Dynamics of the isotope exchange reaction of D with H3+, H2D+, and D2H+
Open Access
- 28 February 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 154 (8), 084307
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0038434
Abstract
We have measured the merged-beams rate coefficient for the titular isotope exchange reactions as a function of the relative collision energy in the range of 3 meV–10 eV. The results appear to scale with the number of available sites for deuteration. We have performed extensive theoretical calculations to characterize the zero-point energy corrected reaction path. Vibrationally adiabatic minimum energy paths were obtained using a combination of unrestricted quadratic configuration interaction of single and double excitations and internally contracted multireference configuration interaction calculations. The resulting barrier height, ranging from 68 meV to 89 meV, together with the various asymptotes that may be reached in the collision, was used in a classical over-the-barrier model. All competing endoergic reaction channels were taken into account using a flux reduction factor. This model reproduces all three experimental sets quite satisfactorily. In order to generate thermal rate coefficients down to 10 K, the internal excitation energy distribution of each isotopologue is evaluated level by level using available line lists and accurate spectroscopic parameters. Tunneling is accounted for by a direct inclusion of the exact quantum tunneling probability in the evaluation of the cross section. We derive a thermal rate coefficient of for temperatures below 44 K, 86 K, and 139 K for the reaction of D with , , and , respectively, with tunneling effects included. The derived thermal rate coefficients exceed the ring polymer molecular dynamics prediction of Bulut et al. [J. Phys. Chem. A 123, 8766 (2019)] at all temperatures.
Funding Information
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (HI 2009/1-1)
- Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique—FNRS (4.4504.10)
- Division of Astronomical Sciences (AST-1613267 and AST-2002461)
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