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Notes: Synthesis of tert-amyl methyl ether (TAME) from methanol (MeOH) and tert-amyl alcohol (TAA) in the liquid phase was studied by using an ion exchange resin, Amberlyst15 (A15) in the H+ form. Experiments were carried out in a stirred batch reactor under atmospheric pressure. The effects of catalyst size, agitation speed, temperatures, feed ratio and water on the reaction rate were investigated. Both of intraparticle and external diffusion effects could be neglected in this system. The dehydration of TAA could be decreased by increasing the ratio of MeOH/TAA and the reaction rates were greatly inhibited by water.A kinetic model which considered the inhibition of water was proposed. The experimental results agreed well with the model. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 137-143, 1998.

Notes: The kinetics of proton transfer between poly(A - AH) (partially protonated double-stranded polyadenylic acid) and CPR (chlorophenol red), and between poly(C - H - C) (partially protonated double-stranded polycytidylic acid) and the indicators CPR, BCP (bromocresol purple), and BCG (bromocresol green) have been investigated at 25°C and ionic strength 0.1 M (NaClO4) by the temperature-jump method. The acidic proton of poly(C - H - C) is engaged in a hydrogen bond (N3H+----N3) which is believed to contribute to stabilizing the double-strand conformation, whereas the acidic proton of poly(A - A - H) does not form hydrogen bonds. The analysis of the dependence of the relaxation times on the concentrations of the reactants has enabled the evaluation of the rate constants for the direct proton transfer and for the protolysis paths. The rate constants for proton recombination with the deprotonated forms of the polynucleotides and the indicators are of the order of magnitude expected for diffusion controlled processes involving oppositely charged ions (k2=(0.2-1.6)×1010 M-1s-1). The direct proton transfer from poly(C - H - C) to BCG is thermodynamically disfavored and its rate constant, k1, is lower than k2 by about three orders of magnitude. The (thermodynamically favored) proton transfers from poly(A - A - H) to CPR and from poly(C - H - C) to CPR and BCP are characterized by similar values of k1. This result indicates that the hydrogen bonds in poly(C - H - C) are very weak and suggests that the stabilization of the double-stranded conformation of this polynucleotide could be ascribed to the large number of hydrogen bonds rather than to their specific strength. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 161-169, 1998.

Notes: Dual-phase oscillations are observed in Belousov-Zhabotinsky system with 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde (vanillin) as the substrate and manganous sulphate or ammonium Ce(IV) sulphate as the catalyst. The nonoscillatory period of time between the two phases decreases with increase in the concentration of the catalyst and the substrate. Under uncatalyzed and ferroin catalyzed conditions the system exhibits single-phase oscillations. The first-phase oscillations are due to vanillin whereas the second-phase oscillations are brought about by 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid (vanillic acid) formed during the course of the first-phase reactions. The reactions are explained with relevant steps of the FKN mechanism. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J. Chem. Kinet 30: 201-206, 1998.

Notes: A detailed chemical kinetic model has been used to study dimethyl ether (DME) oxidation over a wide range of conditions. Experimental results obtained in a jet-stirred reactor (JSR) at 1 and 10 atm, 0.2≤φ≤2.5, and 800≤T≤1300 K were modeled, in addition to those generated in a shock tube at 13 and 40 bar, φ=1.0 and 650≤T≤1300 K. The JSR results are particularly valuable as they include concentration profiles of reactants, intermediates, and products pertinent to the oxidation of DME. These data test the kinetic model severely, as it must be able to predict the correct distribution and concentrations of intermediate and final products formed in the oxidation process. Additionally, the shock-tube results are very useful, as they were taken at low temperatures and at high pressures, and thus undergo negative temperature dependence (NTC) behavior. This behavior is characteristic of the oxidation of saturated hydrocarbon fuels, (e.g., the primary reference fuels, n-heptane and iso-octane) under similar conditions. The numerical model consists of 78 chemical species and 336 chemical reactions. The thermodynamic properties of unknown species pertaining to DME oxidation were calculated using THERM. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 229-241, 1998.

Notes: Cationic micelles of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, CTABr, speed attack of hydroxide ion upon coumarin by a factor of c.a-2, due to a concentration effect. The first-order rate constants, kobs, at a given hydroxide ions concentration go through maxima with increasing surfactant concentration. The overall micellar effects in these cationic micelles can be treated in terms of the pseudo-phase ion exchange model. Analysis of the data shows that second-order rate constant at the micellar surface is smaller than the second-order rate constant in water. Anionic micelles of sodium dodecyi sulfate, SDS, inhibit the same reaction. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 273-276, 1998.

Notes: The kinetics of oxidation of four vicinal diols, four nonvicinal diols, and one of their monoethers by pyridinium bromochromate (PBC) have been studied in dimethyl sulfoxide. The main product of oxidation is the corresponding hydroxyaldehyde. The reaction is first-order with respect to each the diol and PBC. The reaction is acid-catalyzed and the acid dependence has the form: kobs=a+b[H+]. The oxidation of [1,1,2,2-2H4]ethanediol exhibited a primary kinetic isotope effect (kH/k D=6.70 at 298 K). The reaction has been studied in 19 organic solvents including dimethyl sulfoxide and the solvent effect has been analyzed using multiparametric equations. The temperature dependence of the kinetic isotope effect indicates the presence of a symmetrical transition state in the rate-determining step. A suitable mechanism has been proposed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 285-290, 1998.

Notes: Models that simulate atmospheric photochemistry require the use of a stiff ordinary differential equations (ODEs) solver. Since the simulation of the chemical transformations taking place in the system takes up to 80 percent of the CPU time, the numerical solver must be computationally fast. Also, the residual error from the solver must be small. Because most accurate solvers are relatively slow, modelers continue to search for timely, yet accurate integration methods. Over the past years an extensive number of articles have been dedicated to this subject. One of the highly debated questions is whether one should construct specialized algorithms or instead use general methods for stiff ODEs. In the present article we use the second alternative. We apply three linearly (semi-)implicit methods from the classical stiff ODE literature which we modified to implement the sparse routines to solve the system of equations describing a complex kinetic mechanism. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 349-358, 1998

Notes: The investigation of high-pressure autoignition of combustible mixtures is of importance in providing both practical information in the design of combustion systems and fundamental measurements to verify and develop chemical kinetic models. The autoignition characteristics of hydrogen-oxygen mixtures at low pressures have been explored extensively, whereas few measurements have been made at high pressures. The present measurements extend the range of pressures up to 4 MPa, where few measurements have yet been reported.Using a rapid compression machine equipped with a specially designed piston head, hydrogen autoignition pressure traces were measured at pressures above the second explosion limit (p=0.6-4 MPa, T=950-1050 K). The measured pressure records show a more gradual pressure increase during induction time in this regime than in the low-pressure regime, indicating that the energy release becomes significant at conditions over the second explosion limit.By comparing the measurements and a thermodynamic model which incorporates the heat transfer and energy release, a modified reaction rate constant for H2O2+H=HO2+H2, one of the most important reactions for hydrogen oxidation at high pressure, and the reaction with the largest uncertainty, is suggested in this work as k17=2.3 . 1013exp(-4000/T) cm3/mol-s. The modeled pressure history with the modified reaction rate agrees well with the measured values during the induction period over the range of conditions tested. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 385-406, 1998

Notes: Isobutane pyrolysis has been studied at 20-200 torr initial pressures and 773-793 K, in a packed reactor treated with PbO and in a reactor packed with platinum foils. These packings strongly inhibit product formation and this effect is explained by the occurrence of the heterogeneous termination step:\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ \rm H\cdot\mathrel{\mathop{\relbar\joinrel\longrightarrow}^{walls}} product $\end{document}at the reactor walls. The reaction has been modeled in the temperature and pressure range on the basis of a kinetic scheme which has been proposed for the homogeneous reaction and step (w) with the following values of kw:$$\eqalign{(k_{_{w}})_{_{\rm{PbO}}}&=3.7\ 10^{8}\ \rm{exp} \left[-{9000\over \rm{T}}\right]\rm{S}^{-1}\cr(k_{_{w}})_{_{\rm{Pt}}}&=15000\ \rm{S}^{-1}\ \rm{at\ any\ temperature}\cr}$$for both types of packing. The corresponding sticking coefficients of hydrogen atoms are:$$\eqalign{\gamma _{_{\rm{PbO}}} &=160\ \rm{exp} \left[-{9000\over \rm{T}}\right]\cr\gamma _{_{\rm{Pt}}} &=0.03\cr}$$© 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem. Kinet 30: 439-450,1998

