TY - JOUR
T1 - A quantum state-resolved insertion reaction
T2 - O(1D) + H2(j = 0) → OH(2II, v, N) + H(2S)
AU - Liu, X.
AU - Lin, J. J.
AU - Harich, S.
AU - Schatz, George C
AU - Yang, X.
PY - 2000/9/1
Y1 - 2000/9/1
N2 - The O(1D) + H2 → OH + H reaction, which proceeds mainly as an insertion reaction at a collisional energy of 1.3 kilocalories per mole, has been investigated with the high-resolution H atom Rydberg 'tagging' time-of-flight technique and the quasiclassical trajectory (QCT) method, Quantum state-resolved differential cross sections were measured for this prototype reaction. Different rotationally-vibrationally excited OH products have markedly different angular distributions, whereas the total reaction products are roughly forward and backward symmetric. Theoretical results obtained from QCT calculations indicate that this reaction is dominated by the insertion mechanism, with a small contribution from the collinear abstraction mechanism through quantum tunneling.
AB - The O(1D) + H2 → OH + H reaction, which proceeds mainly as an insertion reaction at a collisional energy of 1.3 kilocalories per mole, has been investigated with the high-resolution H atom Rydberg 'tagging' time-of-flight technique and the quasiclassical trajectory (QCT) method, Quantum state-resolved differential cross sections were measured for this prototype reaction. Different rotationally-vibrationally excited OH products have markedly different angular distributions, whereas the total reaction products are roughly forward and backward symmetric. Theoretical results obtained from QCT calculations indicate that this reaction is dominated by the insertion mechanism, with a small contribution from the collinear abstraction mechanism through quantum tunneling.
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U2 - 10.1126/science.289.5484.1536
DO - 10.1126/science.289.5484.1536
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034284572
VL - 289
SP - 1536
EP - 1538
JO - Science
JF - Science
SN - 0036-8075
IS - 5484
ER -