B. W. Alligood, B. L. FitzPatrick, D. E. Szpunar, and L. J. Butler,
Chloroacetone Photodissociation at 193 nm and the Subsequent
Dynamics of the CH3C(O)CH2 Radical, an Intermediate Formed in the OH + Allene Reaction
en route to CH3 + Ketene,
J. Chem. Phys. 134, 054301 (2011).
[PDF]
[AIP website]
C. C. Womack, W. H. Fang, D. B. Straus, and L. J. Butler,
Assessing an Impulsive Model for Rotational Energy Partitioning to Acetyl Radicals from the Photodissociation of Acetyl Chloride at 235 nm,
J. Phys. Chem. A, 114, 13005 (2010).
[PDF]
[ACS website]
B. L. FitzPatrick, B. W. Alligood, L. J. Butler, S. -H. Lee, and J. J. Lin,
Primary photodissociation pathways of epichlorohydrin and analysis of the C-C bond fission channels from an O(3P)+allyl radical intermediate,
J. Chem. Phys. 133 094306(2010). [PDF]
[AIP website]
B. J. Ratliff, C. C. Womack, X. N. Tang, W. M. Landau, L. J. Butler, and D. E. Szpunar,
Modeling the Rovibrationally Excited C2H4OH
Radicals from the Photodissociation of 2-Bromoethanol at 193 nm,
J. Phys. Chem. A 114, 4934-4945 (2010).
[PDF]
Britni J. Ratliff, Xiaonan Tang, Laurie J. Butler, David E. Szpunar and Kai-Chung Lau,
Determining the CH3SO2 → CH3 + SO2 Barrier from Methylsulfonyl Chloride Photodissociation at 193 nm Using Velocity Map Imaging,
J. Chem. Phys. 131 044304(2009). [PDF]
[AIP website]
Bridget W. Alligood, Benjamin L. FitzPatrick,
Emily Jane Glassman, Laurie J. Butler and Kai-Chung Lau,
Dissociation Dynamics of the Methylsulfonyl Radical and its Photolytic Precursor CH3SO2Cl,
J. Chem. Phys. 131, 044305 (2009). [PDF]
[AIP website]
X. N. Tang, B. J. Ratliff, B. L. FitzPatrick,
and L. J. Butler,
Determination of the Barrier Height for Acetyl Radical Dissociation from Acetyl Chloride Photodissociation at 235 nm Using Velocity Map Imaging,
J. Phys. Chem. B 112, 16050 (2008).
[PDF]
B. L. FitzPatrick, M. Maienschein-Cline,
L. J. Butler, S. -H. Lee, and J. J. Lin,
Investigation of the O + allyl addition/elimination reaction pathways from the OCH2CHCH2 radical intermediate,
J. Chem. Phys. 129, 084301 (2008). [PDF]
[AIP website]
A. S. Raman, M. J. Bell, K. -C. Lau, and L. J. Butler,
Photofragment imaging study of the CH2CCH2OH radical intermediate of the OH + allene reaction, J. Chem. Phys.