Notes: Using a relative rate method, rate constants have been measured for the gas-phase reactions of the OH radical with the dibasic esters dimethyl succinate [CH3OC(O)CH2CH2C(O)OCH3], dimethyl glutarate [CH3OC(O)CH2CH2CH2C(O)OCH3], and dimethyl adipate [CH3OC(O)CH2CH2CH2CH2C(O)OCH3] at 298±3 K. The rate constants obtained were (in units of 10-12 cm3 molecule-1 s-1): dimethyl succinate, 1.4±0.6; dimethyl glutarate, 3.3±1.1; and dimethyl adipate, 8.4±2.5, where the indicated errors include the estimated overall uncertainty of ±25% in the rate constant for cyclohexane, the reference compound. The calculated tropospheric lifetimes of these dibasic esters due to gas-phase reaction with the OH radical range from 1.4 days for dimethyl adipate to 8.3 days for dimethyl succinate for a 24 h average OH radical concentration of 1.0×106 molecule cm-3. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 471-474, 1998

Notes: The thermal reaction of propene was examined around 800 K in the presence of less than 20% oxygen. At initial time, the production of H2, CH4, C2H4, C2H6, allene, C3H8, 1,3-butadiene, butenes, 3- and 4-methylcyclopentene, a mixture of 1,4- and 1,5-hexadienes, methylcyclopentane (or dimethylcyclobutane), 4-methylpent-1-ene, and hex-1-ene, was observed along with hydrogen peroxide, CO, and small quantities of ethanal and CO2. Oxygen increases the initial production of hydrogen and of most hydrocarbons and, particularly, that of C6 dienes and of cyclenes. However, the production of allene, methylcyclopentane (or dimethylcyclobutane), and 4-methylpent-1-ene is practically not affected. A kinetic study confirms the mechanism proposed for the thermal reaction of propene. Formation of allene, thus, involves a four-center-unimolecular dehydrogenation of propene, that of 4-methylpent-1-ene is explained by an ene bimolecular reaction while methylcyclopentane (or dimethylcyclobutane) probably arises from a bimolecular process involving a biradical intermediate. Other products arise from a conventional chain radical mechanism.A kinetic scheme is proposed in which chains are primarily initiated by the bimolecular step:C3H6+O2→HO2·+C3H5·which competes with the second-order initiation of propene pyrolysis. Since allene production is not affected by oxygen, it is concluded that allyl radicals are not dehydrogenated by oxygen; but they oxidize in a branching step involving allylperoxyl radicals; r. radicals other than methyl, and allyl are dehydrogenated according to the conventional process:r·+O2→unsaturated+HO2·and account for the production of a large excess of C6 diolefins, methylcyclopentenes, and hydrogen peroxide, when r. stands for C6H11, the allyl adduct. Hydrogen peroxide gives rise to a degenerate branching of chains. Based on the proposed scheme, a modeling of the reaction is shown to account fairly well for the concentration-time profiles. Rate constants of many steps are evaluated and discussed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 503-522, 1998

Notes: Laser-flash photolysis of RBr/O3/SF6/He mixtures at 248 nm has been coupled with BrO detection by time-resolved UV absorption spectroscopy to measure BrO product yields from O(1D) reactions with HBr, CF3Br, CH3Br, CF2ClBr, and CF2HBr at 298±3 K. The measured yields are: HBr, 0.20±0.04; CF3Br, 0.49±0.07; CH3Br, 0.44±0.05; CF2ClBr, 0.31±0.06; and CF2HBr, 0.39±0.07 (uncertainties are 2σ and include estimates of both random and systematic errors). The results are discussed in light of other available information or O(1D)+RBr reactions. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 555-563, 1998

Notes: Using a relative rate method, rate constants for the gas-phase reactions of 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol (MBO) with OH radicals, ozone, NO3 radicals, and Cl atoms have been investigated using FTIR. The measured values for MBO at 298±2 K and 740±5 torr total pressure are: kOH=(3.9±1.2)×10-11 cm3 molecule-1 s-1, kO3=(8.6±2.9)×10-18 cm3 molecule-1 s-1, kNO3=(8.6±2.9)×10-15 cm3 molecule-1 s-1, and kCl=(4.7±1.0)×10-10 cm3 molecule-1 s-1. Atmospheric lifetimes have been estimated with respect to the reactions with OH, O3, NO3, and Cl. The atmospheric relevance of this compound as a precursor for acetone is, also, briefly discussed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 589-594, 1998

Notes: 1,1,1-Trifluoroethane has been decomposed in comparative rate single-pulse shock-tube experiments. The rate expression for elimination at ca. 2.5 bar and in the temperature range of 1050 to 1200 K has been found to be\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ \it k\rm (CF_{3}\joinrel{\relbar\!\!\relbar}CH_{3}\relbar\!\!\rightarrow HF+CF_{2}=CH_{2})=7.0\times 10^{14}\ exp(-37260/T)s^{-1} $\end{document}The experimental conditions appear to be such that the unimolecular reaction is at the beginning of the fall-off region and we find that for step sizes down between 500 and 1000 cm-1 the high-pressure rate expression is in the range\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ \it k\rm (CF_{3}\joinrel{\relbar\!\!\relbar}CH_{3}\relbar\!\!\rightarrow HF+CF_{2}=CH_{2})=2.0\times 10^{15}\ exp(-38300/T)\ to\ 4\ \times\ 10^{15}\ exp(-39000/T)s^{-1} $\end{document}where the smaller rate parameters refer to the larger step size down. The results are compared with those from an earlier study and the anomalously high A-factor is noted. It is suggested that the existing rate expressions for the fluorinated ethanes may need to be reevaluated. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 621-628, 1998

Notes: The gas-phase reaction of bornyl acetate (bicyclo[2,2,1]-heptan-2-ol-1,7,7-trimethyl-acetate) with hydroxyl radical has been studied. A relative method was used to determine the rate constant for this reaction, with n-octane as reference compound.Methyl nitrite photolysis experiments were carried out in an environmental smog chamber at atmospheric pressure and (294±2) K. The rate constant determined for bornyl acetate is k=(13.9±2.2)×10-12 cm3 molecule-1 s-1.The experimental rate constant has been compared with the rate constants calculated with the structure-activity relationship (SAR) and with the evolution trend of the acetate rate constants. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 497-502, 1998

Notes: Pulse radiolysis was used to study the kinetics of the reactions of CH3C(O)CH2O2 radicals with NO and NO2 at 295 K. By monitoring the rate of formation and decay of NO2 using its absorption at 400 and 450 nm the rate constants k(CH3C(O)CH2O2+NO)=(8±2)×10-12 and k(CH3C(O)CH2O2+NO2)=(6.4±0.6)×10-12 cm3 molecule-1 s-1 were determined. Long path length Fourier transform infrared spectrometers were used to investigate the IR spectrum and thermal stability of the peroxynitrate, CH3C(O)CH2O2NO2. A value of k-6≈3 s-1 was determined for the rate of thermal decomposition of CH3C(O)CH2O2NO2 in 700 torr total pressure of O2 diluent at 295 K. When combined with lower temperature studies (250-275 K) a decomposition rate of k-6=1.9×1016 exp (-10830/T) s-1 is determined. Density functional theory was used to calculate the IR spectrum of CH3C(O)CH2O2NO2. Finally, the rate constants for reactions of the CH3C(O)CH2 radical with NO and NO2 were determined to be k(CH3C(O)CH2+NO)=(2.6±0.3)×10-11 and k(CH3C(O)CH2+NO2)=(1.6±0.4)×10-11 cm3 molecule-1 s-1. The results are discussed in the context of the atmospheric chemistry of acetone and the long range atmospheric transport of NOx. © John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 475-489, 1998

