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Notizen: The temperature dependence of the vibration-vibration energy transfer between the v3 mode of N2O and the first vibrational level of CO was determined over a range of 780 to 1400°K using a shock tube. Several mixtures of CO-N2O were tested, diluted in 95% Ar. The Landau-Teller plot of the vibration-vibration relaxation times has a least squares line of \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ {\rm log}_{{\rm 10}} p\tau _{{\rm VV}} = 2.69T^{ - 1/3} - 1.70 $$\end{document} where pτvv is in atm ·μsec and T in °K. The measured kinetic reaction was determined to be \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ {\rm N}_{\rm 2} {\rm O(001) + CO(O)} \to {\rm N}_{\rm 2} {\rm O}(000) + {\rm CO(1) + 81cm}^{{\rm - 1}} $$\end{document} The transfer probabilities for this process were found to vary directly with temperature.

Notizen: The activation energy parameters for the reaction of PdX42- (X=Cl-, Br-) in aqueous halide acid solution with thiourea (tu) and selenourea (seu) have been determined. High rates of reaction parallel low enthalpies and appreciable negative entropy of activation. The rate law in each case simplifies to kobs=k[L] where L=tu or seu, and only ligand-dependent rate constants are observed at 25°C. The ligand-dependent rate constants for the first identifiable step in the PdCl42- + X system is (9.1±0.1) × 103 M-1 sec-1 and (4.5±0.1) × 104 M-1 sec-1 for X=tu and seu, respectively, while for the PdBr42- + X system it is (2.0±0.1) × 104 M-1 sec-1 and (9.0±0.1) × 104 M-1 sec-1 for X=tu and seu, respectively.

Notizen: A detailed shock-tube investigation of the ignition in H2 + Cl2 + Ar mixtures in a shock tube is presented, and the mechanism of the reaction is discussed. Ignition delay times were determined from pressure and heat flux measurements behind reflected shock waves. The induction times measured ranged between 35 and 2100 μsec over the temperature range of 830-1260°K. The experimental results of close to seventy tests can be correlated by the relationship \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ t_{{\rm ig}} = 10^{ - 12.73} \exp (18.75 \times 10^3 /RT) \cdot [{\rm Cl}_{\rm 2}]^{ - 0.66} [{\rm H}_{\rm 2}]^{ - 0.60} [{\rm Ar]}^{{\rm 0}{\rm .40 }} \,\sec. $$\end{document} where the concentrations are expressed in mole/cm3. The above relationship served as a basis for a computer modeling of the ignition delay times. Ten calculations, simulating typical laboratory experiments, were run by the computer for each reaction scheme and the obtained temperature and composition dependence of the induction times were compared with the ones observed experimentally. A reaction scheme based on a simple exothermal chain propagation could not reproduce the experimental relationship. When the energy branching reaction HCl*(ν) + Cl2 → (HCl3) → HCl + Cl + Cl was added to the reaction scheme, a much better agreement with the experiment was obtained. It is believed that the above reaction does take place and that it is the main supplier of atoms to the system.

Notizen: Spectrophotometric methods have been used to obtain rate laws and rate parameters for the following reactions: with ka, kb, Ea, Eb having the values 85±5 l./mole · s, 5.7±0.2 s-1 (both at 298.2°K), and 56±4 and 66±2 kJ/mole, respectively. with kc=0.106±0.004 l./mole ·s at 298.2°K and Ec=67±2 kJ/mole. with kd=(3.06 ±; 0.15) × 10-3 l./mole ·s at 298.2°K and Ed=66±2 kJ/mole.Mechanisms for these reactions are discussed and compared with previous work.

Notizen: The kinetics of decarbonylation of [Ir(CO)(dp)2]Cl and [IrCl(CO)2(Ph3P)2] has been studied in different solvents, at temperatures between -25° and +70°C, by means of reactors of defined fluid dynamics which allow a separation to be made between “physical” and “chemical” rate constants. Chemical rate constants have been found to depend markedly on the diffusion coefficients of carbon monoxide in the various solvents. The process of decarbonylation has been described, for both reactions, by the sequence: structural isomerization, characterized by a very low preexponential factor, decomposition of the less stable isomer against the solvent's barrier, and diffusion of carbon monoxide to the gas-liquid interface. The kinetic problems involved in the determination of rate constants and their implications have been emphasized.

Notizen: The overall photobromination reactions \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ {\rm Br}_{\rm 2} + {\rm R}_{\rm F} {\rm I} \to {\rm IBr} + {\rm R}_{\rm F} {\rm Br} $$\end{document} have been studied using a competitive technique. Relative Arrhenius parameters were obtained for the rate-determining step These were placed on an absolute basis using previous-absolute values of A and E for RFI=CF3I. The activation energies were used to calculate bond dissociation energies D(R—I) with the following results: TextRF-E16D(RF-I)(kcal/mole)CF3I10.852.6C2F5I8.850.6n-C3F7I7.449.2i-C3F7I7.549.2n-C4F9I6.748.4E16 from [1]The D(RF-I) are compared with related D(R—I) and it is concluded that for a given alkyl group RH and the corresponding perfuloroalkyl group RF, D(RH-I) 〉 D(RF-I) whereas it has previously been found that D(RH-X;) 〈 D(RF-X) where X is not iodine.

Notizen: The rates of reaction of t-BuOOK, t-BuOK, n-BuOOK, and p-MeC6H4OKwith p-nitrophenyl diphenylphosphinate 1 and with p-nitrophenyl benzoate 2 have been measured in toluene both in the absence and in the presence of crown polyether dicyclohexyl-18-crown-6 3a. The rates of nucleophilic displacementon 1 by HOO-, t-BuOO-, and some “nonalpha” oxyanions in water have also been determined. Solvent transfer from water to toluene results in increasing the nucleophilic reactivity of the t-butyl hydroperoxide anion. Rate ratios QQa are given which allow one to estimate the enhanced reactivity of t-BuOO- (an α-nucleophile) compared to oxygen nucleophiles of comparable base strength toward 1 and 2. These are for substrate 1, Qα (water) ≃ 6.5 and Qα (toluene) ≃ 2.7; for substrate 2, Qα (water) ≃ 5.5 and Qα (toluene) ≃ 5. The hypothesis is advanced that solvation is not a major factor in determining the α-effect of the t-butylhydroperoxide anion.

Notizen: A consecutive single-route reaction is considered. When two (groups of) steps compete in controlling the overall reaction rate, there exists a general rule that the earlier step in the flow of the overall reaction tends to be rate-determining with the increase of the reaction affinity. The latter may, however, be distributed more or less evenly to both steps.

Notizen: The mechanisms of the pyrolyses of the n-alkanes C3H8, n-C4H10, and n-C5H12 at temperatures between 390 and 560°C have been studied by the construction and evaluation of sets of several hundred reactions. Rate parameter values were assigned using literature data and calculated estimates. Time-dependent numerical solutions were computed for the experimental conditions of several rate and product studies reported in the literature. The comparisons of these a priori computations with experiment show excellent agreement for propane and agreement for butane and pentane within the estimated error limits of the assigned rate parameters. These results demonstrate that the general “state of knowledge” of the mechanism of alkane pyrolysis, namely, the reactions and their rate parameters, is such that reasonable a priori predictions of experimental results can be made. Discussions of the major stepwise processes in the pyrolyses are presented, and the importance of allyl radicals in termination is demonstrated.

Notizen: The decomposition rate of chemically activated ethyltrimethylgermane from the reaction 1CH2 + (CH3)4Ge, where 1CH2 was produced from diazomethane photolysis at 3660 Å, is 8.6 × 105 sec-1. This result combined with RRKM theory and critical energy estimates yields an Arrhenius A factor of log[A (sec-1)/methyl] = 14.7 ± 0.8 for methyl rupture from germanium.Log A values for methyl rupture from carbon, silicon, and germanium linearly correlate with the vibrational-rotational entropies of the corresponding tetramethyls. Extrapolation predicts log[A (sec-1)/methyl] = 14.4 and 14.3 for methyl rupture from tin and lead, respectively.

Notizen: The addition of methoxy radicals to several olefins has been studied by a competitive method at 127°C in gas phase. The thermal decomposition of dimethyl peroxide was used as methoxy radical source. The rate of addition to the double bond was measured relative to the oxidation of carbon monoxide. For the addition to ethylene it was obtained that \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ k_{{\rm add}} = \left({3.7 \pm 0.8} \right) \times 10^4 M^{ - 1} \cdot {\rm s}^{{\rm - 1}} $$\end{document} This rate constant is similar to the one shown by methyl radicals under similar conditions. From the relative rate of addition to several chlorinated and fluorinated olefins it can be concluded that methoxy radicals show very little “electrophilic” character.

Notizen: The rate constant for tert-butyl radical recombination has been measured near 700°K by the very-low-pressure pyrolysis (VLPP) technique and was found to be 108.8±0.3 M-1·sec-1 with neglibible temperature dependence. The thermochemical parameters for tert—butyl radicals were varied within reasonable limits to bring into agreement the data for the decomposition of 2,2,3,3-tetramethyl butane and the recombination of tert-butyl radicals. The revised thermochemistry also makes the gas-phase results and liquid-phase results compatible.

