Crossed beam studies of radical-radical reactions: O(3P) + C3H5 (allyl).

The dynamics of the radical-radical reaction O((3)P) + C(3)H(5) has been investigated by means of the crossed molecular beam technique with mass spectrometric detection at a collision energy of 73.0 kJ mol(-1); the reaction mechanism of the H-displacement channel has been elucidated, while experimental evidence of the occurrence of one or more C-C bond-breaking channels at this collision energy has been obtained.