Nature Communications (Aug 2021)
Filming ultrafast roaming-mediated isomerization of bismuth triiodide in solution
Abstract
The roaming reaction is a common process in the gas phase and in solution, but observation of the involved atomic movements has been challenging. The authors, using femtosecond time-resolved X-ray liquidography, resolve the detailed structural dynamics at the onset of a roaming reaction in the photoinduced isomerization of BiI3 in solution.