Direct Determination of Molecular Handedness via Coulomb Explosion Imaging. (August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pitzer, M; Kunitski, M; Kastirke, G; Jahnke, T; Bauer, T; Goihl, C; Trinter, F; Schober, C; Henrichs, K; Becht, J; Zeller, S; Gassert, H; Waitz, M; Kuhlins, A; Wiegandt, F; Wallauer, R; Schmidt, L Ph H; Mazenauer, M; Spenger, B; Marquardt, S; Schmidt-Böcking, H; Stohner, J; Dörner, R; Schöffler, M S; Berger, R
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Number 635(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-08
• Subjects: Physics -- Congresses; 530.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/635/11/112065
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-6588

Abstract

Synopsis: In this work, we show that the direct determination of a chiral molecule's absolute configuration can be achieved with Coulomb Explosion Imaging in a COLTRIMS reaction microscope. We compare the results after ionisation with femto-second laser pulses and with X-ray synchrotron light. Different fragmentation pathways of the prototypical chiral molecule CHBrClF are identified that carry information on the handedness. The applicabilty of the technique towards bigger molecules is discussed.