That Little Extra Kick: Nonadiabatic Effects in Acetaldehyde Photodissociation

The effect of nonadiabatic transitions on branching ratios, kinetic and internal energy distribution of fragments, and reaction mechanisms observed in acetaldehyde photodissociation is investigated by nonadiabatic molecular dynamics (NAMD) simulations using time-dependent hybrid density functional t...

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Veröffentlicht in:The journal of physical chemistry letters 2016-10, Vol.7 (20), p.4185-4190
Hauptverfasser: Vincent, Jordan C, Muuronen, Mikko, Pearce, Kirk C, Mohanam, Luke N, Tapavicza, Enrico, Furche, Filipp
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Zusammenfassung:The effect of nonadiabatic transitions on branching ratios, kinetic and internal energy distribution of fragments, and reaction mechanisms observed in acetaldehyde photodissociation is investigated by nonadiabatic molecular dynamics (NAMD) simulations using time-dependent hybrid density functional theory and Tully surface hopping. Homolytic bond breaking is approximately captured by allowing spin symmetry to break. The NAMD simulations reveal that nonadiabatic transitions selectively enhance the kinetic energy of certain internal degrees of freedom within approximately 50 fs. Branching ratios from NAMD and conventional “hot” Born–Oppenheimer molecular dynamics (BOMD) are similar and qualitatively agree with experiment. However, as opposed to the BOMD simulations, NAMD captures the high-energy tail of the experimental kinetic energy distribution. The extra “kick” of the nuclei in the direction of the nonadiabatic coupling vector results from nonadiabatic transitions close to conical intersections. From a mechanistic perspective, the nonadiabatic effects favor asynchronous over synchronous fragmentation and tend to suppress roaming.
ISSN:1948-7185
1948-7185
DOI:10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b02037