Roaming Reactions and Roaming-Mediated Isomerization in the Decomposition of Energetic Materials

Abstract

In the course of this project, roaming reactions and roaming-mediated isomerization were studied in a range of nitro compounds. To this end, infrared multi photon dissociation was coupled to state-resolved velocity map imaging for the first time. Systems studied in detail included nitromethane, nitroethane, 1-nitropropane and nitrobutane, as well as the corresponding nitrites. In addition, these same techniques were applied to vinyl chloride dissociation, where state-resolved imaging clearly showed the ground state dissociation at threshold proceeds by 3- center elimination to give the elusive vinylidene reaction intermediate as a product.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 02, 2015
Accession Number
ADA631574

Entities

People

  • Arthur G. Suits

Organizations

  • Wayne State University

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkenes
  • Carbon Dioxide Lasers
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Decomposition
  • Dissociation
  • Electronic States
  • Energetic Materials
  • Engineering
  • Ground State
  • Materials
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Spectroscopy
  • Students

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Organic Chemistry

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  • Quantum Science - Quantum Dots