Fragmentation of isocyanic acid, HNCO, following core excitation and ionization

We report a study on the fragmentation of core-ionized and core-excited isocyanic acid, HNCO, using Auger-electron/photoion coincidence spectroscopy. Site-selectivity is observed both for normal and resonant Auger electron decay. Oxygen 1s ionization leads to the CO+ + NH+ ion pairs, while nitrogen...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of chemical physics 2021-03, Vol.154 (11), p.114302-114302, Article 114302
Hauptverfasser: Gerlach, Marius, Fantuzzi, Felipe, Wohlfart, Lilith, Kopp, Karina, Engels, Bernd, Bozek, John, Nicolas, Christophe, Mayer, Dennis, Gühr, Markus, Holzmeier, Fabian, Fischer, Ingo
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Zusammenfassung:We report a study on the fragmentation of core-ionized and core-excited isocyanic acid, HNCO, using Auger-electron/photoion coincidence spectroscopy. Site-selectivity is observed both for normal and resonant Auger electron decay. Oxygen 1s ionization leads to the CO+ + NH+ ion pairs, while nitrogen 1s ionization results in three-body dissociation and an efficient fragmentation of the H–N bond in the dication. Upon 1s → 10a′ resonant excitation, clear differences between O and N sites are discernible as well. In both cases, the correlation between the dissociation channel and the binding energy of the normal Auger electrons indicates that the fragmentation pattern is governed by the excess energy available in the final ionic state. High-level multireference calculations suggest pathways to the formation of the fragment ions NO+ and HCO+, which are observed although the parent compound contains neither N–O nor H–C bonds. This work contributes to the goal to achieve and understand site-selective fragmentation upon ionization and excitation of molecules with soft x-ray radiation.
ISSN:0021-9606
1089-7690
DOI:10.1063/5.0044506