Direct determination of molecular handedness via coulomb explosion imaging
- 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.
DOIAbstract
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
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