The reactions of ground-state boron atoms, B((2)P(j)), with methylacetylene, CH3CCH(X(1)A(1)), and its [D3]-substituted isotopomer, CD3CCH(X(1)A(1)), are studied under single collision conditions using the crossed molecular beam technique at collision energies of 21.6 and 21.9 kJ mol(-1), respectively. Utilizing the CD3CCH reactant, detailed information on the dynamics is obtained. The reaction...

The chemical dynamics to synthesize the 2,4-pentadiynyl-1 radical, HCCCCCH(2)(X(2)B(1)), via the neutral-neutral reaction of dicarbon with methylacetylene, was examined in a crossed molecular beams experiment at a collision energy of 37.6 kJ mol(-1). The laboratory angular distribution and time-of-flight spectra of the 2,4-pentadiynyl-1 radical and its fragmentation patterns were recorded at m/...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)organic compounds that consist of fused benzene ringsand their hydrogen-deficient precursors have attracted extensive interest from combustion scientists, organic chemists, astronomers, and planetary scientists. On Earth, PAHs are toxic combustion products and a source of air pollution. In the interstellar medium, research suggests that PAHs play a role in...

The hydrocarbon photochemistry in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter is investigated using a one-dimensional, photochemical-diffusive, and diurnally averaged model. The important chemical cycles and pathways among the major species are outlined and a standard model for the North Equatorial Belt region is examined in detail. It is found that several traditionally dominant chemical pathways among ...

For the reaction of O((3)P) with propyne, the product channels and mechanisms are investigated both theoretically and experimentally. Theoretically, the CCSD(T)//B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) level of calculations are performed for both the triplet and singlet potential energy surfaces and the minimum energy crossing point between the two surfaces are located with the Newton-Lagrange method. The theoretica...

The quantum state distributions of the C, radical from the UV multiphoton dissociation of allene and propyne in a pulsed molecular beam have been measured. The observed distributions for both molecules are identical and are much colder than a phase space model would predict, implying that direct dissociation is occurring in one step and isomerization in another. It is concluded that both allene...