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Gas Phase Ionic Reactions

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Ionic reactions in the gas phase is a broad field encompassing a multitude of interactions between ions (both positively and negatively charged), electrons and neutrals. These can be as simple as the transfer of an electron between molecules, or can be complex with considerable bond breaking, reforming and rearrangement. Reactions of the general type

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illustrating this diversity, are given in Table 38.1. The reaction process can be considered as consisting of three parts: (a) the initial interaction, in which the colliding particles, A +,− and B −,n are drawn together by an attractive potential, (b) the reaction intermediate and transition state, in which reactants are transformed into products and (c) the weakening interaction as the product particles separate. Interactions can also occur where only elastic scattering is involved and these are considered in Chapt. 67.

Table 38.1 Examples illustrating the range of ionic reactions that can occur in the gas phase
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MQDT:

multichannel quantum defect theory

PAH:

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

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Adams, N. (2006). Gas Phase Ionic Reactions. In: Drake, G. (eds) Springer Handbook of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. Springer Handbooks. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-26308-3_38

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