Energy Flow and Bond Dissociation of Vibrationally Excited Toluene in Collisions with N2and O2

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Energy flow and C- and C- bond dissociations in vibrationally excited toluene in the collision with and have been studied by use of classical trajectory procedures. The energy lost by the vibrationally excited toluene upon collision is not large and it increases slowly with increasing total vibrational energy content between 5,000 and 45,000 . Intermolecular energy transfer occurs via both of V-T and V-V transfers. Both of V-T and V-V transfers increase as the total vibrational energy of toluene increases. When the total energy content of toluene is sufficiently high, either C-H bond can dissociate. The C- dissociation probability is higher than the C- dissociation probability, and that in the collision with is larger than with .