<p>Photodissociation of the <i>i</i>-C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>7</sub>O radical is investigated using fast beam photofragment translational spectroscopy. Neutral <i>i</i>-C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>7</sub>O radicals are produced through the photodetachment of a fast beam of <i>i</i>-C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>7</sub>O<sup>-</sup> anions and are subsequently dissociated using 248 nm (5.0 eV). The dominant product channels are CH<sub>3</sub> + CH<sub>3</sub>CHO and OH + C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>6</sub> with some contribution from H + C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>6</sub>O. CH<sub>3</sub> and H loss are attributed to dissociation on the ground electronic state of <i>i</i>-C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>7</sub>O, but in a nonstatistical manner because RRKM dissociation rates exceed the rate of energy randomization. Translational energy and angular distributions for OH loss are consistent with ground state dissociation, but the branching ratio for this channel is considerably higher than predicted from RRKM rate calculations. These results corroborate what has been observed previously in C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>O dissociation at 5.2 eV that yields CH<sub>3</sub>, H, and OH loss. Additionally, <i>i</i>-C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>7</sub>O undergoes three-body fragmentation to CH<sub>3</sub> + CH<sub>3</sub> + HCO and CH<sub>3</sub> + CH<sub>4</sub> + CO. These three-body channels are attributed to dissociation of <i>i</i>-C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>7</sub>O to CH<sub>3</sub> + CH<sub>3</sub>CHO, followed by secondary dissociation of CH<sub>3</sub>CHO on its ground electronic state.</p>
Photodissociation of Iso-Propoxy (I-C3H7O) Radical at 248 Nm