Notizen: The reaction of O(1D) with CH4 was studied to determine the efficiency of H2 production in a direct process, and it was found to be 0.11 ± 0.02. Thus the two channels which account for all of the reaction between O(1D) and CH4 in the gas phase are

Notizen: The rate of decomposition of t-butyl nitrite (TBN) has been studied in a static system over the temperature range of 120-160°C. For low concentrations of TBN (10-5- 10-4M), but with a high total pressure of CF4 (∼0.9 atm) and small extents of reaction (∼1%), the first-order homogeneous rates of acetone (M2K) formation are a direct measure of reaction (1), since k3» k2 (NO): TBN . Addition of large amounts of NO in place of CF4 almost completely suppresses M2K formation. This shows that reaction (1) is the only route for this product. The rate of reaction (1) is given by k1 = 1016.3-40.3/θ s-1. Since (E1 + RT) and ΔH°1 are identical, both may be equated with D(RO-NO) = 40.9 ± 0.8 kcal/mole and E2 = O ± 1 kcal/mole. From ΔS°1 and A1, k2 is calculated to be 1010.4M-1 ·s-1, implying that combination of t—BuO and NO occurs once every ten collisions. From an independent observation that k2/k2′ = 1.7 ± 0.25 independent of temperature, it is concluded that k2′ = 1010.2M-1 · s-1 and k1′ = 1015.9-40.2/θ s-1; . This study shows that MeNO arises solely as a result of the combination of Me and NO. Since NO is such an excellent radical trap for t-Bu\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}${\rm Me\dot O}$\end{document}, reaction (2) may be used in a competitive study of the decomposition of t—Bu\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}${\rm Me\dot O}$\end{document} in order to obtain the first absolute value for k3. Preliminary results show that k3 (∞) = 1015.7-17.0/θ s-1. The pressure dependence of k3 is demonstrated over the range of 10-2-1 atm (160°C). The thermochemistry for reaction (3) implies that the Hg 6(3P1) sensitised decomposition of t-BuOH occurs via reaction (m): In addition to the products accounted for by the TBN radical split, isobutene is formed as a result of the 6-centre elimination of HONO: TBN \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$\mathop \to \limits^7 $\end{document} isobutene + HONO. The rate of formation of isobutene is given by k7 = 1012.9-33.6/θ s-1. t-BuOH, formed at a rate comparable to that of isobutene-at least in the initial stages-is thought to arise as a result of secondary reactions between TBN and HONO. The apparent discrepancy between this and previous studies is reconciled in terms of the above parallel reactions (1) and (7), such that k + 2k7 = 1014.7-36.2/θ s-1.

Notizen: The flash photolysis of HN3 was studied by coordinated time-resolved spectroscopic measurements of HN3 NH(a1Δ), NH(X3Σ), NH(c1π), NH(A3π), NH2, and N3 following flash photolysis of mixtures of HN3 with argon or helium. The primary photolysis is complex, but when the wavelength distribution of the flash is limited to values greater than about 200 nm, the major reactive product is NH(1Δ), or states which quickly decay to NH(1Δ). Disappearance of NH(1Δ) occurs predominantly by the process \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$\begin{array}{*{20}c} {{\rm NH(}^1 \Delta {\rm)} + {\rm HN}_{\rm 3} \to {\rm NH}_{\rm 2} + {\rm N}_{\rm 3}} & {k_2 = 9.3 \times 10^{- 11} {\rm cm}^{\rm 3} /{\rm mole} \cdot {\rm sec}} \\ \end{array}$$\end{document}The process has little, if any, energy of activation, and no detectable dependence on the pressure of inert gas below 1 atm. The rate of formation of NH2 in its ground vibrational state depends on the inert gas pressure in a way that can be accounted for by vibrational relaxation from initial excited vibrational states. The total amount of NH2 is roughly comparable with the amount of HN3 decomposed by primary photolysis. The observed N3 can be attributed to the NH(1Δ) + HN3 reaction, although a smaller amount could also be formed by primary photolysis. The value of k2 is revised upward from the value given in a preliminary report on the basis of a more careful consideration of the effects of Beer's law failure in absorption measurements involving narrow spectral lines.

Notizen: The life times of chemically activated alcohols have been determined using the high-pressure unimolecular rate parameters for thermal decomposition of alcohols from shocktube studies and RRKM calculations. They are compared with literature numbers (from insertion of 0(1D) into hydrocarbons). It is suggested that in some cases singlet oxygen carries excess energy into the hydrocarbon. The consequences of such an assumption are explored and discrepancies with previously published conclusions discussed.

Notizen: Aquation rates forcis-CoCl(en)2(A)2+ (A = 3,5-lutidine, imidazole, N-methylimidazole, benzimidazole) have been determined by halide release titration in 1.0 M HNO3 at 50-80°C. Kinetic parameters are (in the above order of A) 107k298 (sec-1), 7.4, 5.7, 1.3, 9.7; Ea (kJ/mole), 103, 101, 130, 112; log PZ (sec-1), 11.89, 11.53, 16.04, 13.58; ΔS298

Notizen: The Diels-Alder addition of acrolein to cyclohexa-1,3-diene has been studied between 486 and 571°K at pressures ranging from 55 to 240 torr. The products are endo- and exo-5-formylbicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-ene (endo- and exo-FBO), and their formations are second order. The rate constants (in l./mole · sec) are given by \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$\log _{10} {\rm}k_{{\rm endo}} = -(19,470 \pm 50)/4.576T + (5.65 \pm 0.02)$$\end{document}\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$\log _{10} {\rm}k_{{\rm exo}} = - (20,630 \pm 50)/4.576T + (5.51 \pm 0.02)$$\end{document}The retro-Diels-Alder pyrolysis of endo-FBO has also been studied. In the ranges of 565-638°K and 6-38 torr, the reaction is first order, and its rate constant (in sec-1) is given by \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$\log _{10} {\rm}k_{{\rm p}} = - (46,390 \pm 110)/4.576T + (12.98 \pm 0.04)$$\end{document}The reaction mechanism is discussed. The heat of formation and the entropy of endo-FBO are estimated.

Notizen: The isomerization of cycloheptatriene at high temperatures (800-1250°K) has been studied experimentally using a shock tube at high pressures and by very low-pressure pyrolysis in the intermediate-pressure region (the first direct use of the latter technique for an isomerization). Rate coefficients obtained are in accord with previous results at lower temperatures. The results are examined theoretically to account for weak-collision nonequilibrium effects. These corrections are found to be appreciable at the temperatures studied.

Notizen: Rate constants of change transfer reactions kCT, involving C3—C9 alkanes and cycloalkanes, have been determined in an ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer. The rate constants are significantly lower than the corresponding rate constants for collision when the reaction is less than about 0.5 eV exothermic for linear alkane ions, or less than about 0.2 eV exothermic for cycloalkane ions. In this region of low reaction efficiency, the efficiency of reaction with linear or branched alkanes seems to depend primarily on reaction exothermicity. (The efficiencies of reaction of a given ion with cyclic alkanes also depend on ΔHrn, but are higher than for reactions with other compounds). Although the lowered reaction efficiencies probably result, at least in part, from unfavorable Franck-Condon factors in the energy range near the ionization onset, quantitative correlations between reaction efficiency and estimated relative Franck-Condon factors were not observed. When the enthalpy of reaction is small (less than about -0.15 eV), it is seen that the reverse charge transfer can also occur, and equilibrium is established under the conditions of these experiments. From the observed equilibrium constants, values for the standard free energy change are derived, and assuming that ΔS is small for electron transfer equilibria, values of ΔHrn are estimated. In the case of the equilibria involving cyclohexane ion, these values of ΔHrn lead to estimates of the ionization potentials of methylcyclopentane, 3-methylpentane, n-octane, 2,2-dimethylbutane, and 2,3-dimethylbutane, which are lower than the ionization potentials of cyclohexane, that is, 〈9.88 eV, although all these compounds had previously been reported to have ionization potentials above 10.03 eV. That the ionization potentials are indeed lower than 10.03 eV is confirmed by determining the quantum yields of ionization with 10.03-eV photons.It is pointed out that the conclusions reached here apparently also apply to the charge transfer reactions of alkane ions in the liquid phase.

Notizen: Concentration-time profiles have been measured for hydroxyl radicals generated by the shock-tube decomposition of hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a variety of additives. At temperatures close to 1300°K the rate constants for the reaction \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$${\rm OH} + {\rm RH} \to {\rm R} + {\rm H}_{\rm 2} {\rm O}$$\end{document} are found to be in the ratio 0.18:0.19:0.59:1.00:2.33:2.88 for the additives CO:CF3H:H2:CH4:C2H4:C2H6, respectively.

Notizen: Crossed molecular beam techniques have been used to study the endoergic reaction between F2 and I2. Above a threshold energy of 4 kcal/mole the observed products are I2F and F. At higher energies IF is also produced. Angular and velocity distributions indicate that the IF does not result from a four-center exchange reaction.

Notizen: An approximate method of analyzing nonlinear reaction models in modulated molecular beam surface kinetic studies is developed. The exact method for treating nonlinear surface mechanisms is tedious and almost always requires computer analysis. The proposed approximate method is a simple extension of the Fourier expansion technique valid for linear surface reactions; it quickly provides analytical expressions for the phase lag and amplitude of the reaction product for any type of nonlinear surface mechanism, which greatly facilitates comparison of theory and experiment. The approximate and exact methods are compared for a number of prototypical adsorption-desorption reactions which include coverage-dependent adsorption and desorption kinetics of order greater than unity. Except for certain extreme forms of coverage-dependent adsorption, the approximate method provides a good representation of the exact solution. The errors increase as the nonlinearities become stronger. Fortunately, when the discrepancy between the two methods is substantial, the reaction product signal is so highly demodulated that reliable experimental data usually cannot be obtained in these regions anyway.

