Kk. Matthews et Ng. Adams, SELECTED-ION FLOW TUBE STUDIES OF THE REACTIONS OF THE ISOMERS C2H5OH2+ AND (CH3)(2)OH+ WITH A SERIES OF MOLECULES, International journal of mass spectrometry and ion processes, 163(3), 1997, pp. 221-228
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The reactivities of the isomeric forms C2H5OH2+ and (CH3)(2)OH+ of C2H
7O+ With a series of molecules (C2H5OCHO, (CH3)(2)CHOH, CH3CO2H, CH3C6
H5, CH3CHO, C3H4 (allene), CH3OH, c-C3H6, H2O and C2H6) having proton
affinities ranging from 143.6 to 193.1 kcal mol(-1) have been studied
in a selected ion flow tube at 300 K. The reactivities of these specie
s are generally consistent with the reaction energetics. When exotherm
ic, proton transfer is a significant product channel for both isomers
and the reactions proceed at close to the gas kinetic limit. When prot
on transfer is significantly endothermic, association is the only reac
tion mechanism with varying rate coefficients, but with the C2H5OH2+ r
eaction being approximate to 50% more efficient than that for (CH3)(2)
OH+. In cases with intermediate energetics, there are appreciable diff
erences between the products and in the reactivities of these two isom
ers by as much as two orders of magnitude. Association is competitive
with proton transfer in many cases and, for C2H5OH2+, channels are obs
erved which can be viewed as initial association followed by ejection
of H2O. Such a mechanism is compatible with recent potential surface c
alculations which show that C2H5OH2+ is closely coupled to the high en
ergy proton bound dimer H2O ... H+... C2H4. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science
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