“…This ensures that photofragments observed are produced from the species of interest, and not from a minor component of the solution-phase mixture. Furthermore, the solution environment is potentially much more complex, since direct photoproducts can undergo secondary reactions and will be subject to environmental factors, i.e., pH, solvent, and aggregation [ 5 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 ]. Herein, we evaluate the benefits of this two-step methodology for studying photochemistry by applying it to RF in its native solution-phase form, [RF − H] − We have chosen RF for this study since it’s solution photochemistry has been well studied, thus allowing us to benchmark our solution-phase on-line photolysis technique and also understand if the gas-phase measurements can shed light on the solution-phase photochemistry.…”