Notizen: A competitive technique employing the SO2(3B1) photosensitized isomerization of cis-C2F2H2 to trans-C2F2H2 in the presence of selected fluorinated olefins has been used at 3712 Å and 22°C to determine the quenching rate constants of the reaction \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}${\rm SO}_{\rm 2} ({}^3B_1){\rm M}\mathop \to \limits^{k_{_4}}$\end{document} removal. With PSo2 = 25.4 torr and Pcis-C2F2H2 = 0.239 torr Stern-Volmer plots for M = C2H4, C2H2F, 1,1-C2F2H2, C2F4, and C3F6 yielded k4 (units of 1010 l./mole · sec) values of 5.29 ± 0.16, 4.21 ± 0.53, 1.92 ± 0.23, 0.575 ± 0.060, and 0.0335 ± 0.0027, respectively. The results were consistent with the ability of an olefin to quench SO2(3B1) being inversely proportional to the polarizability of the olefin's π bond and the effect can be clearly noted as each H atom in C2H4 is individually replaced by an F atom.

Notizen: Several fluorine-containing ethanes (monofluoro, 1,1-difluoro, 1,1,1-trifluoro, 1,1,2-trifluoro, 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoro, and pentafluoro) and ethenes (1,1-difluoro and trifluoro) form hydrogen fluoride when irradiated with gamma rays in the gas phase at 25°C. Hydrogen fluoride is apparently formed from fluoroethanes by a mechanism which involves formation of an intermediate semiion pair. We observed identical HF yields both in the absence and presence of molecular oxygen, except for monofluoroethane. A reduction of G(HF) with increasing sample pressure, for example, of 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, indicates that collisional stabilization of excited fluoroethane molecules competes with the process of HF elimination. High G values for HF and CO2 in mixtures of CF2=CFH and O2 reveal the occurrence of a chain reaction.

Notizen: The application of the RRKM theory to the reverse bimolecular reaction of the amine-borontrifluoride system has been made. The results are in good agreement with experiments.

Notizen: The kinetics of gas-phase reaction of CH3CF2I with HI were studied from 496 to 549K and have been shown to be consistent with the following mechanism: A least squares treatment of the data gave \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$\log k_1 (M^{- 1} \cdot \sec ^{- 1}) = (11.4 \pm 0.3) - \frac{{(15.7 \pm 0.8)}}{\theta}$$\end{document} where θ = 2.303 RT kcal/mole. The observed activation energy E1 was combined with E2 = 0 ± 1 kcal/mole to yield \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$DH^ \circ ({\rm CH}_{\rm 3} {\rm CF}_2 - {\rm I}) = 52.1 \pm 1.0{\rm kcal}/{\rm mole}$$\end{document} The result, combined with data for several C—I bond dissociation energies, leads us to conclude that the C(sp3)—I bond is relatively insensitive to F for H substitution and that the C(sp2)-I bond has considerable double-bond character.

Notizen: Tandem chemical laser techniques have been used to detect HF formed through photoelimination from 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoroacetylacetone, HFAA. Information about the HF vibrational population ratios is deduced: N2/N1 〈 0.37 and N1/N0 〈 0.45. This work supports the deduction by Bassett and Whittle that photodecomposition of the enol form of HFAA results mainly in HF elimination and ring closure to a dihydrofuranone, a new type of reaction.

Notizen: The decomposition of dimethyl peroxide (DMP) was studied in the presence and absence of added NO2 to determine rate constants k1 and k2 in the temperature range of 391-432°K: \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ \begin{array}{rcl} {{\rm DMP}} & \stackrel{1}{\longrightarrow} & {2{\rm MeO}} \\ {{\rm MeO + DMP}} & \stackrel{2}{\longrightarrow} & {{\rm MeOH + CH}_{\rm 2} {\rm O} + {\rm MeO}} \\ \end{array} $$\end{document} The results reconcile the studies by Takezaki and Takeuchi, Hanst and Calvert, and Batt and McCulloch, giving log k1(sec-1) = (15.7 ± 0.5) - (37.1 ± 0.9)/2.3 RT and k2 ≈ 5 × 104M-1· sec-1. The disproportionation/recombination ratio k7b/k7a = 0.30 ± 0.05 was also determined: \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ \begin{array}{rcl} {{\rm MeO} + {\rm NO}_2 (+ {\rm M})} \stackrel{7a}{\longrightarrow} & {{\rm MeONO}_{\rm 2} (+ {\rm M})} \\ {{\rm MeO} + {\rm NO}_2} \stackrel{7b}{\longrightarrow} & {{\rm CH}_{\rm 2} {\rm O} + {\rm HONO}} \\ \end{array} $$\end{document}When O2 was added to DMP mixtures containing NO2, relative rate constants k12/k7a were obtained over the temperature range of 396-442°K: \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ \begin{array}{rcl} {{\rm CH}_{\rm 3} {\rm O} + {\rm O}_2} \stackrel{12}{\longrightarrow} & {{\rm CH}_2 {\rm O} + {\rm HO}_{\rm 2}} \\ \end{array} $$\end{document} A review of literature data produced k7a = 109.8±0.5M-1·sec-1, giving log k12(M-1·sec-1) = (8.5 ± 1.5) - (4.0 ± 2.8)/2.3 RT, where most of the uncertainty is due to the limited temperature range of the experiments.

Notizen: By means of the technique of laser-induced fluorescence, the room-temperature vibrational relaxation of DF(v = 1) has been studied in the presence of several polyatomic chaperones. The rate coefficients obtained [in units of (μ;sec·torr)-1] are CH4, 0.22; C2H6, 0.61; C4H10, 1.26; C2H2, 4.0 × 10-2; C2H2F2, 1.86 × 10-2; C2H4, 0.175; CH3F, 0.36; CF3H, 1.95 × 10-2; CF4, 1.0 × 10-3; CBrF3, 5.6 × 10-4; NF3, 5.1 × 10-4; SO2, 1.27 × 10-2; and BF3, 7.1 × 10-3. Results are also reported for vibrational relaxation rate coefficients for HF(v = 1) in the presence of the following chaperones: CH4, 2.6 × 10-2; C2H6, 5.9 × 10-2; C3H8, 8.4 × 10-2; and C4H10, 0.128. A comparison of DF and HF results indicates that for deactivation by CnHn+2, rate coefficients for DF are approximately an order of magnitude larger than for HF. The deactivation rate coefficient of DF(v = 1) by CH4 was found to decrease with increasing temperature between 300 and 740°K.

Notizen: The reactions between alizarin yellow G and six different bases B (including OH-) and between tropaeolin 0 and eight different bases have been investigated at 25°C and an ionic strength of 0.5M, using the temperature-jump method. From the form of the log kB versus ΔpK curves it is concluded that for alizarin yellow G the observed relaxation time is due chiefly to a diffusion-controlled reaction between the base and that fraction which is present in the “open” non-hydrogen-bonded form, whereas for tropaeolin 0 the base attacks the hydrogen bridge.The dissociation constants for the internally bound hydrogen have been measured under the same conditions of temperature and ionic strength, using a spectrophotometric method.

Notizen: The reaction of 1,3-cyclopentadiene (CPD) with ground-state atomic oxygen O(3P), produced by mercury photosensitized decomposition of nitrous oxide, was studied. The identified products were carbon monoxide and the following C4H6 isomers: 3-methylcyclopropene, 1,3-butadiene, 1,2-butadiene, and 1-butyne. The yield of carbon monoxide over oxygen atoms produced (φCO) was equal to the sum of the yields of C4H6 isomers in any experiment. φCO was 0.43 at the total pressure of 6.5 torr and 0.20 at 500 torr. We did not succeed in detecting any addition products such as C5H6O isomers.It was found that 3-methylcyclopropene was produced with excess energy and was partly isomerized to other C4H6 isomers, especially to 1-butyne. The excess energy was estimated to be about 50 kcal/mol.The rate coefficient of the reaction was obtained relative to those for the reactions of atomic oxygen with trans-2-butene and 1-butene. The ratios kCPD+O/ktrans-2-butene+O= 2.34 and kCPD+O/k1-butene+O = 11.3 were obtained.Probable reaction mechanisms and intermediates are suggested.

Notizen: The kinetics of chlorine atom abstraction from the chloroethanes (EClH) 1,1,2-C2Cl3H3, 1,1-C2Cl2H4, and 1,2-C2Cl2H4 by radiolytically generated cyclohexyl radicals was studied in the liquid phase by a competitive method. The chlorine atom abstraction data were put on an absolute basis by comparing the rates of the metathetical reactions with the known rate of addition of cyclohexyl radicals to C2Cl4. The following Arrhenius parameters were obtained: TextE(EClH)-TemperatureA(ECLH)E(CCl4)log A(EClH)E(EClH)RangelogEClHA(C2Cl4)(kcal/mol)(1.mol·sec)(kcal/mol)(°C)CHCL2CH2Cl0.03 ± 0.083.87 ± 0.178.98 ± 0.1411.17 ± 0.27150 - 250CHCL2CH30.13 ± 0.134.63 ± 0.278.18 ± 0.1911.93 ± 0.37130 - 250CHCL2CH2Cl0.50 ± 0.177.57 ± 0.359.18 ± 0.2314.87 ± 0.45150 - 250The error limits are the standard deviations from least mean square Arrhenius plots.The α and ß activation effects on the kinetics of Cl atom abstraction from chloroalkanes are discussed. From the linear relation between the relative reactivities of cyclohexyl radicals toward the XCCl3 and XCHCl2 series, ECl(c-C6H11· + CHCl2CHCl2) = 10.2 ± 1 kcal/mol and ECl(c-C6H11· + CHCl22CCl3) = 9.7 ± 1 kcal is derived.

Notizen: Reactions of OH(v = 1) with HBr, O, and CO have been studied at 295°K using a fast discharge flow apparatus: The reaction O + HBr → OH(v = 1) + Br was used as a source of OH(v = 1), and subsequent chemical reactions of the excited radical were followed using EPR spectroscopy. Rate constants for reactions (2b), (3b), and (6b) were measured as (4.5 ± 1.3) × 10-11, (10.5 ± 5.3) × 10-11, and 〈5 × 10-12 cm3/molec·sec, respectively. The rate constant for physical deactivation of OH(v = 1) by CO was determined as 〈4 × 10-13 cm3/molec·sec.

