Vibrationally excited OH in u = 9 [designated OHf(9)] was generated by the reaction of hydrogen atoms with ozone in a fast-flow discharge system at 300 f 3 K and a total pressure of 1.1 f 0.1 torr, with argon as the carrier gas. The addition of a species X, which can deactivate the OHt(9) or react with it, led to a decrease in the Meinel band chemiluminescent emission intensities at both 626 nm (9 -3 band) and 519 nm (9 -2 band), which were monitored as a function of the concentration of X. Application of the kinetic scheme developed previously for this chemical system gave the relative rate constant for the removal of OHt (9) fO.Ol;N203.5f0.4;N017.7f 1.5;H2074.3+2.9;DzO57.6f2.0;NH361.3f1.9;ND358.7 f 1.6; SO2 7.1 f 1.4; COS 8.4 f 1.7; H2S 33.7 f 8.4; CHa 1.56 f 0.03; CDI 1.06 f 0.06. Application of these relative rate constants to conditions in the upper atmosphere (60-100 km) suggests that OHt(9) is removed primarily by deactivation by 0 2 , and at altitudes 290 km, possibly by O(3P). However, since 0 2 is unusually efficient for a homonuclear diatomic in deactivating OH+(9), it may not be the primary deactivator for the lower ( u _< 8) vibrational levels. These results are compared to earlier studies of OHt (9), and possible mechanisms of interaction of OHt(9) with these molecules are discussed.