127, 154316 (2007). [PDF]
B. L. FitzPatrick, M. Maienschein-Cline,
L. J. Butler, S. -H. Lee, and J. J. Lin,
Determining the Partial Photoionization Cross-Sections of Ethyl Radicals, J. Phys. Chem. A 111 12417-12422 (2007). [PDF]
M. J. Krisch, M. J. Bell, B. L. FitzPatrick, L. R. McCunn, K. -C. Lau, Y. Liu, and L. J. Butler,
Photodissociation pathways of 1,1-dichloroacetone
, J. Phys. Chem. A 111 5968-5980 (2007). [PDF]
D. I. G. Bennett, L. J. Butler, and H. -J. Werner,
Comparing Electronic Structure Predictions for the Ground State Dissociation of Vinoxy Radicals, J. Chem. Phys. 127, 094309 (2007).[PDF]
M. J. Bell, K.-C. Lau, M. J. Krisch, D. I. G. Bennett, L. J. Butler and F. Weinhold Characterization of the Methoxy Carbonyl Radical Formed via Photolysis of Methyl Chloroformate at 193.3 nm, J. Phys. Chem. A 111, 1762-1770 (2007). [PDF]
Kai-Chung Lau, Yi Liu and Laurie J. Butler, and J. J. Lin Photodissociation of 1-bromo-2-butene, 4-bromo-1-butene and cyclopropylmethyl bromide at 234 nm studied using velocity map imaging, J. Chem. Phys. 125, 144312 (2006). [PDF]
L. R. McCunn, B. L. FitzPatrick, M. J. Krisch, L. J. Butler, C. -W. Liang, and J. J. Lin Unimolecular dissociation of the propargyl radical intermediate of the CH + C2H2 reaction , J. Chem. Phys. 125, 133306 (2006).
[PDF]
Y. Liu, K. -C. Lau, and L. J. Butler, Photodissociation of Cyclobutyl Bromide at 234 nm Studied Using Velocity Map Imaging
, J. Phys. Chem. A 110, 5379-5385 (2006).[PDF]
L. R. McCunn, K. -C. Lau, M. J. Krisch, L. J. Butler, J. -W. Tsung, and J. J. Lin, Unimolecular Dissociation of the CH3OCO Radical: An Intermediate in the CH3O + CO reaction
, J. Phys. Chem. A, 110, 1625-1634 (2006),[PDF]
L. R. McCunn, D. I. G. Bennett, L. J. Butler, H. Fan, F. Aguirre, and S. T. Pratt,
The Photodissociation of Propargyl Chloride at 193 nm
, J. Phys. Chem. A, 110, 843-850 (2006),[PDF]
K. -C. Lau, Y. Liu, and L. J. Butler,
Probing the barrier for CH2CHCO → CH2CH + CO by the velocity map imaging method
, J. Chem. Phys. 123, 054322-(1-9) (2005).[PDF]
L. R. McCunn, M. J. Krisch, Y. Liu, L. J. Butler, and J. Shu,
A Study of the Unimolecular Dissociation of the 2-Buten-2-yl Radical via the 193 nm Photodissociation of 2-Chloro-2-butene
, J. Phys. Chem. A 109, 6430-6439 (2005).[PDF]
J. L. Miller, M. J. Krisch, L. J. Butler, and J. Shu, Dissociation Channels of the 1-Buten-2-yl Radical and its Photolytic Precursor 2-Bromo-1-butene
, J. Phys. Chem. A 109, 4038-4048 (2005).[PDF]
M. J. Krisch, M. C. Reid, L. R. McCunn, L. J. Butler, and J. Shu,
Photofragment Translational Spectroscopy of Nitric Acid at 248 nm with VUV Photoionization Detection of Products
, Chem. Phys. Lett. 397, 21-25 (2004).
[PDF]
Y. Liu and L. J. Butler, C-Cl bond fission dynamics and angular momentum recoupling in the 235 nm photodissociation of allyl chloride
, J. Chem. Phys. 121, 11016-11022 (2004).[PDF]
L. R. McCunn, M. J. Krisch, K. Takematsu, L. J. Butler, and J. Shu,
Competing pathways in the 248 nm photodissociation of propionyl chloride and the barrier to dissociation of the propionyl radical
, J. Phys. Chem A, 108, 7889-7894 (2004).[PDF]
J. L. Miller, L. R. McCunn, M. J. Krisch, L. J. Butler, and J. Shu,
Dissociation of the Ground State Vinoxy Radical and its Photolytic Precursor Chloroacetaldehyde:
Electronic Nonadiabaticity and the Suppression of the H + Ketene Channel
, J. Chem. Phys., 121, 1830-1838 (2004)[PDF]
J. L. Miller, Theoretical study of the straight-chain
C4H7 radicals and their dissociation and isomerization transition
states, J. Phys. Chem. A 108, 2268-77 (2004).[PDF]
[SupportingDoc1]
[SupportingDoc2](completed by Miller during her Ph.D. work in my
group.)
