title: The formation of NO+ from the reaction of N2(2+) with O2.
abstract: We have studied the potentially ionospherically significant reaction between N(2)2+ with O2 using position-sensitive coincidence spectroscopy. We observe both nondissociative and dissociative electron transfer reactions as well as two channels involving the formation of NO+. The NO+ product is formed together with either N+ and O in one bond-forming channel or O+ and N in the other bond-forming channel. Using the scattering diagrams derived from the coincidence data, it seems clear that both bond-forming reactions proceed via a collision complex [N2O2]2+. This collision complex then decays by loss of a neutral atom to form a daughter dication (NO2(2+) or N2O2+), which then decays by charge separation to yield the observed products.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Claire L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Ricketts
authors.forename: Sarah M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Harper
authors.forename: Sunny W-P
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Stephen D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Price