Structure/Reactivity and Thermochemistry of Ions

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Capture Collision Theory

   • Douglas P. Ridge

   Pages 1-13

3. Collision Theory: Summary of the Panel Discussion

   • Douglas P. Ridge

   Pages 15-21

4. Optical Studies of Product State Distributions in Thermal Energy Ion-Molecule Reactions

   • Veronica M. Bierbaum, Stephen R. Leone

   Pages 23-55

5. Crossed-Molecular Beam Studies of Charge Transfer Reactions at Low and Intermediate Energy

   • Jean H. Futrell

   Pages 57-80

6. Production, Quenching and Reaction of Vibrationally Excited Ions in Collisions with Neutrals in Drift Tubes

   • Eldon E. Ferguson

   Pages 81-95

7. Kinetic Energy Dependence of Ion-Molecule Reactions: From Triatomics to Transition Metals

   • P. B. Armentrout

   Pages 97-164

8. Reactions of Transition Metal Ions with Cycloalkanes and Metal Carbonyls

   • Douglas P. Ridge

   Pages 165-175

9. Gas Phase Metal Ion Chemistry: Summary of the Panel Discussion

   • Robert R. Squires

   Pages 177-184

10. Dynamics of Dissociation and Reactions of Cluster Ions

    • A. W. Castleman Jr., R. G. Keesee

    Pages 185-217

11. Growing Molecules with Ion/Molecule Reactions

    • Diethard K. Bohme

    Pages 219-246

12. AB Initio Studies of Interstellar Molecular Ions

    • W. P. Kraemer

    Pages 247-260

13. Structures and Spectroscopic Properties of Small Negative Molecular Ions — Theory and Experiment

    • P. Botschwina

    Pages 261-270

14. ab initio Calculations on Organic Ion Structures

    • Nikolaus Heinrich

    Pages 271-278

15. Formation of Anions in the Gas Phase

    • Charles H. DePuy, Veronica M. Bierbaum

    Pages 279-291

16. Proton Transfer Reactions of Anions

    • Charles H. DePuy, Veronica M. Bierbaum

    Pages 293-303

17. Assignment of Absolute Gas Phase Basicities of Small Molecules

    • T. B. McMahon

    Pages 305-320

18. Kinetics and Equilibria of Electron Transfer Reactions: A− + B = A + B−. Determinations of Electron Affinities of A and B and Stabilities of Adducts A 2 − and (A • B)−

    • Swapan Chowdhury, Paul Kebarle

    Pages 321-366

19. Ion Thermochemistry: Summary of the Panel Discussion

    • John E. Bartmess

    Pages 367-380

20. Entropy-Driven Reactions: Summary of the Panel Discussion

    • Michael Henchman

    Pages 381-399

This volume presents the proceedings of a 1986 Advanced Study Institute entitled "Structure/Reactivity and Thermochemistry of Ions", held at Les Arcs, France, June 30 to July 11, 1986. The format of a NATO Institute is ideally suited to in-depth communications between scien­ tists of diverse backgrounds. Particularly in the field of ion physics and chemistry, where on-going research involves physicists, physical chemists, and organic chemists - who use a variety of experimental and theoretical techniques - it is found that in the relaxed but stimula­ ting atmosphere of a NATO ASI, each professional group provides unique insights, leading to a better definition and solution of problems relating to the properties of gas phase ions. This book presents chapters based on the lectures presented at the Les Arcs ASI. The participants took the initiative to organize a number of specialized workshops - informal discussion groups which considered questions or problem areas of particular interest. The accounts of these sessions, which are also included in this book, make stimulating reading, and include considerable useful information. This Advanced Study Institute is the fourth in a series of NATO-spon­ sored institutes devoted to the chemistry and physics of ions in the gas phase. The first, in 1974, in Biarritz, France, focussed on "Interactions between Ions and Molecules".

• entropy
• kinetics
• metals
• structure
• thermochemistry

'This volume, like previous volumes of the NATO Advanced Science Institute Series, presents articles of high scientific standard. Knowledge of this book is essential for all those working in the field of ionphysics and chemistry, moreover, the volume can be recommended to researchers dealing with gas kinetics and reaction dynamics or other related subjects.'
Reaction Kinetics + Catalysis Letters, Vol. 36, No. 2.

• Center for Chemical Physics, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, USA

  Pierre Ausloos, Sharon G. Lias

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