The liquid-phase reaction of CCl3 radicals with primary alcohols

The kinetics of gamma-radiation-induced free-radical reactions in carbon tetrachloride solutions of ethanol and n-pentanol were studied in the range of 0.05–0.80M and 25–170°C. The rate constant for the reaction was found as The activation energy is larger by 0.8 kcal/mol than for secondary alcohols, while the A₁ factors are about the same.