Notizen: The reactions have been studied by a mass-balance method involving the photolysis of small amounts of biacetyl in the presence of a large excess of isobutane containing a small proportion of the unsaturated substrate. The following Arrhenius parameters have been derived: TextTemperatureElog ArangeReaction(kcal/mol)(1./mol·sec)(°K)ĊH3 + C2H4 → Ċ3H77.3 ± 1.08.32 ± 0.5350 - 500ĊH3 + C2H2 → Ċ3H57.7 ± 1.58.79 ± 0.8379 - 487ĊH3 + C6H6 → C7H97.6 ± 1.08.79 ± 0.5372 - 484The results for methyl addition to ethylene are based on previous determinations by other techniques as well as the present studies. The results for methyl addition to acetylene and benzene are derived solely from the present experiments and are calculated relative to a rate constant of log k2(l./mol·sec) = 7.42 - (7.1/θ) for the reference reaction (2), ·H3 + (CH3)3CH → CH4 + ·4H9.

Notizen: The thermal decomposition of propene in the presence of D2 was studied in a single-pulse shock tube in the temperature range of 1200-1400°K. The main decomposition products were methane, ethylene, allene, and propyne. Furthermore, deuterated species were observed of each product and of propene, with characteristic compositions that were dependent on propene conversion. Geometrical isomers of monodeuterated propene, as the result of H-D exchange, were analyzed by microwave spectroscopy. From these observations, the reactivities of n- and isopropyl radicals at high temperatures were determined. The former was found to be an intermediate of methane and ethylene and the latter was found to be responsible for the formation of the deuterated propene as follows: The rate constant ratio kn/ki was estimated to be 0.5-0.8, which was more than ten times greater than that obtained at room temperature. It was also found that allene or propyne was produced from allyl radicals and that acetylene was produced from vinyl radicals. In addition, the rate constant of the hydrogen abstraction by the hydrogen atom from C3H6 was found to be six times greater than that by the hydrogen atom from D2.

Notizen: The oxidation of cerous ions by bromate ions in sulfuric acid medium was followed spectrophotometrically under various experimental conditions. The results were compared to the calculated predictions on the basis of a mechanism suggested by R. M. Noyes and collaborators. The computations were done by solving the complete set of the kinetic differential equations. The results of the computations show that the proposed mechanism explains adequately most of our and previous experimental data. In particular, the mechanism predicts the main features of the reaction, namely, the induction and the fast and slow reaction periods which occur during the oxidation.

Notizen: The thermal decomposition of NO2 and its atom-transfer reactions with SO2 and CO have been studied behind incident shock waves using photometric detection methods. From the decomposition study it is possible to obtain information on the rate of the reaction 2NO2 → antisymmetric-NO3 + NO. The results on the reaction, NO2 + SO2 → NO + SO3 extend the earlier work of Armitage and Cullis to about 2000°K. The reaction with CO [NO2 +] [CO NO + CO2] at shock temperatures is somewhat faster than predicted from available low-temperature data and provides a modification of the rate-constant expression that is applicable over a wide temperature range.

Notizen: The kinetics of the reaction of cis-(NO)2 with solid oxygen to form iso-N2O4 have been studied between 13 and 29 K. The overall reaction is pseudo first order in cis-(NO)2, and solid oxygen serves both as a reactant and the matrix. The pseudo-first-order rate constants are calculated to be k(14N) = 4.25 × 10-2 exp(-103/RT), and k(15N) = 3.00 × 10-2 exp(-105/RT) sec-1, based on temperature measurements from a thermocouple junction which may be at most three degrees lower than the actual reacting film. Most significantly, however, 14k/15k = 1.55 at∼13 K. The condensed phase reaction has been compared to that observed in the gas phase, and the extremely small pre-exponential factors and large isotope effects have been discussed in terms of tunneling corrections and orientational constraints. It is suggested that the form of the crystal plays an integral role in the observed process.

Notizen: The flash photolysis-vacuum ultraviolet kinetic absorption spectroscopy technique has been used to measure the absolute rate constant for the reaction of ground state S(3P) atoms withnitric oxide,\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}${\rm S}\left({^{\rm 3} P} \right) + {\rm NO}\mathop {\longrightarrow}\limits^{\rm M} {\rm SNO}\left({{\rm M} = {\rm CO}_2} \right)$\end{document} as a function of nitric oxide concentration and total pressure. The rateconstant was determined to be 1.9±0.1 × 1011 12/mol2.sec at 298°K, with a high-pressure limit of 9.3 ± 2.1×109 l/mol·sec-1. The observed kinetics are consistent with a termolecular energy transfer mechanism.

Notizen: The title reaction has been investigated in the temperature range 667-715K. The only reaction products were trifluorosilyl iodide and hydrogen iodide. The rate law \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ - \frac{{d\left[{{\rm I}_2} \right]}}{{dt}} = \frac{{k\left[{{\rm I}_2} \right]^{1/2} \left[{{\rm F}_3 {\rm SiH}} \right]}}{{1 + k\prime \left[{{\rm HI}} \right]/\left[{{\rm I}_2} \right]}} $$\end{document} was obeyed over a wide range of iodine and trifluorosilane pressures. This expression is consistent with an iodine atom abstraction mechanism and for the step \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ {\rm I}^ \cdot + {\rm F}_3 {\rm SiH}\mathop {\longrightarrow}\limits^1 {\rm F}_3 {\rm Si}^\cdot + {\rm HI} $$\end{document} log k1(dm3/mol·sec) = (11.54 ± 0.17) - (130.5 ± 2.2 kJ/mol)/RT In 10 has been deduced. From this the bond dissociation energy D(F3Si—H) = (419 ± 5) kJ/mol (100.1 kcal/mol) is obtained. The kinetic andthermochemical implications of this value are discussed.

Notizen: The recombination of bromine atoms at room temperature has been studied by flash photolysis in the range of 1-100 atm of the inert diluent He, leading to a value for the third-order rate constant of (1.5 ± 0.2) × 1015 cm6/mol2.sec. In the presence of NO the recombination is considerably accelerated. The falloff curve of the recombination Br + NO (+He) → BrNO (+He) was also measured resulting in a value for the limiting low-pressure rate constant of (3.4 ± 1.3) × 1015 cm6/mol2.sec. In experiments with excess NO, rate constants of (2.2 ± 1) × 1014 cm3/mol·sec for the reaction Br + BrNO → Br2 + NO, and (6.1 ± 0.4) × 109 cm6/mol2.sec for the reaction Br2 + 2NO → 2BrNO were obtained.

Notizen: A previously developed model for active species concentration profiles in infinite cylindrical systems has been extended to include the spherical system. The model couples the processes of diffusion to and reaction at the wall. Predictions of time buildup under conditions of homogeneous production by light, and time decay after extinguishing the light source, are made for H atoms. Such predictions require a knowledge of the wall recombination coefficient and the binary diffusion coefficient for H in heat bath gas. The model is experimentally tested by measuring the first-order decay constants of H at room temperature in various pressures (10-1500 torr) of six heat bath gases. The atomic concentration is monitored by Lyman-α absorption photometry. The results show good agreement with model predictions in the various heat bath gases up to ∼400 torr and depend only on one parameter,γ, the recombi-nation coefficient. This should be contrasted with the earlier work where slight variation in γ was invoked. The rate constants at pressures higher than 400 torr are consistently higher than model predictions.

Notizen: Atomic resonance absorption spectrometry with a nonreversed fluorine resonance lamp (∼95 nm) has been used to study the kinetics of elementary reactions of ground state F2PJ atoms in a discharge-flow system. The following rate constants (in cm3/molec·sec)All rate constants are given with 1.5 σ. were determined at 298° K: The reaction F 2PJ + HCl(1) was found to give J-excited Cl 2P1/2 atoms with a product branching ratio [Cl 2P1/2]/[Cl 2P3/2] = 0.10.

Notizen: Equations for the average energy of chemically activated species are developed, and uncertainties in the various energy quantities involved are discussed. Various approaches to the energy distribution function of chemically activated species are discussed. Trial calculations on methylcyclobutane are presented.

Notizen: The hydrogen-atom recombination reaction has been simulated using a molecular dynamics technique recently formulated by the authors [1]. The rate of recombination has been calculated over a range of temperatures and inert gas concentrations (He and Ar) and agrees well with available experimental data. The calculations reproduce the negative activation energy characteristic of an atom recombination process. Over the range of conditions studied recombination was found to proceed via the energy transfer mechanism only, no evidence of bound HAr or HHe species was observed. Recombination was found to occur through an intermediate metastable diatomic molecule which is in equilibrium with its environment and from which there is a bottleneck to the formation of a stable molecule. The initial formation of a metastable species is sensitive to the hydrogen-inert gas potential, but relaxation of the total energy is primary determined by the mass of the third-body and the collision frequency.

Notizen: The title reaction, displaying peculiar characteristics as to relative rates and isomer distributions, has been studied in detail. Prior to this study, different mechanisms had been advanced by several groups. Kinetic features (isomer patterns, relative and absolute rates, reaction orders, influences of additives, H/D isotope effects) strongly point to a free-radical (chain) process, in which (1) is a crucial step. This abstraction reaction, endothermal by about 6 kcal/mol, apparently proceeds via a transition state closely resembling the free aryl radical. Relative rates and isomer distributions therefore reflect differences in stabilization energies, or in DH°(Ar - H). With high arene-Cl2 intake ratios or, more pronounced, with CCl4 as the reagent, aryl radicals also lead to biaryl, where arene successfully competes with the halogenating agent. This interpretation is quantitatively supported by our observation that “added,˝” recognizable aryl radicals yield the same chlorination-arylation product ratio, and by the results of competitive chlorination of benzene and chloroform over a temperature range of 200°C, where the latter study substantiates the value DH0(C6H5 - H) ≈ 109 kcal/mol.

