Polyatomic multichannel reactions

Undoubtedly, the technique most suited to tackle polyatomic multichannel reactions is the crossed molecular beam (CMB) scattering technique with mass spectrometric detection and time-of-flight (TOF) analysis. This technique, based on universal electron-impact (El) ionization coupled with a quadrupole mass filter for mass selection, has been central in the investigation of the dynamics of bimolecular reactions during the past 35 years.1,9-11 El ionization affords, in principle, a universal detection method for all possible reaction products of even a complex reaction exhibiting multiple reaction pathways. Although the technique is not usually able to provide state-resolved information, especially on a polyatomic... 

N. Balucani, G. Capozza, F. Leonori, E. Segoloni, P. Casavecchia, Crossed molecular beam reactive scattering From simple triatomic to multichannel polyatomic reactions, Int. Rev. Phys. Chem. 25 (2006) 109. 

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