Abstract
We have studied the dynamics of intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution (IVR) from the initially excited mode ν 1 (acetylene-type H–C bond) in H–C C–CH 2Cl molecules in the gaseous phase by means of anti-Stokes spontaneous Raman scattering. The energy relaxation from ν 1 due to IVR was estimated to occur on the time-scale τ ≈ 750 ps, which is one of the slowest IVR time-scales reported so far. The deactivation due to molecular collisions occurred with a rate constant of ≈8.5 μs −1 Torr −1, and was slower than the IVR process. A theoretical model which is based on the idea of statistical nature of couplings and incompleteness of IVR (expressed in the form of the so-called dilution factor) is proposed. The model provides rationalization for the observed kinetics and suggests that the IVR process is mediated by not only anharmonic but also vibrational–rotational interactions.
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