Van der Waals Complexes and Small Molecular Clusters: A Tool to Understand and Control Chemical Reactions

The following sections are included:

• Introduction

  • Experimental principle

• Reaction in van der waals complexes

  • Preparation of the complex

    • The entrance channel

    • The final states

    • The intermediate state of reaction

• The van der Waals technique as a probe for a harpoon type chemical reaction.

• Two-photon excitation

• VUV excitation of the Xe-Cl₂ complex: symmetry selection on the exit channel

  • Charge transfer mechanism in a collinear Xe-Cl₂ complex

  • Charge transfer mechanism in a T shaped Xe-Cl₂ complex

• Femto second investigation of the Xe-Cl₂ reactive complex (73)

• Reaction in ionic complexes

  • Ionic nucleophilic substitution reaction in halogenated benzene- NH₃ complexes

  • Results

• Size effect in nucleophilic substitution

• Conclusions

• References