Probing the structure of CH5+ by dissociative charge exchange.
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+.
Mann
Jennifer E
JE
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0340, USA.
Xie
Zhen
Z
Savee
John D
JD
Braams
Bastiaan J
BJ
Bowman
Joel M
JM
Continetti
Robert E
RE