Notizen: The pyrolysis of ethylene-butene-2 mixtures has been studied in a static system over the temperature range of 689°-754°k and for initial pressures of each olefin of 20-200 torr. The two main addition products were cyclopentene and 3-methylpentene-1. Kinetic evidence indicated that cyclopentene was formed from radical processes while 3-methylpentene-1 was formed by the molecular “ene¨” addition of ethylene to butene-2 through a six-center transition state. The following rate constants were obtained: The pyrolysis of 3-methylpentene-1 has been studied over the same temperature range and for initial pressures of 20-100 torr. Kinetic evidence showed that the products ethylene and butenes were formed in both radical and molecular processes. Estimates of the rate constant k-1t and k-1c were, however, in reasonable agreement with the measurements of k1t and k1c. The mechanism of the ene reaction is discussed, and it is concluded that the transition state does not involve the formation of a biradical.

Notizen: The pyrolysis of ethylene-propylene and ethylene-isobutene mixtures has been studied in a static system over the temperature range of 682°-754° K and for initial pressures of each olefin of 33-300 torr. The following molecular ene reactions were observed and the rate constants measured: Using thermodynamic data, rate constants for the corresponding retro-ene decomposition reactions were calculated and compared to kinetic data reported for similar compounds. Other products were formed by radical chain processes, the main higher molecular weight ones being cyclopentene and 1-methylcyclopentene. A mechanism involving addition of allyl radicals is suggested for the formation of these products.

Notizen: A program system is described for the integration of the rate equations resulting from large systems of elementary reactions. The Gear integration method is used for this problem, which frequently may exhibit stiffness instability when other integration methds are employed. No usage of the quasi-steady-state approximation is necessary. Ease in varying the reaction mechanism and simplicity of input structure are coupled with efficient execution and minimal demands for program storage as key features. The input-output structure, method of operation, and implementation are summarized, along with core storage requirements and execution times for trials using an IBM 360/44 computer.

Notizen: The thermal reaction of 2-pentene (cis or trans) has been performed in a static system over the temperature range of 470°-535°C at low extent of reaction and for initial pressures of 20-100 torr. The main products of decomposition are methane and 1,3-butadiene. Other minor primary products have been monitored: trans-2-pentene, trans- and cis-2-butenes, ethane, 1,3-pentadienes, 3-methyl-1-butene, propylene, 1-butene, hydrogen, ethylene, and 1-pentene. The initial orders of formation, 0.8-1.1 for most of the products and 1.5-1.8 for 1-pentene, increase with temperature. The formation of the products and the influence of temperature on their orders can be essentially explained by a free radical chain mechanism. But cis-trans or trans-cis isomerization and hydrogen elimination from cis-2-pentene certainly involve both molecular and free radical processes. The formation of 1-pentene mainly occurs from the abstraction of the hydrogen atom of 2-pentene by resonance stabilized free radicals (C5H9.).

Notizen: The kinetics of the thermal bromination reaction have been studied in the range of 261°-391°C. The observed rate law is compatible with initiation by the step for which we obtain \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ \log k_6 (cm^3 /mol - \sec) = (13.41 \pm 0.26) - (11700 \pm 700)/\theta $$\end{document} where Θ = 2.303RT cal/mol. Using the above value of E6, we have \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ {D(C}_{\rm 6} {\rm F}_{{\rm 5}^{\rm -}} {\rm I)} \to {\rm 53.5}\ {\rm kcal/mol} $$\end{document}This result disagrees with values of D(C6F5-I) obtained in other ways and we conclude that reaction (3) probably does not involve initiation by reaction (6). Instead, initiation may involve an addition of Br to the ring in C6F5I followed by decomposition of the adduct to give C6F5Br. If correct, this implies that the Arrhenius parameters above refer to the addition reaction rather than to reaction (6).

Notizen: The rate constants and modes of reaction of NO2+ and C2H5ONO2NO2+ with aromatic compounds and alkanes have been determined in a pulsed ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer. Both ions undergo competing charge transfer and substitution reactions (NO2+ + M → MO+ + NO; C2H5ONO2NO2+ + M → MNO2+ + C2H5ONO2) with aromatic molecules. In both cases, the probability that a collision results in charge transfer increases with increasing exothermicity of that process. The C2H5ONO2NO2+ ion does not undergo charge transfer with molecules having an ionization potential greater than about 212 kcal/mol (9.2 eV); this observation leads to an estimate of 13 kcal/mol for the binding energy between NO2+ and C2H5ONO2. The importance of the substitution reaction depends on the number of substituents on the aromatic ring and the molecular structure, and, in the case of C2H5ONO2NO2+ ions, on the energetics of the competing charge transfer process. Both NO2+ and C2H5ONO2NO2+ undergo hydride transfer reactions with alkanes. For both these ions, k(hydride transfer)/k (collision) increases with increasing exothermicity of reaction, but in both cases the rate constants of reaction are unusually low when compared with other hydride transfer reactions of comparable exothermicity which have been reported in the literature. This is interpreted as evidence that the attack on the alkane preferentially involves the nitrogen atom (where the charge is localized) rather than one of the oxygen atoms of NO2+.

Notizen: A general competitive method is described for the study of the kinetics of the reactions of radicals with halogens and interhalogen compounds in the gas phase. The method is applied to the reactions over the temperature range of 48°-199°C. It is found that \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ \log (k_6 /k_5) = \log (k_\varepsilon /k_7) = (- 0.042 \pm 0.060) - (8700 \pm 1300)/\theta $$\end{document} where Θ=2.303RT J/mol. Also \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ \begin{array}{l} A_7 = 1/2A_{5,} \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,E_7 = E_5 \\ A_8 = 1/2A_{6,} \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,E_8 = E_6 \\ \end{array} $$\end{document}There is no correlation between differences in activation energies and differences in enthalpy changes for these reactions, but polar effects may be important in reactions (7) and (8).

Notizen: 4-Methylhexyne-1, 5-methylhexyne-1, hexyne-1, and 6-methylheptyne-2 have been decomposed in comparative-rate single-pulse shock-tube experiments. Rate expressions for the initial decomposition reactions at 1100°K and from 2 to 6 atm pressure are \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ k({\rm HC} \equiv {\rm CCH}_{{\rm 2}^{{\rm -}}}s {\rm C}_{\rm 4} {\rm H}_{\rm 9} \to {\rm HC} \equiv {\rm CCH}_{\rm 2} \cdot + s{\rm C}_{\rm 4} {\rm H}_{\rm 9} \cdot) = 10^{15.9} \exp (- 35,000/T)\sec ^{- 1} $$\end{document} \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ k({\rm HC} \equiv {\rm CCH}_{{\rm 2}^{{\rm -}}}i {\rm C}_{\rm 4} {\rm H}_{\rm 9} \to {\rm allene} + n{\rm C}_{\rm 4} {\rm H}_{\rm 8}) = 10^{12.9} \exp (- 28,000/T)\sec ^{- 1} $$\end{document} \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ k({\rm HC} \equiv {\rm CCH}_{{\rm 2}^{{\rm -}}}i {\rm C}_{\rm 4} {\rm H}_{\rm 9} \to {\rm HC} \equiv {\rm CCH}_{\rm 2} \cdot + i{\rm C}_{\rm 4} {\rm H}_{\rm 9} \cdot) = 10^{16.1} \exp (- 36,700/T)\sec ^{- 1} $$\end{document} \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ k({\rm HC} \equiv {\rm CCH}_{{\rm 2}^{{\rm -}}}i {\rm C}_{\rm 4} {\rm H}_{\rm 9} \to {\rm allene} + i{\rm C}_{\rm 4} {\rm H}_{\rm 8}) = 10^{2.3} \exp (- 27,500/T)\sec ^{- 1} $$\end{document} \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ k({\rm HC} \equiv {\rm CCH}_{{\rm 2}^{{\rm -}}}n {\rm C}_{\rm 3} {\rm H}_{\rm 7} \to {\rm HC} \equiv {\rm CCH}_{\rm 2} \cdot + n{\rm C}_{\rm 3} {\rm H}_{\rm 7} \cdot) = 10^{15.9} \exp (- 36,300/T)\sec ^{- 1} $$\end{document} \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ k({\rm HC} \equiv {\rm CCH}_{{\rm 2}^{{\rm -}}}n {\rm C}_{\rm 3} {\rm H}_{\rm 7} \to {\rm allene} + n{\rm C}_{\rm 3} {\rm H}_{\rm 6}) = 10^{12.7} \exp (- 28,400/T)\sec ^{- 1} $$\end{document} \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ k({\rm CH}_3 {\rm C} \equiv {\rm CCH}_{2^{-}}i {\rm C}_4 {\rm H}_9 \to {\rm CH}_3 {\rm C}) \equiv {\rm CCH}_{\rm 2} \cdot + i{\rm C}_{\rm 4} {\rm H}_{\rm 9} \cdot) = 10^{16.2} \exp (- 36,800/T)\sec ^{- 1} $$\end{document} \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ k({\rm CH}_3 {\rm C} \equiv {\rm CCH}_{2^{-}}i {\rm C}_4 {\rm H}_9 \to 1,2-butadiene + i{\rm C}_{\rm 4} {\rm H}_{\rm 8}) = 10^{12.3} \exp (- 28,700/T)\sec ^{- 1} $$\end{document} In combination with previous results, rate expressions for propargyl C—C bond cleavage are related to that for the alkanes by the expression \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ k_{\rm B} (alkyne) = \frac{1}{{3 \pm 1.5}}\exp (+ 4.25/T)k_{\rm B} (alkane) $$\end{document} These results yield a propargyl resonance energy of D(nC3H7-H) - D(C3H3-H) = 36 ± 2 kJ, in excellent agreement with a previous shock-tube study. They also lead to D(CH3C≡CCH2-H) - D(C3H3-H) = 0.6 ± 3 kJ, D(sC4H9-H) - D(iC3H7-H) = 0 ± 3 kJ, D(iC4H9-H) - D(nC3H7-H) = 2 ± 3 kJ, and D(nC3H7-H) - D(iC3H7-H) = 13.9 ± 3 kJ (all values are for 300°K). The systematics of the molecular decomposition process are explored.

