Table 2. Experimental BFs Determined for the O(³P) + C₆H₆ and O(¹D) + C₆H₆ Reactions at E_c = 8.2 kcal/mol, as Obtained from Table 1 (See the Text), Compared to the BFs Predicted by RRKM/ME Calculations on the Coupled Triplet/Singlet PESs at E_c = 8.2 kcal/mol^a.

			BFs
reactants	primary products	PES involved	CMB exptb	RRKM/MEb	lit. exptc,d	RRKM/MEe
O(3P) + C6H6	C6H5O + H	triplet	0.48 ± 0.15	0.26	0.33 ± 0.13c	0.46
	C6H5O + H	singlet via ISC	0.18 ± 0.09	0.15		0.13
	C5H6 + CO	singlet via ISC	0.32 ± 0.14	0.59	0.33 ± 0.08c	0.14
	phenol	singlet via ISC	0.02 ± 0.01	0	0.33 ± 0.08c	0.27
O(1D) + C6H6	C6H5O + H	singlet	0.04 ± 0.02		minord
	C5H6 + CO	singlet	0.34 ± 0.10		minord
	C5H5 + CO + H	singlet	0.62 ± 0.15		dominantd

^aThe experimental uncertainties vary between 25% and 50% depending on the reactive channel.

^bThis work, E_c = 8.2 kcal/mol.

^cFor the O(³P) reaction, the BFs estimated in experimental kinetic work at 900 K and 4 Torr²⁴ are reported and compared with our RRKM/ME predictions.

^dFor the O(¹D) reaction, the experimental BFs are compared with those estimated from previous experimental pulsed CMB work at E_c = 10 kcal/mol.⁵¹

^eThis work, 900 K and 4 Torr.