ISSN:
0894-3230
Keywords:
Organic Chemistry
;
Physical Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Unimolecular decomposition of 0·1 Torr of diethyl carbonate, diethyl-d5 carbonate and diethyl-d10 carbonate induced by irradiation with a CO2 TEA laser was investigated. In all cases only ethylene, ethanol and CO2 were obtained. In the case of diethyl-d5 carbonate, both ethylene-d4 and ethylene-d0 were observed together with the corresponding isotopic variants of ethanol. The chemical branching ratio was determined as a function of irradiation frequency and laser fluence by analysis of the ethylene-d0/ethylene-d4 ratio. RRKM theory applied to the branching ratio data requires very different average energies for two sets of fluence and frequency conditions that give identical total yields.
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/poc.610030903