Sulfur K-edge photofragmentation of ethylene sulfide
1Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-4003, USA. wcstolte@lbl.gov
Abstract:
We have investigated the photofragmentation properties of the three-membered ring heterocyclic molecule ethylene sulfide or thiirane, C(2)H(4)S, by time-of-flight mass spectroscopy. Positive ions have been collected as a function of photon energy around the S K ionization threshold. Branching ratios were derived for all detected ions, which are informative of the decay dynamics and photofragmentation patterns of the core-excited species. We present a new assignment of the spectral features around the S K-edge.
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