2014

Kin Lee, Mitchell Quinn, Alan Maccarone, Klaas Nauta, Paul Houston, Scott A. Reid, Meredith Jordan, and Scott Kable*, “Two Roaming Pathways in the Photolysis of CH3CHO between 328 and 308 nm”, Chem Sci. 2014, 5. 4633-4638 (highlighted in Chemistry World magazine, http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/09/acetaldehyde-photolysis-roaming-reactions-atmospheric-systems).

Scott A. Reid*, “When Isomerisation is Electron Transfer: The Intriguing Story of the Iso-halocarbons”, Int. Rev. Phys. Chem., 2014, 33, 341-370.

Aimable Kalume, Lisa George, Andrew Powell, Richard Dawes, and Scott A. Reid*, “Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Donor-Acceptor Complexes of Ethylene with Molecular and Atomic Iodine”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2014, 118, 6838–6845.

2013

S. A. Reid*, Silver Nyambo, Aimable Kalume, Brandon Uhler, Cyrus Karshenas, and Lloyd Muzangwa, “Reactive Pathways in the Chlorobenzene-Ammonia Dimer Cation Radical: New Insights from Experiment and Theory”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2013, 117, 12429-12437.

S. A. Reid*, Silver Nyambo, Lloyd Muzangwa, and Brandon Uhler, “On π-stacking, CH/π, and Halogen Bonding Interactions in Bromobenzene and Mixed Bromobenzene-Benzene Clusters”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2013, 117, 13556-13563. (Invited article for Terry Miller Festschrift).

F. Abou-Chahine, T. J. Preston, G. Dunning, A. Orr-Ewing*, G. Greetham, I. Clark, M. Towrie, and S. A. Reid, “Photoisomerization and Photoinduced Reactions in Liquid CCl4 and CHCl3”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2013, 117, 13388-13398.

A. Kalume, L. George, N. Cunningham, and S. A. Reid*, “Case of the Missing Isomer: Pathways for Molecular Elimination in the Photo-induced Decomposition of 1,1-Dibromoethane”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2013, 117, 11915-11923. (Invited article for Curt Wittig Festschrift).

A. Kalume, L. George, N. Cunningham, and S. A. Reid*, “Concerted and Sequential Mechanisms of  Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Hydrogen Halide Elimination”, Chem. Phys. Lett., 2013, 556, 35-38.

2012

Nahid Chalyavi, Tyler Troy, George Bacskay, Klaas Nauta, Scott Kable, Scott Reid, and Timothy W. Schmidt*, “Excitation Spectra of the Jet-Cooled 4-Phenylbenzyl and 4-(4′-methylphenyl)Benzyl Radicals”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2012, 116, 10780-10785.

L. Muzangwa, S. Nyambo, B. Uhler, and S. A. Reid*, “On π-stacking, CH/π, and Halogen Bonding Interactions in Halobenzene clusters: Resonant 2-Photon Ionization Studies of Chlorobenzene”, J. Chem. Phys. 2012, 137, 184307/1-184307/9.

L. George, A. Kalume, and S. A. Reid*, “Probing Radical Pathways in Electrophilic Addition of Halogens: Classical vs. Bridged Intermediates”, Chem. Phys. Lett., 2012, 554, 86-89.

A. Kalume, L. George, and S. A. Reid*, “On the Electronic Spectroscopy of the Iso-Polyhalomethanes”, Chem. Phys. Lett., 2012, 551, 64-67.

G. de Wit, B. R. Heazlewood, M. S. Quinn, A. T. Maccarone, K. Nauta, S. A. Reid, M. J. T. Jordan* and S. H. Kable*, “Product state and speed distributions in photochemical triple fragmentations”, Faraday Disc., 2012, 157, 227-241.

Chong Tao, Craig Richmond, Calvin Mukarakate, Scott H. Kable, George B. Bacskay,* Eric C. Brown, Richard Dawes,* Phalgun Lolur, and Scott A. Reid*, “Spectroscopy and Dynamics of the Predissociated, Quasi-linear S2 State of Chlorocarbene”, J. Chem. Phys., 2012, 137, 104307/1-104307/8.

L. George, A. Kalume, B. Esselman, R. J. McMahon, and S. A. Reid*, “Spectroscopic and computational studies of matrix-isolated iso-CXBr3 (X=F,Cl,Br):  Structure, properties, and photochemistry of substituted iso-tribromomethanes”, J. Mol. Struc., 2012, 1025, 61-68 (Invited Article for Special Issue on Photoinduced Processes in Cryogenic Matrices).

T. J. Troy, S. H. Kable, T. W. Schmidt,* and S. A. Reid*, “On the Electronic Spectroscopy of Closed Shell Cations Derived From Resonance Stabilized Radicals: Insights From Theory and Franck-Condon Analysis’, Astron. Astrophys., 2012, Vol. 541, A8 (6 pages).

C. R. Pharr, L. A. Kopff, B. Bennett, S. A. Reid, and R. J. McMahon*, “Photochemistry of Furyl- and Thienyldiazomethanes: Spectroscopic Characterization of Triplet 3-Thienylcarbene”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 6443-6454.

2011

A.T. Maccarone, K. Nauta, G. de Wit, M. Quinn, S.A. Reid, M.J.T. Jordan and S.H. Kable*, “Chemistry at the threshold: Unexpected products, unusual mechanisms and generally weird things that happen near the energetic threshold for a reaction,” Proc. Int. Quantum Electronics Conference, 2011, Sydney, NSW: Aust. Optical Soc., pp. 426-428.

