Dynamical stereochemistry of activationless bimolecular reactions of ions and neutrals

R. D. Levine, R. B. Bernstein*

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Abstract

An orientation-dependent centrifugal barrier model for describing the stereochemistry of reactions without activation energies is described. Applications to ion-polar molecule and atom-molecule reactions are discussed. The approach is similar in spirit to the line-of-centers model with an orientation-dependent activation barrier. It differs, however, from models that employ angle-averaged potentials; hence it recovers a steric factor (due to a limited cone of acceptance) and provides an explicit functional form for the orientation dependence of the reactivity within the cone.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6954-6958
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry
Volume92
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - 1988

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