Notes: Experiments have been carried out on the oxidation of CF3CFH2 (HFC-134a). Reaction was initiated by continuous photolysis of F2 in the near-ultraviolet. The F atoms produced abstracted a hydrogen atom from CF3CFH2 initiating oxidation in gas mixtures containing O2 and made up to a total pressure of 700 torr with N2. Product yields were measured using Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Experiments were performed with several different partial pressures of O2 present, and at three temperatures; 298, 323, and 357 K. The major products were HC(O)F, CF3C(O)F, and CF3O3CF3, consistent with H atom abstraction by O2 and CC bond scission being the dominant loss processes for CF3CFHO radicals:\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ CF3CFHO+O2 \rightarrow CF3C(O)F+HO2 (4a) $\end{document}\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ CF3CFHO+M \rightarrow CF3+HC(O)F+M (4b) $\end{document}The following expression was derived for the ratio of rate constants for these reactions:k4a/k4b=(3.8±1.6)×10-24 exp[(2400±500)/T]cm3 molecule-1 (viii)The main fate of the CF3 radicals was formation of CF3O3CF3 and small amounts of CF3OH were detected. The results of the present experiments in which F atoms were used to initiate reaction are in good agreement with those of previous studies in which Cl atoms were employed to initiate the oxidation of HFC-134a. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 541-554, 1998

Notes: The photochemistry of IrCl62- complex in simple alcohols have been studied using laser-flash photolysis. Single electron transfer from the solvent molecule to the light-excited complex has been shown to be the primary photochemical process. Quantum yields of the photoreduction of IrCl62- complex and the rate constants of its reaction with hydroxyalkyl radicals were determined at 200-330 K. Deviations of the rate constants from Debye-Smoluchowski equation for diffusion-controlled reactions are discussed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 711-719, 1998

Notes: The relative rate technique has been used to measure the hydroxyl radical (OH) reaction rate constant of +2-butanol (2BU, CH3CH2CH(OH)CH3) and 2-pentanol (2PE, CH3CH2CH2CH(OH)CH3). 2BU and 2PE react with OH yielding bimolecular rate constants of (8.1±2.0)×10-12 cm3molecule-1s-1 and (11.9±3.0)×10-12 cm3molecule-1s-1, respectively, at 297±3 K and 1 atmosphere total pressure. Both 2BU and 2PE OH rate constants reported here are in agreement with previously reported values [1-4]. In order to more clearly define these alcohols' atmospheric reaction mechanisms, an investigation into the OH+alcohol reaction products was also conducted. The OH+2BU reaction products and yields observed were: methyl ethyl ketone (MEK, (60±2)%, CH3CH2C((DOUBLEBOND)O)CH3) and acetaldehyde ((29±4)% HC((DOUBLEBOND)O)CH3). The OH+2PE reaction products and yields observed were: 2-pentanone (2PO, (41±4)%, CH3C((DOUBLEBOND)O)CH2CH2CH3), propionaldehyde ((14±2)% HC((DOUBLEBOND)O)CH2CH3), and acetaldehyde ((40±4)%, HC((DOUBLEBOND)O)CH3). The alcohols' reaction mechanisms are discussed in light of current understanding of oxygenated hydrocarbon atmospheric chemistry. Labeled (18O) 2BU/OH reactions were conducted to investigate 2BU's atmospheric transformation mechanism details. The findings reported here can be related to other structurally similar alcohols and may impact regulatory tools such as ground level ozone-forming potential calculations (incremental reactivity) [5]. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 745-752, 1998

Notes: The reduction of iodine by hydroxylamine within the [H+] range 3×10-1-3×10-4 mol.L-1 was first studied until completion of the reaction. In most cases, the concentration of iodine decreased monotonically. However, within a narrow range of reagent concentrations ([NH3OH+]0/[I2]0 ratio below 15, [H+] around 0.1 mol.L-1, and ionic strength around 0.1 mol.L-1), the [I2] and [I3-] vs. time curves showed 2 and 3 extrema, respectively. This peculiar phenomenon is discussed using a 4 reaction scheme (I2+I-⇔I3-, 2 I2+NH3OH++H2O→HNO2+4 I-+5 H+, NH3OH++HNO2→N2O+2 H2O+H+, and 2 HNO2+2 I-+2 H+→2 NO+I2+2 H2O). In a flow reactor, sustained oscillations in redox potential were recorded with an extremely long period (around 24 h).The kinetics of the reaction was then investigated in the starting conditions. The proposed rate equation points out a reinforcement of the inhibition by hydrogen ions when [H+] is above 4×10-2 mol.L-1 at 25°C. A mechanism based on ion-transfer reactions is postulated. It involves both NH2OH and NH3OH+ as the reducing reactive species. The additional rate suppression by H+ at low pH would be connected to the existence of H2OI+ in the reactive medium. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 785-797, 1998

Notes: Some relative rate experiments have been carried out at room temperature and at atmospheric pressure. This concerns the OH-oxidation of some oxygenated volatile organic compounds including methanol (k1), ethanol (k2), MTBE (k3), ethyl acetate (k4), n-propyl acetate (k5), isopropyl acetate (k6), n-butyl acetate (k7), isobutyl acetate (k8), and t-butyl acetate (k9). The experiments were performed in a Teflon-film bag smog chamber. The rate constants obtained are (in cm3 molecule-1 s-1): k1=(0.90±0.08)×10-12; k2=(3.88±0.11)×10-12; k3=(2.98±0.06)×10-12; k4=(1.73±0.20)×10-12; k5=(3.56±0.15)×10-12; k6=(3.97±0.18)×10-12; k7=(5.78±0.15)×10-12; k8=(6.77±0.30)×10-12; and k9=(0.56±0.11)×10-12. The agreement between the obtained rate constants and some previously published data has allowed for most of the studied compounds to point out a coherent group of values and to suggest recommended values. Atmospheric implications are also discussed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 839-847, 1998

Notes: Kinetic studies of the oxidation of the bis[1-hydroxy-2-(salicylideneamino)ethane]manganese(II) complex by hydrogen peroxide in acetonitrile solutions, at (30.0±0.2)°C, are described. A first-order dependence on the total manganese and the peroxide concentrations was verified, leading to the rapid formation of a Mn(III) intermediate, monitored by stopped-flow measurements, at 394 nm, with a rate constant kf=(1.15±0.03)×105 mol-1 dm3 s-1. The participation of hydroxyl radicals in the process was detected by spin-trapping EPR spectra. The final product was monitored both by EPR spectra, and spectrophotometrically by the slow decay of the intermediary Mn(III) species, with a rate constant kd=(2.60±0.09) s-1. It was identified as the corresponding mononuclear Mn(IV) complex, and characterized by different spectroscopic techniques. Comparative results of the reactivity of the starting complex versus molecular oxygen, leading to the same final product, were also discussed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 889-897, 1998