N. Chalyavi, G. Bacskay, A. Menon, T. Troy, N. Davis, L. Radom, S. A. Reid, and T. W. Schmidt*, “Spectroscopy and thermochemistry of a jet-cooled open-shell polyene: 1,4-pentadienyl radical”, J. Chem. Phys., 2011, 135, 124306/1-124306/7.

L. George, A. Kalume, B. Esselman, J. Wagner, R. J. McMahon, and S. A. Reid, “Spectroscopic and computational studies of matrix-isolated iso-CHBr3:  Structure, properties, and photochemistry of iso-bromoform”, J. Chem. Phys., 2011, 135, 124503/1-124503/8.

S. Rowling, K. Nauta, S. A. Reid, and S. H. Kable*, “Electronic spectroscopy of the B(0,0,0)-X(0,0,0) transition of DCO and lifetimes and relative quantum yields of the B(0,0,0) state”, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 2011, 270, 33-39.

T. J. Preston, M. Dutta, B. Esselman, A. Kalume, L. George, R. J. McMahon, S.A. Reid, and F. F. Crim*, “Formation and Relaxation Dynamics of iso-CH­2ClI in Cryogenic Matrices”, J. Chem. Phys., 2011, 135, 114503/1-114503/8.

C. Richmond, C. Tao, C. Mukarakate, E. C. Brown, R. Dawes*, Scott H. Kable*, and Scott A. Reid*, “Optical-optical Double Resonance Spectroscopy of the Quasi-linear S2 state of CHF and CDF: II. Predissociation and Mode-specific Dynamics”, J. Chem. Phys., 2011, 135, 104316/1-104316/8.

C. Tao, C. Richmond, C. Mukarakate, R. Dawes*, Scott H. Kable*, and Scott A. Reid*, “Optical-optical Double Resonance Spectroscopy of the Quasi-linear S2 state of CHF and CDF: I. Spectroscopic Analysis”, J. Chem. Phys., 2011, 135, 104315/1-104315/6.

L. George, A. Kalume, B. Esselman, R. J. McMahon, and S. A. Reid*, “Pulsed-jet discharge matrix isolation and computational study of bromine atom complexes: BrLBrXCH2 (X=H,Cl,Br)”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2011, 115, 9820-9827.

L. G. Muzangwa, V. L. Ayles, S. Nyambo, and S. A. Reid*, “Probing the electronic structure of the Nickel monohalides: Single Vibronic Level Emission Spectroscopy of NiCl and NiBr”, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 2011, 269, 36-40.

2010

A. Kalume, L. George, and S. A. Reid*, “Isomerization as a Key Path to Molecular Products in the Gas-phase Decomposition of Halons”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2010, 1, 3090-3095.

V. L. Ayles, L. G. Muzangwa, and S. A. Reid*, “Single Vibronic Level Emission Spectroscopy of the Low-lying Electronic States of NiI”, Chem. Phys. Lett., 2010, 497, 168-171.

L. George, L. Wittmann, A. Kalume, and S. A. Reid*, “Photoinduced Electron Transfer in a Prototypical Mulliken Donor-Acceptor Complex: C2H4–Br2”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2010, Vol. 1, 2618-2621.

P. Z. El-Khoury, L. George, A. Kalume, I. Schapiro, M. Olivucci, A. Tarnovsky, and S. A. Reid*, “Matrix Isolation and Computational Study of the CF2I radical”, Chem. Phys. Lett., 2010, 496, 68-73.

A. Kalume, L. George, P. Z. El-Khoury, A. Tarnovsky, and S. A. Reid*, “Spectroscopic and Computational Studies of the Laser Photolysis of Matrix–isolated 1,2-Dibromoethanes: Formation and Fate of the Bromoethyl Radicals”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2010, 114, 9919-9926.

R. Shukla, K. Thakur, V. J. Chebny, S. A. Reid,* and R. Rathore,* “Direct Observation of Electron-transfer-induced Conformational Transformation (Molecular Actuation) in a Bichromophoric Electron Donor”, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2010, 114, 14592-14595.

P. Z. El-Khoury, L. George, A. Kalume, B. S. Ault, A. N. Tarnovsky* and S. A. Reid*, “Characterization of iso-CF2I2 in frequency and ultrafast time domains”, J. Chem. Phys., 2010, 132, 124501.

L. George, A. Kalume, P. Z. El-Khoury, A. N. Tarnovsky and S. A. Reid*, “Matrix Isolation and Computational Study of iso-CF2Br2: A Route to Br2 Formation in CF2Br2 Photolysis ”, J. Chem. Phys., 2010, 132, 084503.

R. Dawes*, A. W. Jasper, C. Richmond, C. Tao, C. Mukarakate, S. H. Kable, and S. A. Reid*, “Theoretical and Experimental Spectroscopy of the S2 state of CHF and CDF: Dynamically Weighted Multireference Configuration Interaction Calculations for High-lying Electronic States”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2010, 1, 641-646.

L. George, A. Kalume, and S. A. Reid*, “Pulsed Jet Discharge Matrix Isolation and Computational Study of CX2Br+ (X=H,F)”, Chem. Phys. Lett., 2010, 484, 214-218.