A bimolecular mechanism is proposed for the exchange reaction H2+D2→2HD based on simple molecular orbital calculations, qualitative molecular orgital pictures, and symmetry arguments. The mechanism assumes a broadside collision of one molecule with another, followed by rearrangement.
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Benjamin M. Gimarc (1970) studied this question.
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