A chemically pumped CO2 laser from the CS2O2 reaction

A chemical laser has been constructed in which simultaneous output is obtained from both CO and CO₂ laser species at 5 and 10 μm, respectively. Excitation of CO₂ is via energy transfer from vibrationally excited CO (CO²) produced in the photolytically initiated reaction: O + CS → CO² + S. Gain measurements at the CO₂ laser frequencies are also reported.     

Laser-induced fluorescence measurement of the vibrational distribution of CS formed in the reaction O + CS2 → CS + So

A frequency-doubled cw dye laser has been used to determine the initial vibrational distribution of CS formed in the reaction O + CS₂ → CS + SO by application of laser-induced fluorescence. The A¹5—X¹σ⁺ system of CS was excited, and rotationally resolved spectra of a number of bands measured. The vibrational distribution found for υ = 0–2 is 1.0:0.27:0.11, yielding a value of 6% for the fraction of reaction exoergicity entering vibration of this product. No evidence of high product rotational excitation wss detected for a reaction pressure 5 × 10^?3 Torr.     

Vibrational excitation of CO in the reaction: O + CS → CO + S

The relative rates at which O + CS → CO + S populates individual vibrational levels of CO have been determined (a) from infrared chemiluminescence experiments, and (b) by using a cw CO lawer to measure CO vibrational distributions produced when mixtures of CS₂ + O₂ are flash photolysed.     

The structure and harmonic vibrational frequencies of the weakly bound complexes formed by HF with CO,CO2 and N2O

The structure and harmonic vibrational frequencies of several weakly bound complexes formed by HF are reported. Theab initio MP2 approach is used with large basis sets for the optimisation of geometries and the determination of harmonic frequencies. COHF and OCHF are examined; both are found to be minima, with the latter being the dominant structure. The linear OCOHF andT shaped OCOFH are studied, but only the linear structure is a minimum. N₂OHF has two minima on the surface corresponding to bent NNOHF and linear ONNHF structures.     

Activation of CS2 and CO2 by Silylium Cations

The hydride-bridged silylium cation [Et₃Si−H−SiEt₃]⁺, stabilized by the weakly coordinating [Me₃NB₁₂Cl₁₁]⁻ anion, undergoes, in the presence of excess silane, a series of unexpected consecutive reactions with the valence-isoelectronic molecules CS₂ and CO₂. The final products of the reaction with CS₂ are methane and the previously unknown [(Et₃Si)₃S]⁺ cation. To gain insight into the entire reaction cascade, numerous experiments with varying conditions were performed, intermediate products were intercepted, and their structures were determined by X-ray crystallography. Besides the [(Et₃Si)₃S]⁺ cation as the final product, crystal structures of [(Et₃Si)₂SMe]⁺, [Et₃SiS(H)Me]⁺, and [Et₃SiOC(H)OSiEt₃]⁺ were obtained. Experimental results combined with supporting quantum-chemical calculations in the gas phase and solution allow a detailed understanding of the reaction cascade.     

The gas-phase reaction of O3 with H2CO

Explosions occur when O₃ and H₂CO are mixed in a fresh vessel, even in the presence of several hundred torr of N₂ or O₂. However, in an aged vessel the reaction is well behaved. The reaction between O₃ and H₂CO was studied at room temperature in an aged vessel in the presence of about 400 torr of either N₂ or O₂. The initial rate of O₃ decay in the presence of N₂ is about 10³ times faster than in the presence of O₂, and very small amounts of O₂ quickly reduce the initial rate of O₃ decay in the N₂ case. A chain mechanism is postulated to account for the results in which chain initiation can occur both by thermal decomposition of O₃, followed by reaction of O(³P) with H₂CO to produce HO and HCO, as well as by which may occur both homogeneously and heterogeneously. The rate coefficient k₁ ? 2.1 × 10^?24 cm³/molec · sec represents an upper limit (to within a factor of 2 uncertainty) to the direct gas-phase reaction between O₃ and H₂CO.     

Ni(0)-promoted hydroxycarboxylation of 1,2-dienes by reaction with CO2 and O2

[structure: see text]. A novel method for the preparation of hydroxy carboxylic acid derivatives has been developed by O2-oxidation of pi-allylnickel intermediates generated by Ni(0)-mediated coupling of 1,2-dienes with CO2.     

