Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.115, No.15, 6946-6950, 2001
Conditions conducive to the chemi-ionization reaction O(P-3)+CH(X-2 Pi,a (4)Sigma(-))-> HCO+ (X-1 Sigma(+))+e(-)
We have determined the favorable geometries and intermediate HCO states that allow the chemi-ionization reaction O(P-3)+CH --> HCO+(X (1)Sigma (+))+e(-) to take place in low-energy collisions, when CH is either in the ground X (2)Pi or in the first excited a (4)Sigma (-) state.