In the vapour phase it is a diatomic molecule.
For a diatomic molecule, the geometry is defined by the length of a single bond.
Oxygen is the only one of the simple diatomic molecules (and one of the few molecules in general) to carry a magnetic moment.
The newly formed diatomic molecules initially have a very high vibrational temperature that efficiently transforms the vibrational energy into radiant energy; i.e., radiative heat flux.
In this reaction a hydrogen atom is removed from the alkane, then replaced by a halogen atom by reaction with a diatomic halogen molecule.
To give it its technical description, it is a blue gaseous allotrope of oxygen derived or formed naturally from diatomic oxygen by electric discharge or exposure to ultra-violet radiation.
The molecule hence seems to behave as a diatomic, with the fragment ions being ejected along the field direction.
However, no consideration is made for diatomic molecules.