Rate constant and products of the reaction CS2 + OH in the presence of O2

The reaction of OH radicals with CS₂ has been investigated by the application of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy using both photolytic and nonphotolytic competitive techniques in a 420-L reaction chamber at different pressures over the temperature range of 264–293 K. The measured effective rate constant was found to be dependent on total pressure, temperature, and the mole fraction of O₂ present in the system. The products of the reaction were found to be COS and SO₂ with one molecule of each being formed for every reacted CS₂. A value of (2.7 ± 0.6) × 10^?12 cm³/molecule·s was obtained as effective rate constant for the reaction at 293 K in 760 torr of synthetic air.     

Chemical lasers produced from O(3P) atom reactions. V. CO laser emissions and vibrational population distribution in the flash-initiated SO2-CFBr3 system

CO laser emission at 5 μm was detected when SO₂ and CFBr₃ were flash photolyzed in the vacuum ultraviolet above 165 nm. Over 40 vibrational–rotational transitions ranging from Δv = 2 → 1 to 14 → 13, with the exception of those between 8 → 7 and 11 → 10, were identified. The CO emission is believed to result from the O + CF reaction: The vibrational population of the CO has been measured by means of a CO laser resonance absorption method. The CO was found to be vibrationally excited to v = 24 with a vibrational temperature of about 1.4 × 10⁴°K. The “surprisal analysis” of the observed CO distribution showed the possible occurrence of a minor process (presumably O + CFBr) that generated vibrationally colder CO. The effects of various additives on the CO emission were also examined. The addition of CO₂ to a D₂-SO₂-CFBr₃-He mixture resulted in a simultaneous osciallation at 3.6, 5, and 10.6 μm due to DF, CO, and CO₂, respectively. Additionally, the utilization of the O + CF_n (n = 1, 2, 3) reactions as F-atom sources for HF-laser operation in flash-initiated systems were demonstrated.     

Electronic sputtering produced by fission fragments on condensed CO and CO2

Condensed CO and CO2 are bombarded by approximately 65 MeV 252Cf fission fragments and the desorbed ions are analyzed by time-of-flight mass spectrometry as a function of target temperature, in the ranges 25-33 K and 75-91 K, respectively. Absolute desorption yields are measured up to complete ice sublimation. The mass spectra of both ice targets reveal the emission of: (1) low mass ions, produced by direct Coulomb interaction of the highly charged projectiles and delta-electrons with CO and CO2, and (2) pronounced series of cluster ions. The basic ice cluster structures (CO)n and (CO2)n are present in the emitted cluster series such as (CO)nCO+, (CO2)nCO2+, or (CO2)nCO3-. In the case of CO ice, however, the intense production of the series Cn+, Cn-, and (CO)mCn+ shows that Cn is the main cluster structure, consequence of a higher concentration of free carbon atoms in the nuclear track plasma of CO ice than in that of CO2 ice. Ion cluster abundance is observed to decrease exponentially with cluster mass. The decay constant is k(n) congruent with 0.13, about the same for series based on (CO)n and (CO2)n, but a factor 3.3 higher for the Cn series. The Cn clusters are formed by gas-phase condensation, but the (CO)n and (CO2)n clusters are produced by fracturing of the highly excited solid around the nuclear track. A dramatic reduction of the ion desorption yield is observed near T = 29 K for CO and near T = 85 K for CO2, when fast sublimation occurs and ice thickness vanishes. Close to sublimation temperature, the decay constant of the (CO)2Cn+ series increases due to a decreasing formation probability of large Cn clusters.     

The reaction of OH with NO2 and the deactivation of O(1D) by CO

NO₂ was photolyzed with 2288 Å radiation at 300° and 423°K in the presence of H₂O, CO, and in some cases excess He. The photolysis produces O(¹D) atoms which react with H₂O to give HO radicals or are deactivated by CO to O(³P) atoms The ratio k₅/k₃ is temperature dependent, being 0.33 at 300°K and 0.60 at 423°K. From these two points, the Arrhenius expression is estimated to be k₅/k₃ = 2.6 exp(?1200/RT) where R is in cal/mole – °K. The OH radical is either removed by NO₂ or reacts with CO The ratio k₂/k^α is 0.019 at 300°K and 0.027 at 423°K, and the ratio k₂/k⁰ is 1.65 × 10^?5M at 300°K and 2.84 × 10^?5M at 423°K, with H₂O as the chaperone gas, where k^α = k₁ in the high-pressure limit and k⁰[M] = k₁ in the low-pressure limit. When combined with the value of k₂ = 4.2 × 10⁸ exp(?1100/RT) M^?1sec^?1, k^α = 6.3 × 10⁹ exp (?340/RT)M^?1sec^?1 and k⁰ = 4.0 × 10¹²M^?2sec^?1, independent of temperature for H₂O as the chaperone gas. He is about 1/8 as efficient as H₂O.     