M. J. Krisch, L. R. McCunn,
K. Takematsu, L. J. Butler, F. R. Blase, and J. Shu, The
photodissociation of CH3OCl to CH3O + Cl at 248 nm
, J. Phys. Chem. A 106, 1650-6 (2004).[PDF]
D. E. Szpunar, J. L. Miller, L. J. Butler and F. Qi,
The 193 nm
photodissociation of acryloyl chloride to probe the unimolecular dissociation of
CH2CHCO radicals and CH2CCO,
J. Chem. Phys. 120, 4223-30 (2004).
[PDF]
D. E. Szpunar, Y. Liu, M. J. McCullagh, and L. J. Butler,
Photodissociation of
allyl-d2 iodide excited at 193 nm: Stability of highly
rotationally excited H2CDCH2 radicals to C-D bond
fission,
J. Chem. Phys. 119, 5078-5084 (2003). [PDF]
M. J.
Krisch, J. L. Miller,
L. J. Butler, H. Su, R. Bersohn, and J. Shu,
Photodissociation
Dynamics
of Ethyl Ethynyl
Ether: A new ketenyl radical precursor,
J. Chem. Phys. 119, 176-186 (2003).[PDF]
J.
L. Miller, M. L. Morton, L. J. Butler, F. Qi, M. J. Krisch,
and
J. Shu,
Comment on
'Dissociation
Channels of the 1-Propenyl Radical and its Photolytic
Precursor cis-1-Bromopropene',
J. Phys. Chem. A 106, 10965-10967 (2002).[PDF]
M. L. Morton, J. L.
Miller, L.
J. Butler, and F. Qi, Dissociation Channels of the 1-Propenyl Radical and
its Photolytic Precursor cis-1-Bromopropene, J.
Phys.
Chem.
A 106, 10831-10842 (2002).[PDF]
B. F. Parsons, D. E.
Szpunar, and L. J. Butler, H-Atom High-n Rydberg Time-of-Flight Spectroscopy of C-H Bond Fission in Acrolein Dissociated at 193 nm
, J. Chem. Phys. 117, 7889-7895 (2002).[PDF]
D. E. Szpunar, M. L.
Morton, L.
J. Butler, and P. M. Regan, Primary and Secondary Dissociation of Allyl Iodide
Excited at
193 nm: Centrifugal Effects in the Unimolecular Dissociation
of the
Allyl Radical, J. Phys. Chem. B 106, 8086-8095
(2002).[PDF]
B. F. Parsons, L. J.
Butler, and
B. Ruscic, Theoretical Investigation of the Transition States
Leading
to
HCl Elimination in 2-Chloropropene, Molecular
Physics
100,
865-74 (2002). [PDF]
M. L. Morton, L. J.
Butler, T.
A. Stephenson, and F. Qi , C-Cl Bond Fission, HCl Elimination, and Secondary
Radical Decomposition
in the 193 nm Photodissociation of Allyl Chloride, J.
Chem.
Phys.
116, 2763-2766 (2002). [PDF]
M. L. Morton, D. E.
Szpunar,
and
L. J. Butler, Photodissociating Methyl Vinyl Ether to Calibrate O+
Ethylene Product
Branching and to Test Propensity Rules for Product Channel
Electronic
Accessibility, J. Chem. Phys. 115, 204-16
(2001).&
nbsp;[PDF]
J. A. Mueller, B. F.
Parsons,
L. J. Butler, F. Qi, O. Sorkhabi, and A. G. Suits,
Competing
Isomeric Product Channels in the 193 nm Photodissociation of
2-Chloropropene
and in the Unimolecular Dissociation of the 2-Propenyl
Radical, J. Chem. Phys. 114, 4505-21 (2001). [PDF]
B. F. Parsons, D. E.
Szpunar,
and L. J. Butler, Emission Spectroscopy of Dissociative Allyl Iodide and
Allyl Alcohol
Excited at 199.7 nm, J. Phys. Chem. A 104,
10669-74
(2000). [PDF]
J. A. Mueller, J. L.
Miller, L.
