Isolation of a dihalogen molecule XY (XY = Cl
2, Br
2, or BrCl) with CS
2 in a solid Ar matrix at about 15 K leads,by broad-band U
V-
vis photolysis (200
800 nm), to a
variety of products depending on the natures of X andY. These products ha
ve been identified on the basis of the IR spectra of the matrices. In addition to the familiarspecies SCCl
2, ClCS
, Cl
···SCS, CCl
4,
CCl
3,
:CCl
2, SCl
2, SCBr
2, CBr
4,
CBr
3, BrC(S)Cl, BrCCl
3, and
:CBrCl, thefollowing new molecules ha
ve also been identified as products of the
various photoreactions:
syn-ClC(S)SCl,
anti-ClC(S)SCl,
syn-BrC(S)SBr,
anti-BrC(S)SBr,
syn-ClC(S)SBr,
anti-ClC(S)SBr,
syn-BrC(S)SCl,
anti-BrC(S)SCl,ClC(S)S
, BrCS
, and Br
···SCS. The IR spectra of these hitherto unknown species ha
ve been interpreted withreference to the predictions of ab initio (HF and MP2) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The resultsare analyzed in relation to the reaction pathways accessed by matrix photolysis.