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Mechanism of the Reaction, CH4 + O(1d2)-> CH3 + OH, Studied by Ultrafast and State-Resolved Photolysis/Probe Spectroscopy of the CH4 O3 van der Waals Complex

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Carl C. Miller, Roger D. van Zee, John C. Stephenson

Abstract

The mechanism of the reaction, CH4 + O(1d2) -> CH3 + OH, was investigated by ultrafast, time-resolved and high resolution, state-resolved experiments. Ultraviolet pulses photolyzed ozone in the CH4 O3 van der Waals complex, and the appearance rate and product state distribution were measured by laser-induced florescence. These data are best fit using a three-mechanism model. The three mechanisms were assigned to the dissociation of a methanol intermediate according to statistical theory, dissociation of a methanol intermediate before intermolecular energy redistribution, and an abstraction.
Citation
Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume
114
Issue
No. 3

Keywords

CH<sub>3</sub> + OH, CH<sub>4</sub> O<sub>3</sub> complex, femtochemistry, infrared multiphoton dissociation (IRMPD, laser-induced fluorescence, OH population distribution, reaction mechanism, ultrafast spectroscopy

Citation

Miller, C. , van, R. and Stephenson, J. (2001), Mechanism of the Reaction, CH<sub>4</sub> + O(<sup>1<sub></sub>d2</sup>)-> CH<sub>3</sub> + OH, Studied by Ultrafast and State-Resolved Photolysis/Probe Spectroscopy of the CH<sub>4</sub> O<sub>3</sub> van der Waals Complex, Journal of Chemical Physics (Accessed May 6, 2026)
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Created January 1, 2001, Updated February 17, 2017
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