Dynamics of the OH(
= 1,2,4) + O3
atmospheric reaction†
Abstract
We report a theoretical dynamics study of the title five-atom
atmospheric reaction using the quasiclassical trajectory method and a realistic
double many-body expansion potential energy surface recently reported
for HO4(2A). A comparison with available results on
the OH() quenching based on nonreactive collisions is also
presented. The results indicate that vibrational excitation strongly enhances
reactivity, with removal of vibrationally excited OH occurring predominantly
through chemical reaction.