Abstract
Mass-selected aniline cations and [aniline-(NH3)n]+ (n = 1 and 2) cluster ions are exposed to the femtosecond laser fields (λ ~ 395 nm, I ~ 4×1015 W/cm2) using a tandem type time-of-flight spectrometer. It is found that a bare aniline cation decomposes into the five-membered ring compound, cyclopentadienyl cation (C5H6+), while the decomposition is suppressed when one or two ammonia molecules are attached to the aniline cation. This suppression was interpreted in terms of an intermolecular energy flow through the hydrogen bonding.
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