Mechanism of the Reaction H2+D2→2HD. A Simple Molecular Orbital Description
- 1 September 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 53 (5), 1623-1627
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1674234
Abstract
A bimolecular mechanism is proposed for the exchange reaction based on simple molecular orbital calculations, qualitative molecular orgital pictures, and symmetry arguments. The mechanism assumes a broadside collision of one molecule with another, followed by rearrangement.
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