ION–MOLECULE REACTIONS IN METHYL ALCOHOL AND METHYL-d3 ALCOHOL
The rate constants for the hydrogen-transfer ion-molecule reactions[Formula: see text]have been measured at thermal ion energies and found to be 12 × 10−10 cm3 molecule−1 s−1 and 8.0 × 10−10 cm3 molecule−1 s−1 respectively. The rate coefficients at higher ion energies (3.7 eV ion exit energy) show little change from these values. Reactions [a] and [b] have also been studied using CD3OH and it is found that in reaction [a] the hydroxyl hydrogen is transferred 2.5 times more readily at low ion energies and 1.8 times more readily at high ion energies than a methyl hydrogen. This rather small specificity would appear to preclude formation of a "locked-in" collision complex even at low ion energies.