Notes: The rate constant of the title reaction is determined during thermal decomposition of di-n-pentyl peroxide C5H11O(—)OC5H11 in oxygen over the temperature range 463-523 K. The pyrolysis of di-n-pentyl peroxide in O2/N2 mixtures is studied at atmospheric pressure in passivated quartz vessels. The reaction products are sampled through a micro-probe, collected on a liquid-nitrogen trap and solubilized in liquid acetonitrile. Analysis of the main compound, peroxide C5H10O3, was carried out by GC/MS, GC/MS/MS [electron impact EI and NH3 chemical ionization CI conditions]. After micro-preparative GC separation of this peroxide, the structure of two cyclic isomers (3S*,6S*)3α-hydroxy-6-methyl-1,2-dioxane and (3R*,6S*)3α-hydroxy-6-methyl-1,2-dioxane was determined from 1H NMR spectra. The hydroperoxy-pentanal OHC(—)(CH2)2(—)CH(OOH)(—)CH3 is formed in the gas phase and is in equilibrium with these two cyclic epimers, which are predominant in the liquid phase at room temperature. This peroxide is produced by successive reactions of the n-pentoxy radical: a first one generates the CH3C·H(CH2)3OH radical which reacts with O2 to form CH3CH(OO·)(CH2)3OH; this hydroxyperoxy radical isomerizes and forms the hydroperoxy HOC·H(CH2)2CH(OOH)CH3 radical. This last species leads to the pentanal-hydroperoxide (also called oxo-hydroperoxide, or carbonyl-hydroperoxide, or hydroperoxypentanal), by the reaction HOC·H(CH2)2CH(OOH)CH3+O2→O(=)CH(CH2)2CH(OOH)CH3+HO2.The isomerization rate constant HOCH2CH2CH2CH(OO·)CH3→HOC·HCH2CH2CH(OOH)CH3 (k3) has been determined by comparison to the competing well-known reaction RO2+NO→RO+NO2 (k7). By adding small amounts of NO (0-1.6×1015 molecules cm-3) to the di-n-pentyl peroxide/O2/N2 mixtures, the pentanal-hydroperoxide concentration was decreased, due to the consumption of RO2 radicals by reaction (7). The pentanal-hydroperoxide concentration was measured vs. NO concentration at ten temperatures (463-523 K). The isomerization rate constant involving the H atoms of the CH2(—)OH group was deduced:\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ k_{3}\rm =(6.4\pm 0.6)\times 10^{10}\hbox{exp}\{-(16,900\pm 700)\hbox{cal mol}^{-1}/RT\}s^{-1} $\end{document}or per H atom:\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ k_{3\rm (H)}\rm =(3.2\pm 0.3)\times 10^{10}\hbox{exp}\{-(16,900\pm 700)\hbox{cal mol}^{-1}/RT\}s^{-1} $\end{document}The comparison of this rate constant to thermokinetics estimations leads to the conclusion that the strain energy barrier of a seven-member ring transition state is low and near that of a six-member ring. Intramolecular hydroperoxy isomerization reactions produce carbonyl-hydroperoxides which (through atmospheric decomposition) increase concentration of radicals and consequently increase atmospheric pollution, especially tropospheric ozone, during summer anticyclonic periods. Therefore, hydrocarbons used in summer should contain only short chains (〈C4) hydrocarbons or totally branched hydrocarbons, for which isomerization reactions are unlikely. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 875-887, 1998

Notes: Detailed modeling of the oxidation of n-octane and n-decane in the gas phase was performed by using mechanisms written by means of a software recently developed in our laboratory. This computer-aided design of mechanisms permits the automatic generation of detailed oxidation and combustion kinetic models in the case of paraffins and isoparaffins [1]. For n-octane, the predictions of the model were compared with experimental results obtained by Dryer and Brezinsky by means of a turbulent plug flow reactor (1080 K, 1 atm) [2]. The experimental study of Balès-Guéret et al., performed in a perfectly stirred reactor (922-1033 K, 1 atm) [3], was used as a basis of comparison for the modeling of the oxidation of n-decane. Considering that no fitting of any kinetic parameter was done, the agreement between the computed and the experimental values is satisfactory both for conversions and for the distribution of the products formed. This modeling has required improvement in the generation of the secondary reactions of alkenes, which are the main primary products obtained during the oxidation of these two alkanes in the range of temperature studied and for which reaction paths are detailed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 949-959, 1998

Notes: Manganese(III) solutions were prepared by known electrochemical methods in sulfuric acid, acetic acid, and pyrophosphate media. The nature of the oxidizing species present in manganese(III) solutions was characterized by spectrophotometric and redox potential measurements. Kinetics of oxidation of L-glutamine by manganese(III) in sulfuric acid (1.5 M), acetic acid (60% v/v), and pyrophosphate (pH=1.3) media at 313 K, 323 K, and 328 K, respectively, have been studied. Three different rate laws have been obtained for the three media. Effects of varying ionic strength, solvent composition, and added anions, such as fluoride, chloride, perchlorate, pyrophosphate, and bisulfate, have been investigated. There is evidence for the existence of free radicals as transient species. Activation parameters have been evaluated using Arrhenius and Eyring plots. Mechanisms consistent with the observed kinetic data have been proposed and discussed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 7-19, 1998.

Notes: The effects of reagent concentration and the pH in the kinetic behavior of the dissociation of Fe(II)-fulvic acid complexes were studied using a spectrophotometric technique. The results show that this behavior is not strongly affected by the concentration of fulvic acid, the concentration of the metal cation on the ratio of these concentrations and that variations in pH are more important in the dissociation process. A possible explanation based in the relative influence of proton concentration on the stability of the complexes is proposed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 63-67,1998.

Notes: The detailed kinetics of the reaction of toluidine blue {phenothiazine-5-ium, 3-amino-7(dimethylamino)-2-methyl chloride, tolonium chloride, TB+Cl-} with potassium bromate and with aqueous bromine reaction were studied. In most of the experiments, the kinetics were monitored by following the rate of consumption of TB+ at 590 nm with excess acid and bromate. The reaction exhibited complex kinetic behavior. Initial reaction was slow and after an induction time, the TB+ concentration decreased fast. It had first-order dependence on both TB+ and bromate, and second-order dependence on H+. Under excess bromate conditions, the stoichiometric ratio of TB+ to bromate was 1:1. Demethylated sulfoxides were found at the reaction products. Sharp increase in the overall potential synchronized with the increase in bromine levels and the fast depletion of [TB+]. The role of bromide ion and bromine in the reaction was established. A multi-step reaction mechanism is proposed consistent with the experimental results. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 111-120, 1998.

Notes: The rate constants were determined for the nitrosation reactions of the following substrates: Methyl (MU), Ethyl (EU),Propyl (PU)Butyl (BU), and Allylurea (AU). The rate equation found at a constant pH was: v=k[HNO2] [Urea]. The reactions were carried out in predominantly organic media(dioxane-acetic acid-water) with differing polarities. The proposed reaction mechanism involves the proton transfer from the protonated N-alkyl-N-nitrosourea to the acetate anion. As the polarity of the medium decreased, an approximation of the rate constants of the nitrosation of the different substrates was observed. This approximation can be interpreted as a function of the impediment generated by the R alkyl radical in the rate controlling step. Accordingly, the substrate reactivity will be associated with the ease in which the protonated N-alkyl-N nitrosurea can transfer the proton to the acetate anion. The results achieved in this study are in accordance with there activities observed in the nitrosation of these substrates in aqueous media MU≫(EU≈PU≈BU)〉AU. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 145-150, 1998.

Notes: The kinetics of decomposition of azetidine {(CH2)3N(SINGLEBOND)H)} was measured using single-pulse shock-tube techniques, over the temperature range 855-1100 K, in high argon dilution. These data confirm and extend an earlier investigation that utilized the very low-pressure pyrolysis method. A brief survey of many reports regarding the interesting features of azetidine is presented. In two appendices the thermodynamic and kinetic data on trimethylene sulfide, oxide, and immine are intercompared. New ab-initio calculations are cited for the parent species and their fragmentation products. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 185-191, 1998.

Notes: Manganese(II) is oxidized by ozone in acid solution, k=(1.5±0.2)×103 M-1 s-1 in HClO4 and k=(1.8±0.2)×103M-1 s-1 in H2SO4. The plausible mechanism is an oxygen atom transfer from O3 to Mn2+ producing the manganyl ion MnO2+, which subsequently reacts rapidly with Mn2+ to form Mn(III). No free OH radicals are involved in the mechanism. The spectrum of Mn(III) was obtained in the wave length range 200-310 nm. The activation energy for the initial reaction is 39.5 kJ/mol. Manganese(III) is reduced by hydrogen peroxide to Mn(II) with k(Mn(III)+H2O2)=2.8×103M-1 s-1 at pH 0-2. The mechanism of the reaction involving formation of the manganese(II)-superoxide complex and reaction of H2O2 with Mn(IV) species formed due to reversible disproportionation of Mn(III), is suggested. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 207-214, 1998.

Notes: Nine amino acids, aspartic acid, glycine, serine, tyrosine, alanine, glutamic acid, threonine, cystine, phenylalanine, and two peptides, and two peptides, glycine-glycine peptide, glutamic acid-cystine-glycine peptide, give rise to damped oscillations of the Belousov-Zhabotinskii(BZ) type in a batch reactor. Both Mn2+ and Fe(phen)32 are essential for most of those oscillations; and the oscillations in [Mn3+] and [Fe(phen)33+] are also observed. The role of two metallic ions played in the oscillations are analyzed, showing that Mn2+ catalyzes the oxidation of the amino acids or peptides by BrO3- to produce some intermediates which effectively reduce Br2 to Br- catalyzed by Fe(phen)32+. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int. J. Chem Kinet 30: 243-247, 1998.

