Photoinduced abstraction reactions within NO Dimers on Ag(111)

Ki Hyun Kim, Kazuo Watanabe, Dietrich Menzel, Hans Joachim Freund

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Abstract

Nanosecond laser-induced photoreactions of (NO)2 adsorbed on Ag(111) at 75 K are investigated by mass-selected photoinduced desorption (PID) and time-of-flight (TOF) measurements. It has been found that N2 as well as N2O is formed by a photoinduced abstraction reaction within a single (NO)2. The photoproduct N2 desorbs with a very high translational temperature (5700 K) as a result of strong repulsion by the surface upon its formation. The Ag surface shortens the N-N bond of (NO) 2 to enable N2O and N2 formation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1660-1661
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume131
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Feb 2009

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