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  • Title: Imaging the quantum-state specific differential cross sections of HCl formed from reactions of chlorine atoms with methanol and dimethyl ether.
    Author: Murray C, Orr-Ewing AJ, Toomes RL, Kitsopoulos TN.
    Journal: J Chem Phys; 2004 Feb 01; 120(5):2230-7. PubMed ID: 15268362.
    Abstract:
    Center-of-mass frame scattering angle distributions obtained directly from crossed molecular beam velocity map images are reported for HCl formed in different rotational levels of its vibrational ground state by reaction of Cl atoms with CH3OH and CH3OCH3. Products are observed to scatter over all angles, with peaks in the distribution in the forward and backward directions (theta = 0 and 180 degrees with respect to the relative velocity vectors of the Cl atoms). Products of both reactions exhibit differential cross sections that vary with the rotational quantum number of the HCl, with a greater propensity for forward scatter for J = 2, shifting to more pronounced backward scatter for J = 5. This trend is, however, more evident for reaction of dimethyl ether than for methanol. The mean fractions of the available energy channeled into product kinetic energy vary with scattering angle, but the angle-averaged fractions are, respectively, 0.37 and 0.42 for the methanol and dimethyl ether reactions. On average, 46% or more of the available energy of the reactions becomes internal energy of the radical co-product. Results are interpreted with the aid of computed energies of transition states and molecular complexes along the reaction pathways, and comparisons are drawn with recent measurements of the scattering distributions and energy release for reactions of Cl atoms with small alkanes.
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