Notes: The title reactions are subjected to a kinetic analysis in 44 wt% ethanol-water, at 25.0°C, ionic strength 0.2 (KCl). With a large excess of amine over the substrate, pseudo-first-order rate coefficients (kobs) are obtained, which are linearly dependent on the amine concentration. The nucleophilic rate constants (kN) are determined from plots of kobs vs. amine concentration. The Brönsted-type plot obtained with the kN values is linear, with slope β=0.63. The magnitude of this slope suggests that the mechanism is concerted, as opposed to a stepwise process with rate-determining breakdown of a zwitterionic tetrahedral intermediate (T±), in which the value of β is usually 0.8-1.0. The pyridinolysis of the same substrate in the same solvent is stepwise with the breakdown of T± as the rate-determining step. The change to a concerted mechanism for the title reactions is attributed to the superior nucleofugality of the alicyclic amines, compared to the isobasic pyridines, which destabilizes kinetically the “intermediate” T± in such a way that it does not exist, and the mechanism becomes enforced concerted. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 267-272, 1998.

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Notes: By surveying the most used methods for evaluating the kinetic parameters from nonisothermal experiments, a new classification scheme of the methods is proposed. For each method the number of principles and theoretical approximations required to derive the equation which grounds it, is considered as a comparison criterion. The methods are, finally, classified into classes of equivalence.As a result of the analysis it is also suggested that the activation energy, as calculated from nonisothermal data, should be given as a range of values instead of a unique value. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 313-327, 1998.

Notes: The rate coefficients for the reactions CHFO+F, CFO+F and the self-reaction of CFO were determined over the temperature range of 222-298 K. A computer controlled discharge-flow system with mass spectrometric detection was used. The results are expressed in the Arrhenius form (with energies in J):CHFO+F→CFO+HF:k1(T)=(9.7±0.7)·10-12 exp[-(5940±150)/RT] cm3 molecule-1 s-1CFO+F+M→CF2O+M:FORMULA DISC=“MATH”〉k2(T)=(2.60±1.17)·10-10 exp[-(10110±1250)/RT cm3 molecule-1 s-1FORMULACFO+CFO→CF2O+CO:k3(T)=(3.77±2.7)·10-10 exp[-(8350±2800)/RT] cm3 molecule-1 s-1© 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 329-333, 1998

Notes: The thermal dehydrochlorination CF2ClCH3→CF2(DOUBLEBOND)CH2+HCl has been studied in a static system between 597 and 664 K in the presence of CCl4, C2Cl6, CF2(DOUBLEBOND)CH2, HCl, and CF3CH3. A kinetic radical and molecular reaction model has been developed. In addition to describing earlier results on the acceleration of the pyrolysis by CCl4 and the further acceleration by HCl, this model describes quantitatively up to conversions of 20% (i) the dependence of the catalytic effect of CCl4 at low concentrations, (ii) the stronger catalytic effect of C2Cl6, and (iii) the inhibitory effect of added CF2CH2 and CF3CH3 when CCl4 is used as a catalyst. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 359-366, 1998

Notes: The kinetics of the oxidation of aspirin (ASP) by bromamine-T (BAT), N-bromosuccinimide (NBS), and N-bromophthalimide (NBP) has been studied in aqueous perchloric acid at 303 K. The oxidation reaction follows identical kinetics with first-order in [oxidant], fractional-order in [ASP], and inverse fractional-order in [H+]. Under identical experimental conditions the extent of oxidation with different oxidizing agents is in the order: NBS 〉 BAT 〉 NBP. The rate decreased with decreasing dielectric constant of the medium. The variation of ionic strength and the addition of the reaction products and halide ions had no significant effect on the reaction rate. The solvent isotope effect was studied using D2O. Kinetic parameters were evaluated by studying the reaction at different temperatures. The reaction products were identified by GC-MS. The proposed reaction mechanism and the derived rate law are consistent with the observed kinetic data. Formation and decomposition constants for ASP-oxidant complexes have been evaluated. Decarboxylation, bromination, and loss of acetic acid gave 2,4,6-tribromophenol. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 407-414, 1998

Notes: Isobutane pyrolysis is studied in an unpacked Pyrex reactor at 20-100 torr initial pressures and 750-793 K. Results are interpreted in terms of a long chain radical mechanism and the reaction is modeled. The reaction selectivity or ratio of the initial production rate of isobutene (or hydrogen) to that of propene (or methane) is practically given by the ratio of the rate constant of abstraction of a tertiary hydrogen atom of isobutane to that of a primary one. A sensitivity analysis clearly shows that self-inhibition is essentially due to methylallyl radicals produced by hydrogen abstraction from isobutene. The model has been manually adjusted to experimental results and most of the adjusted rate constants are in agreement with literature data. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 425-437, 1998

Notes: Solvent effects on the kinetics of hydrolysis of isatin by sodium hydroxide have been investigated within the temperature range (30-55°C) in methanol-water and acetonitrile-water media of varying solvent compositions up to 70% (v/v) of the organic solvent component. The thermodynamic activation parameters were calculated and discussed in terms of solvation effects. The determined isokinetic temperatures, in both systems, revealed the existence of compensation effect arising from strong solute-solvent interactions; log k was correlated with both log [H2O] and the reciprocal of the dielectric constant. The first correlation was observed to be linear while the second was nonlinear. Finally a mechanism for the isatin ring opening was proposed, which accounts for the role and the effect of the solvent on the reaction rate. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 463-469, 1998

Notes: Tert-Butyl hydroperoxide and hydrogen peroxide readily react with the radical cation derived from 2,2′-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS). The reaction is inhibited by ABTS and protons, and can be interpreted in terms of a mechanism comprising a partially reversible electron transferROOH+ABTS•+↔ ROO · + ABTS + H+ (1)followed by the self-reactions of the hydroperoxide derived radicals and reactions between them and another ABTS derived radical. A complete kinetic analysis allows an evaluation of the rate constant for reaction (1). A value of 0.2 M-1 s-1 was obtained for both compounds. The back reaction of process (1) is more relevant when tert-butyl hydroperoxide is employed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 565-570, 1998

Notes: In a stirred batch reactor, the Ce(III)- or Mn(II)-catalyzed Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction with mixed organic acid/ketone substrates exhibits oscillatory behavior. The organic acids studied here are: dl-mandelic acid (MDA), dl-4-bromomandelic acid (BMDA), and dl-4-hydroxymandelic acid (HMDA), and the ketones are: acetone (Me2CO), methyl ethyl ketone (MeCOEt), diethyl ketone (Et2CO), acetophenone (MeCOPh), and cyclohexanone ((CH2)5CO). The effects of bromate ion, organic acid, ketone, metal-ion catalyst, and sulfuric acid concentrations on the oscillatory patterns are investigated. Both conventional and stopped-flow methods are applied to study the kinetics of the oxidation reactions of the above organic acids by Ce(IV) or Mn(III) ion. The order of relative reactivities of the oxidation reactions of organic acids in 1 M H2SO4 is Mn(III)(SINGLEBOND)HMDA reaction 〉 Ce(IV)(SINGLEBOND)HMDA reaction 〉 Mn(III)(SINGLEBOND)BMDA, reaction 〉 Mn(III)(SINGLEBOND)MDA reaction 〉 Ce(IV)(SINGLEBOND)BMDA reaction 〉 Ce(IV)(SINGLEBOND)MDA reaction. Spectrophotometric study of the bromination reactions of the above ketones shows that these reactions are zero-order with respect to bromine and first-order with respect to ketone and that ketone enolization is the rate-determining step. The order of relative rates of bromination or enolization reactions of ketones in 1 M H2SO4 is (CH2)5CO≫(MeCOEt, Et2CO, Me2CO)〉MeCOPh. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet:30: 595-604, 1998

Notes: The addition of bromide ions to the component solutions of the Briggs- Rauscher oscillating system produces a variety of phenomena, depending on the sequence of the addition and on the initial bromide concentration. If the addition is made some minutes after the mixing of H2O2 and acidic IO3- and before adding malonic acid and Mn2+ ions, the oscillations last for five or six cycles, then suddenly ceases. If the addition is made immediately after the mixing of H2O2 and acidic IO3- and before adding malonic acid and Mn2+ ions, the oscillations do not start at all. The addition of bromide ions to an actively oscillating BR reaction causes a rapid suppression of the oscillations. Our observations may be accounted for by a mechanism involving the IBr species. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 641-646, 1998