Notizen: The reactions of hydroxyl radicals with eight substituted aromatic hydrocarbons and four olefins were studied utilizing the flash photolysis-resonance fluorescence technique. The rate constants were measured at 298°K using either Ar or He as the diluent gas. The values of the rate constants (k × 1012) in the units of cm3/molec. sec are (a) OH + o-xylene → products: (12.9±3.8), 20 torr He; (13.0±0.3), 20 torr Ar; (12.4±0.1), 200 torr He;(b) OH + m-xylene → products: (15.6±1.4), 3 torr Ar; (19.4±0.8), 20 torr Ar; (21.4±0.2), 20 torr He; (20.3±1.9), 200 torr Ar; (20.6±1.3), 200 Torr He;(c) OH + p-xylene → products: (8.8±1.2), 3 torr Ar; (10.1±1.0), 20 torr He; (10.5±0.6), 200 torr He;(d) OH + ethyl benzene → products: (7.50±0.38), 3 torr He; (7.06±0.26), 20 torr He; (7.95±0.28), 200 torr He;(e) OH + n-propylbenzene → products: (6.40±0.36), 20 torr He; (5.86±0.16), 200 torr He;(f) OH + isopropylbenzene → products: (7.79±0.40), 200 torr He;(g) OH + hexafluorobenzene → products: (0.221±0.020), 20 torr He; (0.219±0.016) 200 torr He;(h) OH + n-propyl pentafluorobenzene → products: (2.52±0.54), 3 torr He; (3.01±0.76), 20 torr He; (3.06±0.24), 200 torr He;(i) OH + propylene → products: (25.6±1.2), 20 torr He; (26.3±1.2), 200 torr He;(j) OH + 1-butene → products: (29.6±1.9), 3 torr He; (29.4±1.4), 20 torr He;(k) OH + cis-2-butene → products: (43.2±4.1), 3 torr He; (42.6±2.5), 20 torr He;(l) OH + tetramethylethylene → products: (56.9±1.3), 20 torr He.

Notizen: The first-order kinetics and hydrogen kinetic isotope effect of the decarboxylation of oxalic acid in acetophenone were studied in the temperature range of 109.6°-150.0°C. The rate constants, activation parameters, and hydrogen kinetic isotope effect were calculated. Detailed comparison and discussion of the results were made with the data reported in the literature. Kinetic isotope effects and solvent effects on rates should be considered similar in mechanistic and/or theoretical studies in the sense that kinetic isotope effects result from a small perturbation of the reaction coordinate, while the solvent effect causes a general overall variation on the potential energy surface (thereby resulting in a change in the reaction coordinate).

Notizen: The mechanism of the photolysis of formaldehyde was studied in experiments at 3130 Å and in the pressure range of 1-12 torr at 25°C. The experiments were designed to establish the quantum yields of the primary decomposition steps (1) and (2), CH2O + hν → H + HCO (1): CH2O + hν → H2 + CO (2), through the effects of added isobutene, trimethylsilane, and nitric oxide on ΦCO and ΦH2. The ratio ΦCO/ΦH2 was found to be 1.01 ± 0.09(2σ) and (ΦH2 + ΦCO)/2 = 1.10 ± 0.08 over the range of pressures and a 12-fold change in incident light intensity. Isobutene and nitric oxide additions reduced ΦH2 to about the same limiting value, 0.32 ± 0.03 and 0.34 ± 0.04, respectively, but these added gases differed in their effects on ΦCO. With isobutene addition ΦCO/ΦH2 reached a limiting value of 2.3; with NO addition ΦCO exceeded unity. The addition of small amounts of Me3SiH reduced ΦH2 to 1.02 ± 0.08 and lowered ΦCO to 0.7. These findings were rationalized in terms of a mechanism in which the “nonscavengeable,” molecular hydrogen is formed in reaction (2) with φ2 = 0.32 ± 0.03, while the “free radical” hydrogen is formed in reaction (1) with φ1 = 0.68 ± 0.03. In the pure formaldehyde system these reactions are followed by (3)-(5): H + CH2O → H2 + HCO (3); 2HCO → CH2O + CO (4); 2HCO → H2 + 2CO (5). The data suggest k4/k5 ≅ 5.8. Isobutene reduced ΦH2 by the reaction H + iso-C4H8 → C4H9 (20), and the results give k20/k3 ≅ 43 ± 4, in good agreement with the ratio of the reported values of the individual constants k3 and k20.

Notizen: The oxidative cleavage of some aliphatic ketoximes by thallium(III) acetate was studied in the temperature range of 20-40°C. The reactions were followed by determination of the rates of disappearance of thallium(III) acetate for variations in [substrate], [Tl(III)], [H+], ionic strength, temperature, etc. The reactions were found to be totally second order-first order with respect to each reactant. The second-order rate constants and thermodynamic parameters were evaluated and discussed. The mechanism proposed involves one-electron oxidation to the iminoxy radical followed by an another one-electron oxidation to the hydroxynitroso compound which dimerizes and decomposes to give the carbonyl compounds and hyponitrous acid.

Notizen: The rate of disappearance of C2N2 in the presence of a large excess of H atoms has been measured in a discharge-flow system at pressures near 1 torr and temperatures in the range of 282-338 K. Under these conditions the reaction has a small negative temperature coefficient. A transition from second-order to third-order kinetics with decreasing pressure occurs at pressures near 1 torr. The results are discussed in terms of the mechanism where k7 = (1.5 ± 0.2) × 10-15 cm3/molec1·sec is found for the forward rate of reaction (7). The results also give k7k8/k-7 = 3.7 × 10-31 cm6/molec2·sec and k7k9/k-7 = 3.0 × 10-32 cm6/molec2·sec, the first being probably an upper limit and the second probably a lower limit; hence k8/k9 = 12 is found as an upper limit.

Notizen: The pyrolysis of 2-dimethylaminoethyl chloride in the temperature range of 360-400°C and the pressure range of 60-271 mmHg is a homogeneous, unimolecular, first-order reaction giving dimethylvinyl amine and hydrogen chloride. 2-Methoxyethyl chloride pyrolysis in the temperature range of 450-490°C and the pressure range of 53-110 mmHg by a similar unimolecular, first-order reaction yields methylvinyl ether and hydrogen chloride. These reactions were carried out in a seasoned reaction vessel and in the presence of a propene inhibitor. The methylvinyl ether decomposes slowly into other products at the temperature of pyrolysis. The rate constants are given by the Arrhenius equations(a) 2-dimethylaminoethyl chloride: \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ \log k(\sec ^{ - 1}) = (13.22 \pm 0.17) - (203.7 \pm 2.1)kJ/mol/2.303RT $$\end{document}(b) 2-methoxyethyl chloride: \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ \log k(\sec ^{ - 1}) = (14.06 \pm 0.53) - (244.7 \pm 7.1)kJ/mol/2.303RT $$\end{document}The effects of polar β substituents in the 2 position of ethyl chloride are discussed in terms of anchimeric assistance and electron-withdrawing deactivation in these elimination reactions. The present results are consistent with the heterolytic nature of the four-centered cyclic transition state for the gas-phase pyrolysis of alkyl halides.

Notizen: The reaction\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ CH\left({CH_3 } \right)\left({COOH} \right)_2 + I_2 \rightleftharpoons CI(CH_3)\left({COOH} \right)_2 + H^ + + I^ - $\end{document} was followed spectrophotometrically at 353 nm and 470 nm at 25°C under various conditions of pH and methylmalonic acid concentration. The equilibrium constant for the reaction is 0.11 ± 0.02. An iterative technique was used to integrate postulated rate equations. Agreement between experimental and calculated absorbance versus time curves was generally better than 0.005 A (approximately 5% of maximum) at both wavelengths for a mechanism where the rate-determining step is formation of an enolate (k = 1.63 Θ 10-4 ± 0.03 Θ 10-4 sec-1). The enolate may be rapidly transformed to the enol or enol carboxylate anion depending on the pH. All three forms are rapidly iodinated. The mechanism of general base catalysis is supported by rate increases proportional to base concentration in buffer solutions. The bases, acetate ion, chloracetate ion, sulfate ion, dichloracetate ion, and water, follow a Brønsted relationship with β = 0.7.

Notizen: The kinetics of oxidation of glycine, alanine, phenylalanine, serine threonine, aspartic, and glutamic acid by acid permanganate were investigated to elucidate the mechanism of the reactions. The rate law was found to be \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ \frac{{ - d[Mn\left({VII} \right)]}}{{dt}} = k_0 [a\min oacid][Mn\left({VII} \right)] $$\end{document} The reactions were found to be acid catalyzed, and the kinetic data indicate the participation of the water molecules in the rate-determining step as a proton-abstracting agent from the substrate, as per Bunnett's hypothesis. As Ag+ was found to catalyze these reactions, the oxidation of glycine and glutamic acid was studied, and the rate law was found to be \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ \frac{{ - d\ln [Mn\left({VII} \right)]}}{{dt}} = \frac{{Kk_c^{''} [a\min oacid][Ag^ +]}}{{1 + K[a\min oacid] = K[Ag^ +]}}$$\end{document} A probable mechanism consistent with the observed results is discussed.

