Abstract:
We have investigated the dynamics of the F+C
4H
6 reaction using the universal crossed molecular beam method. The C
4H
5F+H reaction channel was observed in this experiment. Angular resolved time-of-flight spectra have been measured for the C
4H
5F product. Product angular distributions as well as kinetic energy distributions were determined for this product channel. Experimental results show that the C
4H
5F product is largely backward scattered with considerable forward scattering signal, relative to the F atom beam direction. This suggests that the reaction channel mainly proceeds via a long-lived complex formation mechanism, with possible contribution from a direct SN
2 type mechanism.