Phase-shift studies of Hg(3P0) reactions. Part 2.—Complexes of Hg(3P0) with water and alcohols

Abstract

Radiative lifetimes, lower limits for dissociation energies, and rate constants for formation by bimolecular and termolecular reactions, have been determined for the excited complexes of Hg(3P0) with H2O, D2O, and a number of alcohols. The results are discussed in terms of the alternative processes that can occur during reaction of an R—OH molecule with Hg(3P0).