Notes: An experimental and theoretical study of the pyrolysis and oxidation of parabenzoquinone has been performed. The experiments were conducted in an isothermal quartz flow reactor at atmospheric pressure in the temperature range 600-1500 K. The main variables considered are temperature, oxygen concentration, and presence of CO. A detailed reaction mechanism for the pyrolysis and oxidation chemistry of parabenzoquinone is proposed, which provides a good description of the experimental results. Both the experimental work and the kinetic mechanism proposed for the pyrolysis and oxidation of parabenzoquinone represent the first systematic study carried out for this important aromatic compound.Our pyrolysis results confirm that the primary dissociation channel for p-benzoquinone leads to CO and a C5H4O isomer, presumably cyclopentadienone. However, significant formation of CO2 during the pyrolysis may indicate the existence of a secondary dissociation channel leading to CO2 and a C5H4 isomer. Under oxidizing conditions, consumption of p-benzoquinone occurs mainly by dissociation at lower temperatures. As the temperature increases interaction of OC6H4O with the radical pool becomes more significant, occurring primarily through hydrogen abstraction reactions followed by ring opening reactions of the OC6H3O radical. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 683-697, 1998

Notes: The rate coefficients for the reactions of hydrogen atoms with n-C3H7Br, s-C3H7Br, n-C4H9Br, and s-C4H9Br were determined in a discharge flow-reactor at 298 K and a pressure of 4 mbar. Molecular-beam sampling and subsequent mass-spectrometric detection with electron-impact ionisation was used for the measurement of the bromo-hydrocarbon concentration. The rate coefficients obtained are (in 1010 cm3 mol-1 s-1): 2.3±1.2 for n-C3H7Br, 2.3±1.2 for s-C3H7Br, 2.4±1.2 for n-C4H9Br, and 2.8±1.4 for s-C4H9Br. The results are compared with predictions from bond-energy bond-order (BEBO) calculations, where a reasonable agreement is found. Furthermore, also by BEBO calculations, the relative importance of bromine abstraction as compared to hydrogen abstraction is estimated. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 721-727, 1998

Notes: Rate constants for the reaction of ozone with methylvinyl ketone (H2C(DOUBLEBOND)CHC(O)CH3), methacrolein (H2C(DOUBLEBOND)C(CH3)CHO), methacrylic acid (H2C(DOUBLEBOND)C(CH3)C(O)OH), and acrylic acid (H2C(DOUBLEBOND)CHC(O)OH) were measured at room temperature (296±2 K) in the presence of a sufficient amount of cyclohexane to scavenge OH-radicals. Results from pseudo-first-order experiments in the presence of excess ozone were found not to be consistent with relative rate measurements. It appeared that the formation of the so-called Criegee-intermediates leads to an enhanced decrease in the concentration of the two organic acids investigated. It is shown that the presence of formic acid, which is known to react efficiently with Criegee-intermediates, diminishes the observed removal rate of the organic acids. The rate constant for the reaction of ozone with the unsaturated carbonyl compounds methylvinyl ketone and methacrolein was found not to be influenced by the addition of formic acid. Rate constants for the reaction of ozone determined in the presence of excess formic acid are (in cm3 molecule-1 s-1): methylvinyl ketone (5.4±0.6)×10-18; methacrolein (1.3±0.14)×10-18; methacrylic acid (4.1±0.4)×10-18; and acrylic acid (0.65±0.13)×10-18. Results are found to be consistent with the Criegee mechanism of the gas-phase ozonolysis. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 769-776, 1998

Notes: An extension to the rotating-sector method, which is usually applied to determine propagation and termination rate constants, is presented. The analytical treatment developed accounts for the simultaneous presence of a thermal initiation and of a first-order termination process. The applicability of the rotating-sector method is thus extended to situations where the rate in dark is higher than 5% of the rate in the presence of light, and more accurate estimates of the rate constants are obtained than before for any values of the “dark” rate. A previously published experiment on the application of the rotating-sector method to the autoxidation of styrene was reanalyzed. The estimates obtained for the propagation and the termination rate constants were 11% and 19% higher than the previous estimates, respectively. Finally, the improved rotating-sector method was also applied to the experimental determination of propagation (kp) and termination rate constants (2×kt) for both 1-palmitoyl-2-linoleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (PLPC) and 1,2-dilinoleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DLPC) liposomes. The following results were obtained at 37°C: for PLPC kp =16.6 M-1s-1, and 2×kt=1.27×105 M-1s-1; for DLPC kp(intermolecular)=(13.3-13.9) M-1s-1, kp(intramolecular)=(4.7-5.4) s-1, and 2×kt=(0.99-1.05)×105 M-1s-1. The separation of the intermolecular and intramolecular propagation rate constants for DLPC was made possible both by a special adaptation of the rotating-sector equations to substrates with two oxidizable moieties, and by the experimental determination of the ratio between partially oxidized DLPC molecules (only one acyl is oxidized) and fully oxidized DLPC molecules (both acyls are oxidized). © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 753-767, 1998

Notes: A comprehensive detailed chemical kinetic mechanism for methanol oxidation has been developed and validated against multiple experimental data sets. The data are from static-reactor, flow-reactor, shock-tube, and laminar-flame experiments, and cover conditions of temperature from 633-2050 K, pressure from 0.26-20 atm, and equivalence ratio from 0.05-2.6. Methanol oxidation is found to be highly sensitive to the kinetics of the hydroperoxyl radical through a chain-branching reaction sequence involving hydrogen peroxide at low temperatures, and a chain-terminating path at high temperatures. The sensitivity persists at unusually high temperatures due to the fast reaction of CH2OH+O2=CH2O+HO2 compared to CH2OH+M=CH2O+H+M. The branching ratio of CH3OH+OH=CH2OH/CH3O+H2O was found to be a more important parameter under the higher temperature conditions, due to the rate-controlling nature of the branching reaction of the H-atom formed through CH3O thermal decomposition. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 805-830, 1998

Notes: The kinetics of the reaction between BrO3- and sulfite was studied by measuring the concentrations of [Br-] and [H+] both in buffered and in unbuffered solutions. A mechanism was applied for simulation of the experimental observations. Rate constants k1=(0.027±0.004) M-1s-1 and k2=(85±5) M-1s-1 were determined for the following reactions:\halign{\hfill $#$\hfill &\hfill\qquad\qquad #\cr 3\ \rm HSO_{3}\!^{-}+BrO_{3}\!^{-}\longrightarrow 3\ SO_{4}\!^{2-}+Br^{-}+3\ H^{+}& (1)\cr 3\ \rm H_{2}SO_{3}(\hbox{or}\ SO_{2.}\hbox{aq})+BrO_{3}\!^{-}\longrightarrow 3\ SO_{4}\!^{2-}+Br^{-}+6\ H^{+}& (2)\cr }Rate constant k1 was obtained directly from the experimental results on unbuffered reactions, where Reaction (1) was predominant. Rate constant k2 was obtained by computer fitting of [Br-] to the experimental values for buffered reactions, where the rate of Reaction (2) was about four times higher than that of Reaction (1). © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 869-874, 1998

Notes: Br-atom atomic resonance absorption spectrometry (ARAS) has been developed and applied to measure thermal decomposition rate constants for CF3Br (+ Kr)→CF3+Br (+ Kr) over the temperature range, 1222-1624 K. The Br-atom curve-of-growth (145〈λ〈163 nm) was determined using this reaction. For [Br]≤1×1012 molecules cm-3, absorbance, (ABS)=1.410×10-13 [Br], yielding σ=1.419×10-14 cm2. The curve-of-growth was then used to convert (ABS) to Br-atom profiles which were then analyzed to give measured rate constants. These can be expressed in second-order by k1=8.147×10-9 exp(-24488 K/T) cm3 molecule-1 s-1 (±33%, 1222≤T≤1624 K). A unimolecular theoretical approach was used to rationalize the data. Theory indicates that the dissociation rates are closer to second- than to first-order, i.e., the magnitudes are 30-53% of the low-pressure-limit rate constants over 1222-1624 K and 123-757 torr. With the known, E0=ΔH00=70.1 kcal mole-1, the optimized theoretical fit to the ARAS data requires 〈ΔE〉down=550 cm-1. These conclusions are consistent with recently published data and theory from Kiefer and Sathyanarayana. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 859-867, 1998

Notes: The mechanism of silane thermal decomposition is investigated in a flow reactor. The time dependencies of silane consumption and disilane formation were compared with those parameters of solid product (aerosol particles) such as concentration, total hydrogen content in solid product, and fraction of hydrogen contained in solid product as polyhydride groups (SiH2)n. Silane loss and gaseous product formation were analyzed using a mass spectrometer. The hydrogen content in solid product was analyzed by the methods of IR-spectroscopy and hydrogen evolution. Based on a simple kinetic scheme we qualitatively explained the experimental dependencies of silane conversion and disilane formation, the effective activation energy of the decomposition process, and the amount of polyhydride groups in the solid product on reaction time and initial silane concentration. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 99-110, 1998.

