ON THE DYNAMICS OF THE O(D-1)+CF3BR REACTION

An experimental and theoretical investigation of the reactive properti es of the O(D-1) + CF3Br system has been carried out using crossed mol ecular beam scattering measurements and quasiclassical trajectory calc ulations. From the crossed beam experiment energy and angular distribu tions of the BrO reaction product were obtained. By carrying out traje ctory calculations on a potential energy surface that we derived from spectroscopic and ab initio data, rate coefficients and scattering pro perties were estimated. The calculated properties are in reasonable ag reement with experimental findings. Trajectory calculations were also performed to evaluate the temperature dependence of the rate coefficie nt of the processes leading to CF3O + Br and BrO + CF3.