Sequential reactions of SiD+2 with SiD4

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Abstract
The thermal (300 K) reaction of SiD+2 with SiD4 proceeds at greater than the Langevin collision rate (21±3×10−10 cm3/molecule s ). The reaction products SiD+3, Si2D+2, and Si2D+4 are produced in a 54:7:39 ratio. Both silicon isotope exchange and adduct (Si2D+6) formation are −7 Torr. The branching ratio for SiD+3 formation increases with increasing internal energy of SiD+2. Sequential reactions of SiD+3 and Si2D+2 with SiD4 have been previously found to produce terminal species containing five silicon atoms. Si2D+4 reacts with SiD4 only by silicon isotope exchange at 2.0±0.7% of the collision rate (0.20±0.07×10−10 cm3/molecule s ) with no evidence of other reactions (+2 with SiD4 does not lead to unconstrained clustering and particle formation in silane plasmas. High level ab initio calculations on this system are reported by Raghavachari in his companion paper. Energies of the critical intermediates and transition states along the reaction surface are compared quantitatively to the experimental results via phase space calculations. The energies agree to within 6 kcal/mol.