Time-Resolved Investigation of Cyclopentadiene and Methylated Derivatives

ORAL

Abstract

Using a variety of pump-probe methods such as time-resolved photoelectron and ion mass spectroscopy and ultrafast electron and X-ray scattering, we investigate the ultrafast dynamics and possible ring conversion of cyclopentadiene (CPD) and its methylated derivatives. The motivation for this work is to understand the creation of highly strained three- and four-member rings after UV excitation. Preliminary results suggest the formation of these strained ring products in cyclopentadiene and tetramethyl-CPD as well as different de-excitation timescales for each molecule.

*Supported by the Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy, Grant no. DE-FG02-86ER13491 and DE-SC0020276.

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Presenters

  • Zane D Phelps

    • Kansas State University

Authors

  • Zane D Phelps

    • Kansas State University

  • Lisa Huang

    • Brown University

  • Tristan Fehl

    • Kansas State University

  • Jackson Lederer

    • University of Nebraska - Lincoln

  • Artem Rudenko

    • Kansas State University
    • J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA

  • Martin Centurion

    • University of Nebraska - Lincoln

  • Adam Kirrander

    • University of Edinburgh

  • Peter M Weber

    • Brown University

  • Daniel Rolles

    • J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University
    • Kansas State University
    • J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA