The reaction of the cyano radical (CN) with ethane (C₂H₆) was studied using time resolved infrared absorption to monitor the product hydrogen cyanide (HCN) in individual ro-vibrational states. Pulse laser photolysis was used to provide an initial excess of the CN radical and the time dependence of individual ro-vibrational states of the high frequency antisymmetric stretching mode of HCN (0,0,v₃) was followed. These experiments reveal that the initial product state distribution of HCN is not highly excited in the HCN(0,0,v₃) vibrational manifold.

Date Published: 17 June 1994
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 2124, Laser Techniques for State-Selected and State-to-State Chemistry II, (17 June 1994); doi: 10.1117/12.178095

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 2124:
Laser Techniques for State-Selected and State-to-State Chemistry II
John W. Hepburn, Editor(s)