{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["26(17)"],"submitter":["Abdoul-Carime H"],"pubmed_abstract":["Control over chemical reactivity remains a fundamental challenge in synthesis chemistry, where targeting a specific reactant represents the ultimate goal. While photoactivation is a well-established approach for selective excitation, electron-induced chemistry offers a complementary pathway with high efficacy. In this study, we investigate the effects of low-energy electron irradiation on prototypical chlorobenzene/water molecular films, demonstrating that chlorobenzene can be selectively dissociated via a resonant process occurring at ~1 eV. At higher electron energies (>6 eV), multiple reaction pathways become accessible, including the fragmentation of both water and chlorobenzene molecules. Our study provides a perspective strategy for achieving reagent-specific control in complex molec"],"journal":["International journal of molecular sciences"],"pagination":["8751"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12429294"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Activation of Specific Reagents in Molecular Films by Sub-Ionization Electrons: Chlorobenzene/Water Films."],"pmcid":["PMC12429294"],"pubmed_authors":["Abdoul-Carime H","Kopyra J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Activation of Specific Reagents in Molecular Films by Sub-Ionization Electrons: Chlorobenzene/Water Films.","description":"Control over chemical reactivity remains a fundamental challenge in synthesis chemistry, where targeting a specific reactant represents the ultimate goal. While photoactivation is a well-established approach for selective excitation, electron-induced chemistry offers a complementary pathway with high efficacy. In this study, we investigate the effects of low-energy electron irradiation on prototypical chlorobenzene/water molecular films, demonstrating that chlorobenzene can be selectively dissociated via a resonant process occurring at ~1 eV. At higher electron energies (>6 eV), multiple reaction pathways become accessible, including the fragmentation of both water and chlorobenzene molecules. Our study provides a perspective strategy for achieving reagent-specific control in complex molec","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Sep","modification":"2026-04-08T19:11:34.682Z","creation":"2026-04-08T12:06:28.384Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12429294","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40943668"],"doi":["10.3390/ijms26178751"]}}