Molecular beam-laser induced fluorescence experiments on hydrogen abstraction from amines by O(³P)

Using crossed molecular beam-laser induced fluorescence experiments, we have probed nascent internal state distribution and dynamic energy thresholds of OH formed in the reactions of O(3P) with amines. The results imply that the mechanism for OH formation is direct abstraction from a C-H bond. This is contrary to an earlier suggestion that OH is formed as a result of an addition mechanism. © 1982 American Institute of Physics.