The 355 nm Photolysis of Methyl Nitrite

Single photon laser induced fluorescence (LIF) has been used to study the NO fragmentproduced in its ground electronic state from the 355 nm photolysis of CH 3 ONO.Populations of rotational, vibrational, spin-orbit and lambda doublet components havebeen measured. The results are in broad agreement with previous two photon LIFstudies, and confirm the dynamics of the process in which the NO fragment departs froman essentially planar CONO framework with non-statistical energy partitioning in theinternal states of the products.