Notes: Heats of formation of BrONO2, BrONO, BrOOH, FOOH, FOOCl, CF3C(O)OOH, HC(O)OOH, CH3C(O)OOH, and [CH3C(O)O]2 are estimated from bond contributions taken from J. Phys. Chem.,100, 10150 (1996). They agree within ±2 kcal/mol with recent experimental or ab initio data. The resulting BDE(O(SINGLEBOND)O)=36 kcal/mol value in diacetyl peroxide requires the concerted assistance of exothermic C(SINGLEBOND)C(O) weakening in the transition state of its decomposition into free radicals. It also implies the existence of a previously unrecognized 12 kcal/mol nonbonded repulsion in acyl anhydrides. The formation of chloryl chlorate with ΔHf(O2ClOClO2)=50 kcal/mol, a marginally stable species toward dissociation into (ClO3+OClO), may account for observations made in the [O(3P+OClO] system at low temperatures. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 41-45, 1998.

Notes: Data relative to methane trapping of SiCl2 and a rate constant for the SiCl2 into C(SINGLEBOND)H bond insertion process of k-1=13.4 M-1s-1 at 921 K are reported. Results on the decomposition of the trapping product, methyldichlorosilane, are also reported. This decomposition follows first-order kinetics with a rate constant of k=1.5±0.2×10-3 s-1 at 905 K and produces methane, trichlorosilane, methyltrichlorosilane, and tetrachlorosilane. It is argued that the decomposition involves silylene intermediates, is nonchain, and is initiated primarily by the molecular methane elimination process MeSiHCl2(SINGLEBOND)1→ CH4+SiCl2. Free radicals and Si(SINGLEBOND)C bond fission may also contribute to the decomposition but are not dominant. The kinetics of MeSiHCl2 decomposition are shown to be consistent with the kinetics of the reverse SiCl2/CH4 trapping reaction and with the overall reaction thermochemistry. Reaction modeling gives product yields, reactant conversions, and rates in reasonable agreement with the data. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 89-97, 1998.

Notes: From a study of the complexation of FeIII with 2,6-dimethyl-3,5-heptanedione in aqueous solution, thermodynamic and kinetic parameters have been obtained. Results obtained for this system and a series of structurally similar iron(III) diketonates at different temperatures, establishes isokinetic behaviors of these kinds of reactions.Analytical correlations obtained may be useful to predict, for analogous ligands in similar experimental conditions, an essential mechanism, that pathways involving reaction of metal-hydrolyzed species with the enol tautomer are faster than pathways involving hexa-aqua species. Additionally, thermodynamic parameters associated with the monochelated complexations may be predicted. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 121-127, 1998.

Notes: Six analogues and derivatives (1-6) of 3-phenylhydrazonopentane-2,4-dione (7) were subjected to gas-phase thermolysis. The Arrhenius log A (s-1) and Ea (kJ mol-1) of the analogues (1-5) are, respectively: 10.42 and 140.8 for 1-cyano-1-phenyl-hydrazonopropanone (1), 11.19 and 135.4 for 1-cyano-1-(\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ \underline{\rm{p}} $\end{document}-nitrophenylhydrazono)-propanone (2) , 10.68 and 144.9 for 1-cyano-1-(\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ \underline{\rm{p}} $\end{document}-methoxyphenylhydrazono)propanone (3), 11.76 and 137.8 for 1-cyano-3-phenyl-1-phenylhydrazonopropanone (4), and 11.29 and 145.9 for 1-cyano-1-phenylhydrazonobutanone (5). The corresponding values for ethyl 3-oxo-2-phenylhydrazonobutanoate (6) are 11.90 s-1 and 143.3 kJ mol-1. The rates of reaction at 600 K are compared with those of the title diketone (7) and of pentane-2,4-dione (8) and rationalized in terms of a plausible elimination pathway involving a semiconcerted six-membered transition state. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 457-462, 1998

Notes: The authors present a critical analysis of the use of an overall single reaction rate equation instead of the true rate equations corresponding to the decomposition of a substance according to two parallel reactions. Isothermal as well as nonisothermal decomposition are considered. An apparent compensation effect has been evidenced in both cases. It has been assigned to the dependence of the kinetic parameters on temperature (for the isothermal case), conversion, and heating rate (for nonisothermal one). © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 673-681, 1998

Notes: The room temperature rate coefficient for the reaction Br+Br2O→Br2+BrO (3) has been measured using the technique of pulse-laser photolysis with long-path transient absorption detection of the BrO reaction product. A value of k3=(2.0±0.5)×10-10 cm3 molecule-1 s-1 was determined. The photolysis products of Br2O at 308 nm were also examined. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 571-576, 1998

Notes: The kinetics of the oxidation of diazepam (DZ) by Chloramine-B (CAB) has been studied in aqueous hydrochloric acid medium. The oxidation reaction follows the rate law:\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ \it{-d[\rm{CAB}]\over\it dt_{\ .}}=k\rm{[CAB][DZ]^{0.6}[HCl]^{0.6}} $\end{document}The dependence of the reaction rate on temperature is studied and activation parameters for the rate-determining step are evaluated. The dielectric constant of the medium has a small effect on the rate. Ionic strength and the reaction product benzenesulfonamide have no effect on the reaction rate. The solvent isotope effect is studied. A probable mechanism for the observed kinetic data is proposed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 605-611, 1998

Notes: This article describes an experimental and modeling study of the oxidation of isobutene. The low-temperature oxidation was studied in a continuous-flow stirred-tank reactor operated at constant temperature (from 833 to 913 K) and pressure (1 atm), with fuel equivalence ratios from 3 to 6 and space times ranging from 1 to 10 s corresponding to isobutene conversion yields from 1 to 50%. The main carbon containing products were analyzed by gas chromatography. The ignition delays of isobutene-oxygen-argon mixtures with fuel equivalence ratios from 1 to 3 were measured behind shock waves. Reflected shock waves permitted to obtain temperatures from 1230 to 1930 K and pressures from 9.5 to 10.5 atm.A mechanism has been proposed to reproduce the profiles obtained for the reactants consumption and the products formation during the slow oxidation and to compute the ignition delays in the shock tube. Simulations were performed using CHEMKIN II. A correct agreement between the simulated values and the experimental data has been obtained in both apparatuses. The main reaction paths have been determined for both series of measurements by a sensitivity and rate of production analysis. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 629-640, 1998

Notes: Isobutane pyrolysis has been studied in the presence of oxygen at about 773 K in unpacked and in PbO-coated packed Pyrex reactors. The reaction is shown to be accelerated by oxygen in reactors of low surface-to-volume ratio and strongly inhibited in packed PbO-coated reactors. These oxygen effects are explained in terms of interaction between two radical chain systems, one of pyrolysis, the other of oxidation. Oxygen introduces additional chain initiations and a degenerate chain branching step due to H2O2 while oxygenated radicals are efficiently removed at the reactor wall. All experimental results have been modeled and many rate constants of elementary steps were evaluated. The collision efficiency of HO2 radicals on a PbO-coated Pyrex surface has been determined in the temperature range of this study. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 657-671, 1998

