Ultrafast Internal Conversion in Ethylene. II. Mechanisms and Pathways for Quenching and Hydrogen Elimination

T. K. Allison, H. Tao, W. J. Glover +8

Through a combined experimental and theoretical approach, we study the nonadiabatic dynamics of the prototypical ethylene (C${}_2$H${}_4$) molecule upon $\pi \to {\pi }^{\ast }$ excitation w…