Advances in Gas Phase Ion Chemistry, Volume 2 (Advances in Gas Phase Ion Chemistry)

This text focuses on reviews of the authors' own work rather than giving a general review of the research area. This allows for presentation of some current work. Emphasis is placed on gas ion chemistry in its broadest sense to include ion-neutral, ion-electron, and ion-ion reactions. These reaction processes span the various disciplines of chemistry and include some of those in physics. Within this scope, both experimental and theoretical contributions are included which deal with a wide variety of areas ranging from fundamental interactions to applications in real media such as interstellar gas clouds and plasmas used in the etching of semiconductors. The authors are scientists who are leaders in their fields and the series should therefore provide an up-to-date analysis of topics of current importance. This series is designed for researchers and graduate students working in ion chemistry and related fields and should be an invaluable reference for years to come. The contributions to the series embody the wealth of molecular information that can be obtained by studying chemical reactions between ions, electrons and neutrals in the gas phase. Front Cover......Page 1 ADVANCES IN GAS PHASE ION CHEMISTRY......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 6 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS......Page 8 PREFACE......Page 10 CHAPTER 1. EFFECT OF MOLECULAR ORIENTATION ON ELECTRON TRANSFER AND ELECTRON IMPACT IONIZATION......Page 12 CHAPTER 2. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES TO THE UNIMOLECULAR DISSOCIATION OF GASEOUS CLUSTER IONS......Page 52 CHAPTER 3. NEW APPROACHES TO ION THERMOCHEMISTRY VIA DISSOCIATION AND ASSOCIATION......Page 98 CHAPTER 4. ALKYL CATION–DIHYDROGEN COMPLEXES; SILONIUM AND GERMONIUM CATIONS: THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS......Page 136 CHAPTER 5. SYMMETRY–INDUCED KINETIC ISOTOPE EFFECTS IN ION–MOLECULE REACTIONS......Page 172 CHAPTER 6. ION–MOLECULE CHEMISTRY: THE ROLES OF INTRINSIC STRUCTURE, SOLVATION, AND COUNTERIONS......Page 204 CHAPTER 7. GAS PHASE ION CHEMISTRY UNDER CONDITIONS OF VERY HIGH PRESSURE......Page 230 INDEX������������......Page 270 Electron transfer can occur when ionic and covalent states of the same symmetry have the same energy.