The chemical kinetics and dynamics of the prototypical reaction: OH + H2 → H2O + H
Abstract
During the last decade, in studies of bimolecular reaction dynamics by both experimentalists and theoreticians, there has been increasing emphasis on reactions beyond the three-atom case, traditionally represented by A + BC → AB + C. As part of this progress, four-atom reactions of the type AB + CD → ABC + D have attracted much attention. Within this class of reactions, for both theoretical and experimental reasons, the system: OH + H2H2O + H has emerged as a prototype. In reactions involving four atoms, this reaction now occupies the place held by the H + H2 → H2 + H and F + H2 HF + H reactions amongst three-atom reactions. In this article, we review
the experimental data for the kinetics and reaction dynamics that are available for the forward and reverse reactions, OH + H2