Ion-molecule reaction mechanisms: Thermal energy gas phase reactions of 12C+ and 13C+ ions with CH4, C2H4, C2H6, C3H6, C3H8, and CD3CH2CD3 J. Chem. Phys. 65, 2574 (1976 10.1063/1.433444 Equilibrium studies of gas phase ion-molecule reactions. Ion cyclotron resonance results for the reaction CO2H+ + CH4 ? CH5 + + CO2A mass spectrometric study of ionic reactions in CH.-CF 4 and C,H 6 --CF 4 mixtures was undertaken at pressures as high as 0.52 torr. It was found that CFj ions react in a hydride transfer process with ethane with a rate constant of 3.3X 10-10 cm 3 molecule-I.s-I . A rate constant of 1.6X 10-10 cm' molecule -I·S -I was determined for the reaction of C,Ht ions with C,H 6 • In mixtures of CH. and CF 4 , both CHj and CHt react with CF 4 , apparently by fluoride ion transfer. for which we calculated rate constants of 8.6 X 10-10 and 2.3 X 10-10 cm' molecule-I·s-I • respectively. CFt ions do not attack molecular methane. There is good agreement with published rate constants for the disappearance of CHi. CHj. and CHt ions in pure methane. However we observed a decreasing CHi yield above 0.1 torr which may be due either to impurities or to excess energy in CHt ions as a result of a relatively high repeller field strength within the ion source in our experiments.