Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.107, No.3, 772-778, 1997
Measurement of the Rotational Distribution for the OD Product from the Reaction Nd3++d2O-)Nd4++od
The state-to-state ion-molecule reaction ND3+(v(2)=1)+D2O-->ND4++OD(v=0,N) is investigated. A slowly flowing, 2:1 mixture of ND3 and D2O at a total pressure of 50 mTorr is irradiated with a two-color sequence of laser pulses that prepares ND3+ in either the v(2)=1 umbrella bending mode or the ground vibrational state by 1+1’+1 resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization via the ND3 (A) over tilde and (B) over tilde states. After a delay of 200 ns to allow product buildup, the rotational distribution of OD(v=0) product is measured by recording the OD A(2) Sigma(+)-X-2 Pi laser-induced fluorescence spectrum on the (1,1) band following excitation of the (1,0) band. Rotational distributions are presented for the (2) Pi(3/2) and (2) Pi(1/2) fine-structure states of the OD product for the reaction of the vibrationally excited reactant ion; for the experimentally difficult case of the reactant ion in the ground state, a rotational distribution is presented for the (2) Pi(3/2) fine-structure state of the OD product. For the case of the reaction with excited ND3+, the relative rotational populations are fit to a Boltzmann distribution to yield temperatures of 990+/-30 K and 890+/-70 K for the OD (2) Pi(3/2) and (2) Pi(1/2) fine-structure components, respectively. For the ground state ion, such a fit yields a temperature of 700+/-100 K for the OD (2) Pi(3/2) fine-structure component. The results are compared to an RRKM-type model that predicts a rotational distribution of 800 K, and 940 K for the reaction of ion with v(2)=0 and v(2)=1, respectively. The excellent agreement is evidence for reaction through a long-lived complex.
Keywords:SET MODEL CHEMISTRY;LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE;MULTIPHOTON IONIZATION;AMMONIA IONS;SYSTEM;POPULATION;ENERGIES