Issue 26, 2019

Isotope-selective chemistry in the Be+(2S1/2) + HOD → BeOD+/BeOH+ + H/D reaction

Abstract

Low temperature reactions between laser-cooled Be+(2S1/2) ions and partially deuterated water (HOD) molecules have been investigated using an ion trap and interpreted with zero-point corrected quasi-classical trajectory calculations on a highly accurate global potential energy surface for the ground electronic state. Both product channels have been observed for the first time, and the branching to BeOD+ + H is found to be 0.58 ± 0.14. The experimental observation is reproduced by both quasi-classical trajectory and statistical calculations. Theoretical analyses reveal that the branching to the two product channels is largely due to the availability of open states in each channel.

Graphical abstract: Isotope-selective chemistry in the Be+(2S1/2) + HOD → BeOD+/BeOH+ + H/D reaction

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 okt 2018
Accepted
20 dec 2018
First published
20 dec 2018

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019,21, 14005-14011

Author version available

Isotope-selective chemistry in the Be+(2S1/2) + HOD → BeOD+/BeOH+ + H/D reaction

G. K. Chen, C. Xie, T. Yang, A. Li, A. G. Suits, E. R. Hudson, W. C. Campbell and H. Guo, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019, 21, 14005 DOI: 10.1039/C8CP06690F

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