J. Butler,! F. Qi, O. Sorkhabi, and A. G. Suits, Internal Energy Dependence of the H + Allene / H +
Propyne Product
Branching from the Unimolecular Dissociation of 2-Propenyl
Radicals,
J. Phys. Chem. A 104, 11261-4 (2000). [PDF]
N. R. Forde, L. J.
Butler, B.
Ruscic, O. Sorkhabi , F.Qi, A. G. Suits,
Characterization
of Nitrogen-Containing Radical Products from the
Photodissociation of
Trimethylamine Using Photoionization Detection, J.
Chem.
Phys.
113, 3088-97 (2000). [PDF]
J. A. Mueller, M. L.
Morton, S.
L. Curry, J. P. D. Abbatt, and L. J. Butler, Intersystem Crossing and Nonadiabatic Product
Channels in the
Photodissociation of N2O4 at 193
nm,
J.
Phys. Chem. A 104, 4825-32 (2000). [PDF]
B. Parsons, L. J.
Butler,
D. Xie,
and H. Guo, A Combined Experimental
and
Theoretical
Study of Resonance Emission Spectra of
SO2(C1
B2),
Chem. Phys. Lett. 320, 499-506 (2000). [PDF]
B. F. Parsons, S. L.
Curry,
J. A. Mueller, P. C. Ray, and L. J. Butler,
Emission
Spectroscopy of Photodissociating N2O4
Excited
Near 200 nm to the
πnb,Oπ*
NO
2
/nO
σ*N-N
avoided crossing, J. Chem. Phys.111, 8486-95
(1999). [PDF]
A. Sanov, T. Sanford, L.
J.
Butler,
J. Vala, R. Kosloff, and W. C. Lineberger,
Photodissociation
Dynamics of Gas Phase BrICl- and IBr2-
anions, J. Phys. Chem. A 103, 10244-54 (1999).
[PDF]
S. J. Wrenn, L. J.
Butler, G.
A. Rowland, C. J. H. Knox and L. F. Phillips,
The
Necessity of Multiphoton Processes in the 193 nm
Photochemistry of
Sulfuric
Acid Aerosols, J. Photochem. Photobiology A 129,
101-
4
(1999). [PDF]
N. R. Forde, M. L.
Morton, S.
L. Curry, S. J. Wrenn, and L. J. Butler,
Photodissociating
Trimethylamine at 193 nm to Probe Dynamics at a Conical
Intersection
and to Calibrate Detection Efficiency of Radical
Products, J.
Chem. Phys. 111, 4558-68 (1999). [PDF]
N. R. Forde, L. J.
Butler, and
S. A. Abrash, Electronic Accessibility of Dissociation Channels in
an
Amide:
N,N-Dimethylformamide Photodissociation at 193 nm, J.
Chem.
Phys.
110, 8954-68 (1999). [PDF]
M. F. Arendt, L. J.
Butler, Emission
Spectroscopy of Jet-Cooled CS2 Upon Excitation of
the 
Transition in the 48500-51000 cm-1 Region,J.
Chem. Phys. 109, 7835-43 (1998). [PDF]
P. C. Ray, M. F. Arendt,
and L.
J. Butler, Resonance emission spectroscopy of predissociating
SO2
C(11B2): Coupling With a Repulsive
1A1
State Near 200 nm, J. Chem. Phys. 109, 5221-30
(1998).
[PDF]
L. J. Butler, Chemical
Reaction Dynamics Beyond the Born-Oppenheimer Approximation
,
Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem. 49, 125-171 (1998).