Notes: The reaction of 1-butanethiol with hydrogen atoms was investigated at room temperature under pressures of 133, 266, 532, 2660, and 5320 Pa, using two types of fast-flow discharge reactors; the main products were n-butane and 1-butene with total yields of more than 90%. In the reaction of 1-butanethiol and deuterium atoms, monodeuterated 1-butanethiol was observed by a photo-ionizing mass spectrometer. The relative rate of the two initial reactions of 1-butanethiol with hydrogen atoms was 0.272 (k1/k2). The n-butane and 1-butene are considered to be produced via chemically activated 1-butanethiol on the basis of the pressure dependence of the two main products.\scriptfont4=\seveni \scriptscriptfont4=\fivei \halign{\hfill $#$&$#$\hfill &$#$\hfill &\hfill\qquad\qquad #\cr\rm 1\hbox{-}C_{4}H_{9}S&\rm H&\rm +H\longrightarrow 1\hbox{-}C_{4}H_{9}\cdot +H_{2}S& (1)\cr \rm 1\hbox{-}C_{4}H_{9}S&\rm H&\rm +H\longrightarrow 1\hbox{-}C_{4}H_{9}S\cdot +H_{2}& (2)\cr\rm 1\hbox{-}C_{4}H_{9}S&\rm \cdot &\rm +H\longrightarrow 1\hbox{-}C_{4}H_{9}SH\ast & (3)\cr } \bigskip\rm{}Relative rates of molecular elimination of hydrogen sulfide and C—S bond fission for the chemically activated 1-butanethiol, k5/k4 and k6/k4, were 0.114 and 0.0552 under 532 Pa of pressure at room temperature. Activation energies of the two reactions were calculated to be 228 [kJ/mol] and 297 [kJ/mol], respectively, by use of RRKM on the base of estimated A factors.\scriptfont4=\seveni \scriptscriptfont4=\fivei \halign{\hfill $#$&$#$\hfill &$#$\hfill &\hfill\qquad\qquad #\cr\rm 1\hbox{-}C_{4}H_{9}SH\ast +M&\rm \longrightarrow &\rm 1\hbox{-}C_{4}H_{9}SH& (4)\cr \rm 1\hbox{-}C_{4}H_{9}SH\ast &\rm \longrightarrow &\rm 1\hbox{-}C_{4}H_{8}+H_{2}S& (5)\cr\rm 1\hbox{-}C_{4}H_{9}SH\ast &\rm \longrightarrow &\rm 1\hbox{-}C_{4}H_{9}\cdot +HS\cdot & (6)\cr } \bigskip\rm{}© 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int. J. Chem Kinet 30: 923-932, 1998

Notes: The kinetics of the title reactions have been studied using the discharge-flow mass spectrometic method at 296 K and 1 torr of helium. The rate constant obtained for the forward reaction Br+IBr→I+Br2 (1), using three different experimental approaches (kinetics of Br consumption in excess of IBr, IBr consumption in excess of Br, and I formation), is: k1=(2.7±0.4)×10-11 cm3 molecule-1s-1. The rate constant of the reverse reaction: I+Br2→Br+IBr (-1) has been obtained from the Br2 consumption rate (with an excess of I atoms) and the IBr formation rate: k-1=(1.65±0.2)×10-13 cm3molecule-1s-1. The equilibrium constant for the reactions (1,-1), resulting from these direct determinations of k1 and k-1 and, also, from the measurements of the equilibrium concentrations of Br, IBr, I, and Br2, is: K1=k1/k-1=161.2±19.7. These data have been used to determine the enthalpy of reaction (1), ΔH298°=-(3.6±0.1) kcal mol-1 and the heat of formation of the IBr molecule, ΔHf,298°(IBr)=(9.8±0.1) kcal mol-1. © 1998 John Wiley & sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 933-940, 1998

Notes: The apparent rate constants of formation (k1) and hydrolysis (k2) of the Schiff bases formed between pyridoxal and polyallylamine has been fitted to a kinetic scheme that involve the different protonated species in the reaction medium and the individual rate constants of formation (k1i) and hydrolysis (k2i). The (k1i) values precludes an acid catalyzed intramolecular process. The effects of hydrophobic medium due to the presence of the macromolecule on the reaction is also discussed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 1-6, 1998.

Notes: The gas-phase reaction of ozone with a series of unsaturated oxygenates and with 1-pentene has been studied at ambient T (287-296 K) and p=1 atm. of air. Reaction rate constants, in units of 10-18 cm3 molecule-1 s-1, are 0.22±0.05 for 2 (5H)-furanone, 1.08±0.20 for methacrolein, 1.74±0.20 for crotonaldehyde, 5.84±0.39 for methylvinyl ketone, 1.05±0.15 for methyl acrylate, 3.20±0.47 for vinyl acetate, 59.0±8.7 for cis-3-hexenyl acetate, 154±30 for ethylvinyl ether, ≥(315±23) for linalool, and 10.9±1.4 for 1-pentene. The results are compared to literature data for the compounds studied and for other unsaturated oxygenates, and are discussed in terms of reactivity toward ozone as a function of the nature, number, and position of the oxygen-containing substituents (SINGLEBOND)CHO, (SINGLEBOND)C(O)R, (SINGLEBOND)C(O)OR, and (SINGLEBOND)OC(O)R. Atmospheric implications are briefly examined. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int. J Chem Kinet: 30: 21-29, 1998.

Notes: Tartaric acid oxidation by vanadium(V) in sulfuric acid medium was investigated spectrophotometrically at 760 nm and 30°C by appearance of the vanadium(IV), as vanadyl. The reaction rate was determined under pseudo-first-order conditions with an excess of hydroxyacid over the oxidant concentration. The oxidation showed a first-order dependence with respect to vanadium(V) concentration and fractional orders with respect to tartaric acid and sulfuric acid concentrations, with no control and with constant ionic strength. The reaction rate is enhanced by an increase of ionic strength, and slightly reduced by a decrease of the dielectric constant of the medium. The activation parameters were calculated based on the rate constants determined in the 293 to 313 K interval. The proposed oxidation mechanisms and the derived rate laws are consistent with the experimental rate laws. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet: 30: 55-61, 1998.

Notes: We have examined the kinetics and mechanism of the dediazoniation reaction of p-methylbenzenediazonium tetrafluoroborate in the presence and absence of CuCl2 using a methodology developed by us that allows, simultaneously, and within the same experiment to identify, to quantify, and to obtain the rate constants for the formation of all dediazoniation products, and, indirectly, the rate constant for the diazonium salt decomposition. The methodology developed combines the use of coupling reactions, to form a stable azo dye, followed by analysis by HPLC. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 31-39, 1998.

Notes: This article is concerned with the application of a new method to recover the rate constants in chemical reactions. The method is based on treating the unknown parameters as time dependent. With appropriate experimental data the unknown rate constants are guided from an arbitrary initial condition to their true value at a final time. An explicit equation describing the time evolution of the parameters is obtained by minimizing the error along the trajectory. The method leads to an iterative algorithm which is described in detail. Numerical results with the method indicate that accurate estimates of the rate constants can be obtained directly from experimental data. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 151-159, 1998.

Notes: Ab initio calculations have been used to characterize the transition states for halogen abstraction by CH3 in reactions with CF4, CF3Cl, CF3Br, and CF3I (1-4). Geometries and frequencies were obtained at the HF/6-31G(d) and MP2=full/6-31G(d) levels of theory. Energy barriers were computed via the Gaussian-2 methodology, and the results were employed in transition state theory analyses to obtain the rate constants over 298-2500 K. There is good accord with literature measurements in the approximate temperature range 360-500 K for reactions (2-4), and the computed activation energies are accurate to within ±6 kJ mol-1. Recommended rate constant expressions for use in combustion modeling are k;1=1.6×10-19 (T/K)2.41 exp(-13150 K/T), k2=8.4×10-20(T/K)2.34 exp(-5000 K/T), k3=4.6×10-19 (T/K)2.05 exp(-3990 K/T), and k4=8.3×10-19 (T/K)2.18 exp(-1870 K/T) cm3 molecule-1 s-1. The results are discussed in the context of flame suppression chemistry. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 30: 179-184, 1998.