The14N(d, α)12C reaction has been studied in order to investigate the possible production of quartet states involving excitations of quartets from the (0p) to the (1s, 0d) and (0f, 1p) shells. The compound nucleus16O is excited in the energy regionE x =(21÷25) MeV, where the quartet configurations |111| and |102| are predicted. The14N(d, α) and14N(d, p) excitation functions were measured, for transitions up to the eighth excited state in12C and to the tenth excited state in15N, in the energy rangeEd=(0.5÷5.0) MeV, partially at laboratory angles θlab = 60°, 90° and partially at θlab = 120°, 150°. Moreover, angular distributions were measured nearEd=2.7 MeV in order to recognize the |030| quartet configuration, predicted atE x =23.1 MeV, which does not involve the same kind of excitations. ΔE, E telescopes and a time-of-flight device were used. A resonance occurs atEd=3.24 MeV (E x (16O)=23.54 MeV) which may arise from a di-deuteron structure withJπ=2+. No evidence for resonances due to quartet excitations has been found.