Investigation of the photo-dissociation reactions for alkyl nitrite by quantum chemical molecular dynamics program "Colors-Excite"

The photodissociation of alkyl nitrites series (RONO) in gaseous state were studied using density functional theory with Amsterdam Density Functional program (ADF2000) and quantum chemical molecular dynamical method by "Colors-Excite" code. The different dissociative phenomena have been explained by this investigation. Alkyl nitrites were shifted to their excited states by capturing the light energy and the bonds of O-N (RO-NO) were broken. A two-step reaction occurred for methyl nitrite (THN) to yield the diverse products, such as RO radical, NO and HNO, whereas only one-step reaction occurred for tert-butyl nitrite (TBN). The consistent results in theoretical calculation and experiment, including geometrical structures and excitation energies, demonstrated the good performances of "Colors-Excite".