title: Probing the structure of CH5+ by dissociative charge exchange.
abstract: Dissociative charge exchange of CH5+ with Cs, coupled with quasiclassical trajectory calculations on an ab initio PES for CH5, has been used to probe the structure of the CH5+ cation. Product kinetic energy release distributions and branching ratios for CH5 --> CH4 + H and CH5 --> CH3 + H2 have been compared. The agreement of the product branching ratios provides evidence for the fluxional nature of CH5+.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0340, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Savee
authors.forename: Bastiaan J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Braams
authors.forename: Joel M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bowman
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Continetti