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Bond Dissociation from the T State For the T state, reaction that cannot be observed for the Tj states can be expected. A bond dissociation process is one of the reactions, which can be expected for the T states. Here, we introduce the formation of naphthylmethyl radical from the T states [67],... 

We introduced two examples of three-color three-laser photolysis. The former example employed the third laser as an excitation source to evaluate the amount of intermediates generated by the first and second lasers irradiation. On the other hand, the latter example used the second and third lasers to promote bond dissociation from the respective T and D states. The role of each laser is quite different. These examples indicate that one can control reactions by selecting laser wavelength and delay time based on the properties of each intermediate. 

No symbol has been approved by the IUPAC for dissociation energy in the chemical thermodynamics section [13]. Under Atoms and Molecules, either El or D is indicated. The latter is more common, and IUPAC recommends Do and De for the dissociation energy from the ground state and from the potential minimum, respectively. Because the bond energy concept will be omnipresent in this book and can be explored in a variety of ways, some extra names and symbols are required. This matter will be handled whenever needed, but for now we agree to use DUP for a standard bond dissociation internal energy and DHj for a standard bond dissociation enthalpy, both at a temperature T. In cases where it is clear that the temperature refers to 298.15 K, a subscript T will be omitted. 

We begin with an abstract of the physics that underlies the kinetics of bond dissociation and structural transitions in a liquid environment. Developed from Einstein s theory of Brownian motion, these well-known concepts take advantage of the huge gap in time scale that separates rapid thermal impulses in liquids (< 10 s) from slow processes in laboratory measurements (e.g. from 10 s to min in the case of force probe tests). Three equivalent formulations describe molecular kinetics in an overdamped liquid environment. The first is a microscopic perspective where molecules behave as particles with instantaneous positions or states x(t) governed by an overdamped Langevin equation of motion,... 

Examples of the temperature dependence for different classes of molecules are given as global plots of In KTm versus 1,000/T. The curves that are drawn used the equations for the complete model. Excited-state Ea have been measured with the ECD. The clearest indication of an excited state is structure in the data, as illustrated for carbon disulfide and C6F6. The temperature dependence of the ions formed in NIMS of the chloroethylenes indicate multiple states. NIMS also supports AEa, as in the case of SF6 and nitrobenzene. The quantity D Ea can be obtained from ECD data for DEC(2) dissociative thermal electron attachment. If one is measured, then the other can be determined. In the case of the chlorinated benzenes this quantity gives the C—Cl bond dissociation energy. The highest activation energy of 2.0 eV has been observed for the dissociation of the anion of o-fluoronitrobenzene. 

The model described by Geiger et al. is consistent with conclusions of Larson et al. [60], who, on the basis of molecular orbitals (MO) calculations, tried to explain why benzyl acetates and halides undergo heterolysis from T, and benzyl-ammonium structures from Sj. They found that immediately before dissociation, as the C-X bond elongates, the state rapidly approaches the ncr state in the case of acetates and halides and in the case of ammonium salt because there is no lone pair of electrons in the latter structure. It was suggested that an efficient spin inversion process leads to ion pair formation from the nci state, and no such channel for the cnr state exists. 

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