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Branching ratios in reactive collisions: Theory versus experiment
Author(s) -
Bernstein R. B.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.560090848
Subject(s) - branching (polymer chemistry) , chemistry , branching fraction , halide , alkali metal , ionic bonding , reagent , intramolecular force , computational chemistry , chemical physics , nuclear physics , physics , ion , organic chemistry
Abstract Recent experimental and theoretical studies of branching ratios in elementary bimolecular reactions are reviewed. Examples include both direct‐ and complex‐mode reactions of neutral reagents yielding alternative sets of products (neutral or ionic as the case may be). The information‐theoretic approach to branching ratios (and intramolecular isotope effects) for direct, exoergic reactions is illustrated. Recent molecular beam experiments on the energy dependence of the branching ratio for the decay of alkali halide‐alkali collision complexes are discussed.