Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.106, No.42, 9993-9998, 2002
Photodissociation spectra for size-selected Sr+(CH3OH)(n) and Sr+(CH3OD)(n) clusters
This study presents photodissociation data on the mass-selected clusters Sr+(CH3OH) and Sr+(CH3OD)(n), n = 1-4, in the wavelength range from 310 to 1500 nm. The parent ion clusters exhibit loss of hydrogen, atoms by C-H bond cleavage in their ground electronic states, a channel that increases in magnitude with increasing cluster size. Electronic states of clusters based on excitation of metal-centered d, p <-- s transitions are observed. The cluster spectra exhibit a size-dependent red shift that is consistent with increased metal-ligand repulsion with increasing size. The clusters decay by solvent evaporation, methyl, radical loss to form the metal hydroxide cation, and loss of oxygen-bound hydrogen atoms to form the metal methoxide cation, SrOCH3+.