Dynamics of chemical reactions of multiply-charged cations: Information from beam scattering experiments

• Dynamics of chemical (bond-forming) reactions of molecular di- and tri-cations as obtained from beam scattering studies is shortly reviewed.
• Results obtained by crossed-beam scattering, position-sensitive coincidence method, and relevant data of other beam experiments are given.
• Total and differential cross sections, translational energy distributions, collisional mechanisms are discussed for specific systems studied.

Resultof beam scattering experiments on dynamics of chemical (bond-forming) reactions of molecular dications and trications are briefly reviewed. Both studies of crossed-beam scattering experiments and experiments using advanced position-sensitive coincidence method and their achievements that added to a better understanding of collisional mechanisms and energy deposition in products of this class of processes are discussed. In addition, results of other non-scattering methods (mass spectrometric, guided beam, time-of-flight) are briefly mentioned, if relevant to the subject of the paper.

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