Notizen: Oxidative kinetics of diethyl ketone in perchloric acid media in the presence of mercuric acetate have been studied by using N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) as oxidant in the temperature range of 25°-50°C. It has been found that the order with respect to NBS is zero while with respect to diethyl ketone and [H+], it is unity. Succinimide, sodium perchlorate, and mercuric acetate have an insignificant effect on the reaction rate, while the dielectric effect was negative. A solvent isotope effect (k0D2O/k0H2O = 1.6-1.8) at 35°C has been observed. On the basis of the available evidences a suitable mechanism consistent with the experimental results has been proposed in which it is suggested that the mechanistic route for NBS oxidation in an acidic medium is through the enol form of the ketone. The magnitude of the solvent effect also supports the mechanism. Various activation parameters have been calculated, and the 1,2-dicarbonyl compound has been identified as the end product of the reaction.

Notizen: The competitive photochlorination and chlorine photosensitized dehydrochlorination of 1,1,1,2-C2H2Cl4 have been studied over the temperature range of 349.4-404.5 K after less than 1% conversion. The results are discussed and a value of \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ \log k_{4A} (\sec ^{ - 1}) = (11.6\pm 0.6) - (16,400\pm 1000)/4.58T $$\end{document} is proposed for the reaction \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ {\rm CCl}_{\rm 3} {\rm CHCl}\mathop \to \limits^{(4{\rm A)}} {\rm CCl}_{\rm 2} {\rm CHCl + Cl} $$\end{document} This result, combined with existing thermochemical data, indicates that there is no evidence of an activation energy for the addition of a Cl atom on the most chlorinated carbon in trichloroethylene: in that case the selectivity of the addition of Cl on the less chlorinated carbon should not depend on temperature.

Notizen: Lifetime data have been obtained for the decay of SO2(3B1 0,0,0) at 25°C over the pressure range of 1-762 torr. The 3B1 state was populated by direct absorption to eliminate any possible complications in interpretation due to the participation of excited-singlet manifolds. At pressures greater than about 10 torr, the measured lifetimes are longer than predicted from low-pressure Stern-Volmer parameters. This deviation can be interpreted in terms of Freed's theory on collisionally induced intersystem crossing and provides unequivocal evidence to support earlier speculations that the lengthening of the lifetimes at high pressures is due to saturation in depopulation of the 3B1 state.

Notizen: Our previous mechanistic model for the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction has been revised to include a more realistic set of reactions for the oxidation pathways of the organic intermediates. A few other rate constants have also been modified to include new information. The revised mechanism reproduces the essential experimental observations, although the periods of oscillation are somewhat too long and oscillations cease at malonic acid concentrations about ten times greater than the observed lower limit. However, the essential features of the mechanism are clearly understood.

Notizen: The photolysis was investigated at 313 nm wavelength, 253-529 K temperatures, and 4 × 10-11-2 × 10-9 mol·photon/cm2·sec light intensities by determining the quantum yields of 20 reaction products. Primary quantum yields for the seven primary processes and rate constant ratios, rate constants, and Arrhenius parameters for secondary processes were derived on the basis of the suggested reaction scheme. The dependence of the quantum yields of the four major primary processes on experimental conditions was established.

Notizen: The kinetics of oxidation of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) by chloramine-T (CAT) is studied in HClO4 and NaOH media with OsO4 as a catalyst in the latter medium. In acid medium, the rate law is -d [CAT]/dt = k [CAT][DMSO][H+]. Alkali retards the reaction and the rate law takes the form -d [CAT]/dt = k [CAT][DMSO][OsO4]/[NaOH], but is reduced to -d [CAT]/dt = k [CAT][DMSO] at higher alkali concentrations. The reaction is subjected to changes in (a) ionic strength, (b) concentrations of added neutral salts, (c) concentrations of added reaction product, (d) dielectric constant, and (e) solvent isotope effect, and the subsequent effects on the reaction rate are studied.The reaction mechanism in acid medium assumes an electrophilic attack by the free acid RNHCl (CAT′) at the sulfur site in DMSO, forming a reaction intermediate which subsequently decomposes to dimethyl sulfone on hydrolysis. Formation of a cyclic complex between RNHCl and OsO4 which interacts with the substrate in a slow step explains the observed results in alkaline medium. The simplification of the rate equation at higher alkali concentrations is attributed to a direct reaction between chloramine-T and the substrate.

Notizen: The rate constant for the bimolecular combination of trichloromethyl radicals in methanol is determined as a function of temperature by steady-state kinetics and electron-spin resonance with modulated radical initiation. The rate constant is in accord with the Smoluchowski equation and indicates a diffusion-controlled radical termination. The temperature dependence of the rate constant for the electron-transfer reaction between hydroxymethyl radicals and carbon tetrachloride in methanol is determined, and is found to disagree with predictions of the Marcus theory. This disagreement is tentatively ascribed to the structure of the transition state.

Notizen: During the oxidation of carbon monoxide containing a trace of water, ten well-known atomic and molecular species can be identified as of potential significance. All conceivable reactions of these species in their ground electronic states were considered, and rate constants for all those that are of potential importance are either known or can be estimated with considerable confidence. For compositions and temperatures of experimental interest an isothermal system goes to a single steady state that is stable to perturbation and will neither explode nor oscillate. These steady-state computations also predict that as the temperature is raised above about 1000 K most of the water is converted to H, OH, and HO2 radicals. Under such conditions, exothermic reactions would be so rapid that strong thermal gradients would develop in any real system of plausible dimensions. A simple model based on these calculations predicts explosion limits consistent with those observed experimentally. Simultaneous behavior in time and in space must be calculated in detail before it is clear whether or not this model based on ground electronic states can model the oscillations that are sometimes observed in this system.

Notizen: A procedure is suggested to estimate the positions of a transition state (TS) along the reaction coordinate in reaction series involving several radical reactions. It is based on the dependence between experimental activation energies U± and heat effects Q. Taking into account the shift of a TS position, the following relation between these quantities is obtained: U± -; U0± = A (Q - Q0)2 + B(Q - Q0). The subscript 0 indicates the standard reference reaction. For three series, namely, the hydrogen abstraction from hydrocarbon substrates by radicals CH3·, CF·3, and Br·, the bond lengths characterizing the TS reaction center are evaluated. The TS positions appear to vary significantly in the reaction series, which accounts for significant changes in the experimentally observed activation volumes. The derivation of the Hammond rule and the range of its validity for the series with polar and steric substituent effects are discussed.

Notizen: The kinetics of chlorine transfer from CH2Cl2, CHCl3, CCl4, and CCl3CN to the triethylsilyl radical was studied in the liquid phase by a competitive method. Br abstraction from 1-bromopentane was used as a reference. The following Arrhenius parameters were determined:where the error limits are two standard deviations (2σ). Based on these results, the observed reactivity trends in the chlorine transfer reactions of Et3Si radicals appear to primarily reflect the variation in entropy of activation rather than in activation energies.

Notizen: The mutual combination reaction is proposed as the rate-limiting step in the removal of ClO radicals at moderate pressures. The third--order rate constants measured at room temperature were k1(Ar) = 3.51 ± 0.14 × 109 l2/mol2·ec; k1(He) ≈ 2.8 × 109 l2/mol2·sec, and k1(O2) ≈ 7.9 × 109 l2/mol2·sec. There is also an independent second-order reaction for which k3 ≈ 8 × 106 l/mol·sec. A new absorption spectrum has been observed in the ultraviolet and attributed to Cl2O2. The extinction coefficient for Cl2O2 has been measured at six wavelengths, and, between 292 and 232 nm, it increases from 0.4 × 103 to 2.9 × 103 l/mol·cm. In the presence of the chlorine atom scavengers OClO or Cl2O, Cl2O2 exists in equilibrium with ClO. The equilibrium constant Ke1 = 3.1 ± 0.1 × 106 l/mol at 298 K, and, with ΔS10 estimated to be -133 ± 11 J/K·mol, ΔH10 = -69 ± 3 kJ/mol and ΔHf0(Cl2O2) = 136 ± 3 kJ/mol.

Notizen: The relations of quantum and kinetic isotope effects are investigated using the exact quantum corrections to the collision and activated complex theories. The latter are computed for the collinear three-atomic reaction H2 + H → H + H2 and the related isotopic reactions using realistic potential energy surfaces. Taking into account the bent configurations of the collision complex H-H-H gives a very good agreement between the quantum collision theory and the experimental data for the absolute values and the isotopic ratios of rate constants. Classical trajectory calculations yield considerably lower results.

Notizen: The reactions of ground-state oxygen atoms with carbonothioicdichloride, carbonothioicdifluoride, and tetrafluoro-1,3-dithietane have been studied in a crossed molecular jet reactor in order to determine the initial reaction products and in a fast-flow reactor in order to determine their overall rate constants at temperatures between 250 and 500 K. These rate constants arek(O + C2CS) =(3.09 ± 0.54) × 10-11 exp(+115 ± 106 cal/mol/RT),k(O + F2CS) = (1.22 ± 0.19) × 10-11 exp(-747 ± 95 cal/mol/RT), andk(O + F4C2S2) = (2.36 ± 0.52) × 10-11 exp(-1700 ± 128 cal/mol/RT) cm3/molec·sec. The detected reaction products and their rate constants indicate that the primary reaction mechanism is the electrophilic addition of the oxygen atom to the sulfur atom contained in the reactant molecule to form an energy-rich adduct which then decomposes by C-S bond cleavage.

