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Reactions of N/sup +/ and H/sub 3//sup +/ with the structural isomers of C/sub 2/H/sub 2/Cl/sub 2/

Journal Article · · J. Phys. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100334a019· OSTI ID:5994657
The rate coefficients, k, for the reactions of N/sup +/ ions with the nonpolar molecule trans-1,2-C/sub 2/H/sub 2/Cl/sub 2/ and the polar molecules 1,1-C/sub 2/H/sub 2/Cl/sub 2/ and cis-1,2-C/sub 2/H/sub 2/Cl/sub 2/ have been determined at 27, 68, and 163 K by using the CRESU technique and at 300 K by using the SIFT technique. Also, the SIFT technique has been used to determine the rate coefficients and ion product distributions at 300 K for the reactions of these molecules with H/sub 3//sup +/ ions. The measured rate coefficient for the N/sup +/ reaction involving the nonpolar isomer of C/sub 2/H/sub 2/Cl/sub 2/ is temperature invariant and in close accord with the collisional rate coefficient, k/sub c/, calculated by using the Langevin theory. However, although the increase of the rate coefficients with a decrease in temperature for the two N/sup +/ reactions involving the polar molecules is consistent with the adiabatic capture centrifugal sudden approximation (ACCSA), the magnitudes of the rate coefficients are less than the k/sub c/ predicted by that theory, a temperature-invariant reaction probability of approx. 0.5 being indicated. An explanation for this low reaction probability is tentatively proposed.
Research Organization:
CNRS, Meudon (France)
OSTI ID:
5994657
Journal Information:
J. Phys. Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Phys. Chem.; (United States) Vol. 92:23; ISSN JPCHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English