CS2O+ and CS2O in the gas phase: an experimental and computational study

The CS2O+ ion and CS2O molecule were prepared and structurally characterized by mass spectrometric techniques as isolated species in the gas phase. The theoretical analysis, performed by B3LYP and CCSD(T) computational methods, predicted different CS2O+ isomers, SSCO+, O(CS2)+, SCSO+, SCOS+ and S(COS)+, and structurally related singlet and triplet CS2O. Experiment and theory agree in identifying the obtained CS2O+ ions as a mixture of SCSO+ and SCOS+ isomers. CS2O neutral species, prepared by neutralization-reionization mass spectrometry, were directly characterized as intact, long-lived species with a lifetime tau > or =2 micros.     

Ca+催化的N2O+CO反应机理的理论研究

采用B3LYP/cc-pVTZ理论水平系统研究了Ca+离子催化N2O+CO→N2+CO2反应的微观机理.反应分两步进行:第一步Ca+夺取N2O中的O原子有两条反应通道,其中优势通道为Ca+金属离子与N2O分子中O作用,形成线性分子复合物,活化N2O分子中的N-O键,之后的反应路径为O-N键断裂机理;第二步为CaO+金属...     

Rapid sensitization of vibrational energy levels of N2O in collisions with SF6 excited by a CO2 laser

Experimental investigations of mixtures containing predominantly N₂O and small amounts of SF₆ demonstrate that rapid interspecies pooling of vibrational energy can occur to produce a pulse of excess vibrational energy in the ν₃ mode of N₂O following excitation of SF₆ by a Q-switch CO₂ laser. This increased population in the ν₃ mode of N₂O can occur on a time scale shorter than that on which collision-induced VV processes redistribute vibrational energy among the modes of SF₆. The equilibration takes place in three discernible stages: (1) a rapid pooling of energy between a limited number of levels of the SF₆ and N₂O, then (2) a slower collision-dependent VV process that equilibrates all the vibrational modes in the system, with (3) a subsequent VT,R process that returns the system to its initial state. Argon is shown to accelerate selectively process (2) with an efficiency consistent with the previously measured ability of argon to accelerate the VV process in pure SF₆. The experimental evidence indicates that other modes in N₂O do not become involved on the time scale on which direct crossing to ν³ occurs. Additionally, on the time scale preceding the SF₆ VV equilibration, a fast collision-dependent process competes with the transfer of excitation to N₂O. The production of a pulse of excitation in N₂O is eliminated when isotopically substituted N₂O (¹⁴N¹⁵NO) is used instead under the same conditions because the crossing rate to the ν₃ mode of N₂O is decreased sufficiently when ¹⁵N is substituted for ¹⁴N that it no longer can compete with the VV equilibration among the modes in SF₆.     

胭脂红酸褪色光度法检测H2O2-Fe2+产生的羟自由基

提出了Fe2 H2O2 胭脂红酸分析新体系,并用于羟自由基的测定。该法用Fenton反应产生羟自由基,并加入胭脂红酸显色剂,使胭脂红酸褪色,采用分光光度计测定其ΔA值的变化,可间接测定羟自由基的产生量。通过测定条件的研究,得出最佳实验条件,并对抗坏血酸等7种抗氧化剂的抗羟自由基氧化性能进行了比较。     

A new molecular electronic emission spectrum observed in the reaction of F2 with CS2

A novel emission spectrum extending from 5500 to 8600 Å has been observed during the gas-phase reaction of F₂ with CS₂. Long progressions in the lower-state (presumably the ground-state) bending frequency and shorter progressions in a ground-state stretching frequency were observed. A partial vibrational analysis is reported, from which two new frequencies are obtained: v″₂ = 356 ± 5 and v″₃ = 8 31 ± 8 cm⁻¹ .The electronic origin lies near 18500 ± 1200 cm⁻¹. The spectrum is tentatively assigned to the FCS radical.