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Crossed-Beams And Theoretical Studies Of Hyperthermal Reactions Of O(3P) With Hcl†, Jianming Zhang, Amy L. Brunsvold, Hari P. Upadhyaya, Timothy K. Minton, Jon P. Camden, Sophya V. Garashchuk, George C. Schatz

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The reaction of O(3 P) with HCl at hyperthermal collision energies (45-116 kcal mol-1 ) has been investigated with crossed-molecular beams experiments and direct dynamics quasi-classical trajectory calculations. The reaction may proceed by two primary pathways, (1) H-atom abstraction to produce OH and Cl and (2) H-atom elimination to produce H and ClO. The H-atom abstraction reaction follows a stripping mechanism, in which the reagent O atom approaches the HCl molecule at large impact parameters and the OH product is scattered in the forward direction, defined as the initial direction of the reagent O atoms. The H-atom elimination reaction is …