A combined crossed molecular beam and theorerical study of the O(<sup>3</sup>P,<sup>1</sup>D) + acrylonitrile (CH<sub>2</sub>CHCN) reactions and implications for combustion and extraterrestrial environments
Giacomo Pannacci, Luca Mancini, Gianmarco Vanuzzo, Pengxiao Liang, Demian Marchione, Marzio Rosi, Piergiorgio Casavecchia, Nadia Balucani
Abstract
The reaction between atomic oxygen and acrylonitrile (a ubiquitous species in space and in combustion environments) has been investigated under single collision conditions. Intersystem crossing was seen to dominate the reaction.
Topics & Concepts
AcrylonitrileCombustionChemistryIntersystem crossingOxygenCrossed molecular beamPhotochemistryAstrobiologyAtomic physicsPhysical chemistryPhysicsMoleculeExcited stateOrganic chemistryPolymerCopolymerSinglet stateAdvanced Chemical Physics StudiesSpectroscopy and Laser ApplicationsAtmospheric Ozone and Climate