A Theoretical Study of the Photodissociation Mechanism of Cyanoacetylene in Its Lowest Singlet and Triplet Excited States

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Nov 2008

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The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 687, Issue 1, pp. 726-730.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Astrochemistry, Molecular Processes, Stars: Atmospheres

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Cyanoacetylene (H5C4C3C2N1) is a minor constituent of the atmosphere of Titan, and its photochemistry plays an important role in the formation of the haze surrounding the satellite. In this paper, the complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) and multiconfigurational second-order perturbation (CASPT2) approaches are employed to investigate the photochemical processes for cyanoacetylene in its first singlet and triplet excited states with the cc-pVTZ basis set. Fissions of the C4H5 and C2C3 bonds in S1 yield H(2S)+CCCN(A2Π) and HCC(A2Π)+CN(X2Σ+), respectively. In T1, the corresponding dissociation products are H(2S)+CCCN(X2Σ+) and HCC(X2Σ)+CN(X2Σ+). At the CASPT2(14,13)//CASSCF(14,13)+ZPE level, the barriers for the adiabatic dissociation of the C4H5 and C2C3 bonds are 6.11 and 6.94 eV in S1 and 5.71 and 6.39 eV in T1, respectively, taking the energy of S0 minimum as reference. Based on the calculated potential energy surfaces, the existence of a metastable excited molecule is anticipated upon 260-230 nm photoexcitation, which provides a probable approach for cyanoacetylene to polymerize. The internal conversion (IC) process through vibronic interaction followed by C4H5 fission in the ground state is found to account for the observed diffuse character in the UV absorption spectrum below 240 nm.

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