Quantum scattering calculation of the O(1D)+HBr reaction

Vibrational excitation influence on the H + BrO → HBr + O reaction: a quasi-classical trajectory investigation

Quasi-classical trajectory calculations are employed to investigate the vibrational excitation effect on the scalar and vector properties of the H + BrO → HBr + O reaction using a X1A′ state ab initio potential energy surface (J. Chem. Phys. 2000, 113, 4598). The reaction probability, cross section, and rate constant are carried out with the effect of the collision energy (Ecol = 0.1–6 kcal/mol) and vibrational levels (v = 0–3). A significant vibrational dependency has been observed in the reaction probability and cross section at a relatively low collision energy area and has also been found in a low-temperature (T < 150 K) region of the rate constant. In addition, two product angular distributions, P(θr) and P(ϕr), and two generalized polarization-dependent differential cross sections, PDDCS00 and PDDCS20, are calculated as well. All of these scalar and vector properties have shown sensitive behaviors to the vibrational levels.

Theories of reactive scattering

This paper is an overview of the theory of reactive scattering, with emphasis on fully quantum mechanical theories that have been developed to describe simple chemical reactions, especially atom-diatom reactions. We also describe related quasiclassical trajectory applications, and in all of this review the emphasis is on methods and applications concerned with state-resolved reaction dynamics. The review first provides an overview of the development of the theory, including a discussion of computational methods based on coupled channel calculations, variational methods, and wave packet methods. Choices of coordinates, including the use of hyperspherical coordinates are discussed, as are basis set and discrete variational representations. The review also summarizes a number of applications that have been performed, especially the two most comprehensively studied systems, H+H2 and F+H2, along with brief discussions of a large number of other systems, including other hydrogen atom transfer reactions, insertion reactions, electronically nonadiabatic reactions, and reactions involving four or more atoms. For each reaction we describe the method used and important new physical insight extracted from the results.