Notizen: The reaction of methyl radicals with CCl4 and CCl3Br have been reinvestigated in the gas phase over a wide range of temperatures and pressures using both the photolysis of acetone and the pyrolysis of di-tertiary butyl peroxide (dtBP) as the methyl radical sources. The results are in essential agreement with previous work; however, these new studies provide evidence that at higher pressures the major source of HCl in the reactions is due to methyl radical attack on CH3CCl3, formed via the combination of methyl and trichloromethyl radicals.From these investigations Arrhenius parameters for the reactions have been determined: \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ k_2 = 10^{8.8 \pm 0.3} {\rm exp - }\left({\frac{{{\rm 10}{\rm .1} \pm {\rm 0}{\rm .5}\,{\rm kcal}}}{{RT}}} \right)1/{\rm mol} \cdot {\rm sec} $$\end{document} \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ k_{15} { } = { 10}^{8.1 \pm {0}{.3}} { exp - }\left({\frac{{{3}{.5 } \pm { 0}{.5 kcal}}}{{RT}}} \right){ 1/mol} \cdot {sec} $$\end{document}Pyrolysis of dtBP in the presence of relatively high-pressure mixtures of CCl4 and CCl3Br resulted in no enhanced methane formation, since, under these conditions, the only termination product is C2Cl6, and the HCl precursor CH3CCl3 is not formed. A competitive technique has been used in which dtBP was pyrolysed in the gas phase in the presence of high-pressure mixtures of CCl3Br and a chloromethane. Arrhenius parameters were obtained for the reactions and the results were used to provide information on the importance of polar effects for hydrogen abstraction from halogenated methanes.

Notizen: The products of the heterogeneous reactions of chlorine atoms and chlorine oxide radicals with acid coated Pyrex walls have been directly determined for the first time. Contrary to the usual assumption that chlorine atoms recombine to form Cl2, we find that the major product is HCl, with small amounts of perchlorate also formed. Similarly, ClO radicals form HCl rather than Cl2. The source of hydrogen for these reactions is probably the water always found in this type of vacuum system. These results may change the interpretation of flow tube experiments with chlorine atoms. Application to the H + HCl reaction is discussed as an example.

Notizen: The kinetics of gas-phase elimination of 3-methyl-1-butyl acetate and 3,3-dimethyl-1-butyl acetate into acetic acid and the corresponding substituted butenes have been measured over the temperature range of 360-420°C and the pressure range of 63-250 Torr. The reactions are homogeneous in both clean and seasoned vessels, obey first-order law, and are unimolecular. The temperature dependence of the rate constants is given by the Arrhenius equation3-methyl-1-butyl acetate: \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ {log k(sec}^{{ - 1}} {) = (12}{.73 } \pm { 0}{.29) - (202}{.5 } \pm { 3}{.8) kJ/mol/2}{.303}RT $$\end{document}3,3-dimethyl-1-butyl acetate: \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ {log k(sec}^{{ - 1}} {) = (12}{.34 } \pm { 0}{.35) - (194}{.1 } \pm { 4}{.2) kJ/mol/2}{.303}RT $$\end{document} The points in a plot of log (k/k0) of β-alkyl and several β-substituted ethyl acetates against Es values appear aligned in an approximate linear relationship. These results may be interpreted as a consequence of steric effects, namely, steric accelerations.

Notizen: Using the technique of CO2 laser photosensitized decomposition, ethane and propane decomposition was investigated in relation to energy transfer from an SF6 photosensitizer to the hydrocarbon. The end products appearing in the course of irradiation are similar to those formed during classical thermal pyrolysis. The energy transfer from SF6 to the hydrocarbon is closely related to hydrocarbon decomposition. A similar overall kinetic behavior for the two alcanes allows the use of a general diffusional kinetic treatment, provided pressure, intensity, and duration of irradiation are well defined.

Notizen: Rate constants for the reaction HO2 + NO2(+ M) = HO2NO2(+ M) have been obtained from direct observations of the HO2 radical using the technique of molecular modulation ultraviolet spectrometry. HO2 was generated by periodic photolysis of Cl2 in the presence of excess H2 and O2, and k1 was determined from the measured concentrations and lifetime of HO2 with NO2 present. k1 increased with pressure in the range of 40-600 Torr, and a simple energy transfer model gave the following limiting second- and third-order rate constants at 283 K: k1∞ = 1.5 ± 0.5 × 10-12 cm3/molec·sec and k1III = 2.5 ± 0.5 × 10-31 cm6/molec·sec. The ultraviolet absorption spectrum of peroxynitric acid was also recorded in the range of 195-265 nm; it showed a broad feature with a maximum at 200 nm, σmax = 4.4 × 10-18 cm2.

Notizen: The thermal decomposition of SF5O3SF5 has been investigated between 5 and 25°C. In the presence of sufficient high pressures of O2 the only products formed are SF5O2SF5 and O2: \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ {\rm SF}_5 {\rm O}_3 {\rm SF}_5 { } \to { SF}_{5} {O}_{2} {SF}_{5} { + (}{\raise0.5ex\hbox{$\scriptstyle {1}$} \kern-0.1em/\kern-0.15em\lower0.25ex\hbox{$\scriptstyle {2}$}}{) O}_{2} {, }\Delta n{ = }{\raise0.5ex\hbox{$\scriptstyle {1}$} \kern-0.1em/\kern-0.15em \lower0.25ex\hbox{$\scriptstyle 2$}} $$\end{document} The reaction is homogeneous. Its rate is strictly first order with respect to the trioxide pressure and independent of the total pressure of the reaction products and of oxygen above a certain limiting pressure: \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ - \frac{{{\rm d}[{\rm SF}_5 {\rm O}_3 {\rm SF}_5 ]}}{{{\rm dt}}}{ = + }\frac{{{\rm d}[{\rm SF}_5 {\rm O}_2 {\rm SF}_5 ]}}{{{\rm dt}}}{ = 2}\frac{{{dp}}}{{{\rm dt}}}{ = k[SF}_{5} {O}_{3} {SF}_{5} {]} $$\end{document} The experimental results can be explained with the following mechanism: In the presence of O2 〉 100 Torr the concentration of SF5 is insignificantly small. Therefore reactions (5) and (6) do not have to be considered any more, and steps (2) and (2′) will be of no importance. From reactions (1)-(4) it follows: \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ - \frac{{d[{\rm SF}_{\rm 5} {\rm O}_{\rm 3} {\rm SF}_{\rm 5} ]}}{{dt}} = + \frac{{d[{\rm SF}_{\rm 5} {\rm O}_{\rm 2} {\rm SF}_{\rm 5} ]}}{{dt}} = k_1 \frac{{[{\rm SF}_{\rm 5} {\rm O}_{\rm 3} {\rm SF}_{\rm 5} ]}}{{1 + k'_1 (1/2k_3 k_4 )^{1/2} }}k({\rm sec}^{{\rm - 1}}) = k_1 /\left[ {1 + k'_1 \left({\frac{1}{{2k_3 k_4 }}} \right)^{1/2} } \right] = 10^{16.06 \pm 0.37} {\rm exp( - 26,000} \pm {\rm 500}\,{\rm cal)/1}{\rm .987 }T $$\end{document}The numerical value of the factor [1 + (k′12/2k3k4)1/2] is small. It can be estimated that E3 ≃ 2 ± 1 kcal; therefore, E - E1 ≤ 1 kcal, and D (SF5O—O2SF5) = (26 - 1) ± 1.0 kcal.

Notizen: Pyrolytic decay of carbon diselenide was monitored by ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy in reflected shock waves in the temperature range of 1600-2600°K. The temperature dependence of the absorption coefficient of CSe2 at 2308 Å was determined and was used to provide kinetic information along with a deconvolution procedure which accounted for and removed systematic distortions of the fast time-resolved absorbance profile. For temperatures of 1600-2600°K and argon densities of 1.5-7.0 × 10-5 mol/cm3 dilute (1.0-9.0 × 10-9 mol/cm3) CSe2 pyrolyzed with measured first-order decay rates in the range of log10 k1 (sec-1) = 3.0-5.7; at midrange (2100°K and 4.3 × 10-5 mol/cm3 in Ar) k1 ≈ 3 × 104 sec-1. The decay probably occurs via a unimolecular low-pressure process, first order in both CSe2 and Ar, for which k2 ± 109 cm3/mol·sec at 2100°K. The deconvoluted data yield Arrhenius activation energies of 53.2 kcal/mol under second-order treatment, but the activation energy is less reliable than the general magnitude of the rate constant. A comparison of CSe2 with other molecules which are isoelectronic in their valence shells (CO2, CS2, OCS, and N2O) is made.

Notizen: A sensitivity/uncertainty analysis is performed on a mechanism describing the chemistry of the polluted troposphere. General features of the photochemical reaction system are outlined together with an assessment of the uncertainties associated with the formulations of mechanistic details and rate data. The combined effects of sensitivity and uncertainty are determined using the Fourier amplitude sensitivity test (FAST) method. The results of this analysis identify the key parameters influencing the chemistry of NO2, O3, and PAN. Based on these findings, a series of recommendations are made for future experimental kinetic studies.

Notizen: The electron transfer step of the reduction of Mn(acac)3 and Co(acac)3 by Fe(II) in acetonitrile is preceded by the one-ended dissociation of an acac ligand and the formation of a binuclear bridged complex. After the electron transfer has taken place through the bridging ligand, the complex dissociates into the products M(acac)2 (M = Mn, Co) and Fe(acac)2+. These primary reaction products could not be identified, since the transfer of acac from M(acac)2 to Fe(acac)2+ is too rapid, producing ultimately Fe(acac)3 and M2+. The M(III)-oxygen cleavage is accelerated by M(acac)2. Furthermore, the dissociation of the binuclear intermediate is catalyzed by the M(acac)3 reactant. Mn(acac)3 is reduced more than a thousand times faster than Co(acac)3.