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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).

* For older publications, please contact Professor Laurie Butler. This page was last updated on 5/2011.