Abstract
Fast proton impact with ammonia and methane leads to formation of H2+ and H3+ via bond rearrangement. We have examined this process in both the common and deuterated isotopes of these molecules. Unexpectedly, H3+ is more likely to be produced from ammonia than methane. Calculations of the ionic potential energy surface in reduced coordinates corresponding to a symmetric stretch of a H3+ triangle away from the nitrogen atom or C-H complex show this counterintuitive result is plausible.
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