Features of the dissociation of chloroethylene dichloroborane molecules in a CO2 laser radiation field

An investigation was made of multiphoton dissociation of chloroethylene dichloroborane (HClC = CHBCl₂) in a pulsed CO₂ laser radiation field. The main products of infrared dissociation of the active medium were identified. It was shown for the first time that in a pulsed CO₂ laser field the chloroethylene dichloroborane molecule dissociates to give elemental boron with up to 80% of ¹⁰B.