Chemistry Within van der Waals Cluster of Unsaturated Molecules: Observation of Cationic Polymerization

Abstract

We present in this paper the observation of intracluster ion-molecule polymerization reactions within clusters containing molecules which possess double or triple carbon-carbon bonds. This effect is borne out by the observation of unusual magic numbers in the cluster ion distribution only under expansion conditions which favor the production of large neutral clusters. These magic numbers are rationalized in terms of the production of covalently bonded cyclic molecular ions which terminate the cationic polymerization process.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA251944

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  • Gopal Vaidyanathan
  • James F. Garvey
  • M. Todd Coolbaugh
  • Stephine Gumina

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  • University at Buffalo

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  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

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  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Condensation Reactions
  • Mass Spectra
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Mass Spectroscopy
  • Molecules
  • New York
  • Observation
  • Phase
  • Physical Properties
  • Polymerization
  • Production
  • Spectra
  • Spectrometry
  • Spectroscopy
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  • Chemistry

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