group)
CH 3 CO and CF 3 CO Radicals
CH 3 CO Cation
CF 3 CO Cation
CH3 and CF3 radicals
CH3 and CF3 cations