Intramolecular energy flow and nonadiabaticity in vibrationally mediated chemistry: Wave packet studies of Cl+H2O

Joanna R. Fair, Doug Schaefer, Ronnie Kosloff, David J. Nesbitt

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Abstract

The role of intramolecular vibrational redistribution (IVR) in vibrationally mediated chemistry was explored using a simple model system representing the reaction of Cl with water isotopes. For the vibrational eigenfunctions, the near-resonance of the H2O symmetric and antisymmetric stretch allowed these states to couple strongly as the Cl atom approaches. These couplings transform the symmetric and antisymmetric stretches of H2O into local-mode excitations. Time-dependent wave packets propagated from each of these two states.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1406-1416
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Chemical Physics
Volume116
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Jan 2002
Externally publishedYes

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