Abstract
The reactions of cationic zirconium oxide clusters (ZrxOy+) with ethylene (C2H4) were investigated by using a time-of-flight mass spectrometer coupled with a laser ablation/supersonic expansion cluster source. Some hydrogen containing products (ZrO2)xH+(x = 14) were observed after the reaction. The density functional theory calculations indicate that apart from the common oxygen transfer reaction channel, the hydrogen abstraction channel can also occur in (ZrO2)x++C2H4, which supports that the observed (ZrO2)xH+ may be due to (ZrO2)x++C2H4(ZrO2)xH++C2H3. The rate constants of different reaction channels were also calculated by Rice-Ramsberger-Kassel-Marcus theory.
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