Dissociation pathways in the cysteine dication after site-selective core ionization

J Phys Chem B. 2014 Oct 9;118(40):11688-95. doi: 10.1021/jp508161s. Epub 2014 Sep 30.

Abstract

A photoelectron-ion-ion coincidence experiment has been carried out on the amino acid molecule cysteine after core-ionization of the O 1s, N 1s, C 1s, and S 2p orbitals. A number of different dissociation channels have been identified. Some of them show strong site-selective dependence that can be attributed to a combination of nuclear motion in the core-ionized state and Auger processes that populate different final electronic states in the dication.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carboxylic Acids / chemistry
  • Cations / chemistry
  • Cysteine / chemistry*
  • Electrons
  • Models, Molecular
  • Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Substances

  • Carboxylic Acids
  • Cations
  • Cysteine