[PDF]
N. R. Forde, T. L.
Myers, and
L. J. Butler, Chemical Reaction Dynamics When the Born-
Oppenheimer Approximation
Fails: Understanding What Changes in the Electronic
Wavefunction
May
be Restricted, Faraday Discuss. 108, 221-242
(1997).
[PDF]
T. L. Myers, N. R.
Forde, B.
Hu,
D. C. Kitchen, L. J. Butler, The Influence of Local Electronic Character and
Nonadiabaticity
in the Photodissociation of Nitric Acid at 193 nm, J.
Chem. Phys.
107, 5361-73 (1997). [PDF]
D. C. Kitchen, N. R.
Forde,
and
L. J. Butler, Photodissociation of Acrylic Acid at 193
nm,
J. Phys. Chem. A 101, 6603-10 (1997). [PDF]
P. W. Browning, D. C.
Kitchen,
M. F. Arendt, L. J. Butler, Investigating the C-Cl Antibonding Character in the
ππ* Excited State of Vinyl, Allyl, and Propargyl Chloride:
Emission
Spectra
and Ab Initio Calculations, J. Phys. Chem. 100,
7765-
71
(1996). [PDF]
T. L. Myers, D. C.
Kitchen, B.
Hu B, L. J. Butler, Investigating
Conformation
Dependence and Nonadiabatic Effects in the Photodissociation of Allyl Chloride at 193 nm, J. Chem. Phys. 104, 5446-56
(1996). [PDF]
L. J. Butler and D. M.
Neumark,
Photodissociation Dynamics, Centennial Issue of
J. Phys.
Chem. 100, 12801-16 (1996). [PDF]
D. C. Kitchen, T. L.
Myers, and
L. J. Butler, Determination of Absolute Product Branching Ratios in
Mass Spectrometric
Experiments: Detecting Acetyl Radicals at
CH2CO+
,
J. Phys. Chem. 100, 5200-4 (1996). [PDF]
M. Arendt, P. W.
Browning,
and
L. J. Butler, Emission Spectroscopy of the Predissociative Excited
State Dynamics
of Acrolein, Acrylic acid, and Acryloyl Chloride at 199
nm,
J. Chem. Phys. 103, 5877-85 (1995). [PDF]
J. E. Stevens, D. C.
Kitchen,
G. C. G. Waschewsky, and L. J. Butler,
Nonadiabaticity
and Intramolecular Electronic Energy Transfer in the
Photodissociation
of 1-Bromo-3-Iodopropane at 222 nm, J. Chem. Phys.
102,
3179-87 (1995). [PDF]
J. E. Stevens, H. W.
Jang, L. J.
Butler, and J. C. Light, An Adiabatic Model for the Photodissociation of CH
3SH
in the First Ultraviolet Absorption Band, J. Chem.
Phys.
102,
7059-69 (1995).
[PDF]
G. C. G. Waschewsky, D. C. Kitchen, P. W. Browning, and L. J. Butler, Competing
Bond
Fission and Molecular Elimination Channels in the
Photodissociation
of Methylamine at 222 nm J. Phys. Chem. 99, 2635 (1995).
P. W. Browning, E.
Jensen, G.
C. G. Waschewsky, M. R. Tate, L. J. Butler, and J. P.
Hessler,Probing
Dynamics in the Franck-Condon and Exit Channel Regions of
Dissociating
H2S: Emission Spectra Upon Tunable Excitation from 199 through
203 nm, J. Chem. Phys. 101, 5652 (1994). [PDF]
Gabriela C. G.
Waschewsky,
Phillip
W. Kash, Tanya L. Myers, David C. Kitchen, and Laurie J.
Butler, What
Woodward and Hoffmann Didn't Tell Us: The Failure of the Born-
Oppenheimer
Approximation in Competing Reaction Pathways J.
Chem.
Soc. Faraday Trans. 90, 1581 (1994).
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