Selectivity of weak intermolecular forces and precursor state of elementary oxidation reactions, a new insight on Ne^* + N₂ chemiionization.

ABSTRACT: This paper reports on the collision dynamics of N₂ with metastable Ne^* promoting chemiionizations, prototype of barrier-less oxidation reactions of great interest for fundamental and applied research. Extending guidelines presented in previous papers for the atom-atom case, an innovative treatment of the reaction stereodynamics involving molecules in a quantum state-to-state resolution conditions is proposed that emphasizes the role of structure and stability of the precursor that is here the reaction transition state. A critical test of such treatment, carried out exploiting a new formulation both of real and imaginary parts of the optical potential driving the reaction dynamics, is represented by the detailed-combined description of all relevant findings, provided b

SUBMITTER: Falcinelli S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8476572 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature