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Published June 10, 2005 | Published
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Reply to comment by Röckmann and Kaiser on "Evidence for O-atom exchange in the O(^1D) + N_2O reaction as the source of mass-independent isotopic fractionation in atmospheric N_2O"

Abstract

Based upon the authors' questioning of the existence of the C_(2v) intermediate, we have reviewed our evidence for the existence of this state. It now appears that this state was in fact an artifact of our calculation [Yung et al., 2004], and was a saddle point rather than a true minimum. Our desire to provide a timely response to this criticism has kept us from determining exactly what minimum structure will be obtained by a full minimization at the level of theory employed. However, it is clear that the C_(2v) symmetry of the compound is broken in such a way that the two N-O bonds are no longer equivalent. We are grateful to the authors for helping us resolve this issue.

Additional Information

© 2005 by the American Geophysical Union. Received 9 February 2005; revised 5 April 2005; accepted 10 May 2005; published 10 June 2005. In summary, we thank Röckmann and Kaiser [2005] for their insightful and provocative comments.

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