Cis→trans conversion of formic acid by dissipative tunneling in solid rare gases: Influence of environment on the tunneling rate.

The relaxation of the higher-energy cis conformer of formic acid to the lower-energy trans form by a tunneling mechanism has been investigated in low-temperature rare gas matrices. In the temperature range 8–60 K, the tunneling takes place dominantly from the vibrational ground state of the cis form...

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Main Author: Pettersson, M. (author)
Other Authors: Maçôas, E. M. S. (author), Khriachtchev, L. (author), Lundell, J. (author), Fausto, R. (author), Räsänen, M. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2002
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/17785
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/17785
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Summary:The relaxation of the higher-energy cis conformer of formic acid to the lower-energy trans form by a tunneling mechanism has been investigated in low-temperature rare gas matrices. In the temperature range 8–60 K, the tunneling takes place dominantly from the vibrational ground state of the cis form and the temperature dependence of the tunneling rate constant is influenced by the interactions with the environment. The temperature-dependent tunneling rates for HCOOH and DCOOH in solid Ar, Kr, and Xe are measured including data for molecules in different local environments within each host. It was found that the medium and the local environment has a significant influence on the tunneling

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