Ta<sup>+</sup> and Nb<sup>+</sup> + CO<sub>2</sub>: intersystem crossing in ion–molecule reactions
Maximilian E. Huber, Tucker W. R. Lewis, Marcel Meta, Shaun G. Ard, Yang Liu, Brendan C. Sweeny, Hua Guo, Milan Ončák, Nicholas S. Shuman, Jennifer Meyer
Abstract
The role of intersystem crossing (ISC) in the dynamics and kinetics of gas-phase ion–molecule reactions is investigated by a mix of experimental and theoretical methods. We found that ISC can act as a bottleneck even for highly efficient reactions.
Topics & Concepts
Intersystem crossingIonMoleculeChemistryPhysicsAtomic physicsExcited stateOrganic chemistrySinglet stateMass Spectrometry Techniques and ApplicationsRadioactive element chemistry and processingAdvanced Chemical Physics Studies