The use of transition-state theory to extrapolate rate coefficients for reactions of oh with alkanes

A method is described for extrapolating existing experimental data on the reactions of OH radicals with alkanes to higher temperatures using conventional transition-state theory. Expressions are developed for the estimation of the structural properties of the activated complex necessary for calculating ΔS^± and ΔH^±. The vibrational frequencies and internal rotations of the activated complex are given by those of the reacting alkane or the analogous alcohol and a set of additional internal modes that is the same for all OH + alkane reactions considered. Differences between primary, secondary, and tertiary hydrogen attack are discussed, and the validity of representing the activated complexes of all OH + alkane reactions by a fixed set of vibrational frequencies and other internal modes is evaluated. Calculations are presented for the reaction of OH with CH₄, C₂H₆, C₃H₈, n-C₄H₁₀, i-C₄H₁₀, c-C₄H₈, c-C₅H₁₀, c-C₆H₁₂, (CH₃)₂CHCH(CH₃)₂, (CH₃)₃CCH(CH₃)₂, (CH₃)₄C, and (CH₃)₃CC(CH₃)₃, and the results are compared with experiments.     

Quenching of I(2P½) by R-OH compounds. Influence of the alkyl group on the quenching efficiency

The deactivation of I(²P_½) by R-OH compounds (R = H, C_nH_2n+1) was studied using time-resolved atomic absorption at 206.2 nm. The second-order quenching rate constants determined for H₂O, CH₃OH, C₂H₅OH, n-C₃H₇OH, i-C₃H₇OH, n-C₄H₉OH, i-C₄H₉OH, s-C₄H₉OH, t-C₄H₉OH, are respectively, 2.4 ± 0.3 × 10⁻¹², 5.5 ± 0.8 × 10⁻¹², 8 ± 1 × 10⁻¹², 10 ± 1 × 10⁻¹², 10 ± 1 × 10⁻¹², 11.1 ± 0.9 × 10⁻¹², 9.8 ± 0.9 × 10⁻¹², 7.1 ± 0.7 × 10⁻¹², and 4.1 ± 0.4× 10⁻¹² cm³ molec⁻¹ s⁻¹ at room temperature. It is believed that a quasi-resonant electronic to vibrational energy transfer mechanism accounts for most of the features of the quenching process. The influence of the alkyl group and its role in the total quenching rate is also discussed. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Gas-chromatographic determination of impurities of organic and chlorinated organic compounds and carbon monoxide and dioxide in high-purity hydrogen chloride

A gas-chromatographic procedure was developed for determining impurities (CH₄, C₂H₆, C₃H₈, C₄H₁₀, iso-C₄H₁₀, C₅H₁₂, iso-C₅H₁₂, neo-C₅H₁₂, CH₃Cl, C₂H₅Cl, CH₂Cl₂, CHCl₃, CO, and CO₂) in hydrogen chloride using two columns and a column switching technique in an isothermal mode with a flame ionization detector; the detection limits were 0.01–0.1 ppm. The matrix was separated in a precolumn packed with urea. CO and CO₂ were determined by reaction gas chromatography with their conversion into methane.     

Some hydrogen atom abstraction reactions of CF2H and CFH2 radicals,and the C?H bond dissociation energy in CF2H2

By photolyzing (CF₂H)₂CO and (CFH₂)₂CO the hydrogen atom abstraction reactions of CF₂H radicals with (CF₂H)₂CO, H₂, D₂, CH₄, C₂H₆, n? C₄H₁₀ and iso? C₄H₁₀, and the reactions of CFH₂ radicals with (CFH₂)₂CO and n? C₄H₁₀, have been studied. Arrhenius parameters for these reactions are compared with related systems. From a knowledge of the activation energies for the forward and reverse reactions a value of the bond dissociation energy, D(CF₂H? H) = 97.4 ± 1.3 kcal mole^?1 at a mean temperature of 543°K is obtained. This value is subject to much uncertainty due to possible compensation effects in the Arrhenius parameters. These effects are discussed for this and the other reactions, and the data suggest that D(CF₂H? H) is approximately 100 kcal mole^?1, and that D(CFH₂? H) is very similar. Other literature data tend to confirm these approximate values.     

Disproportionation reactions between alkyl and fluoroalkyl radicals. VII. Difluoromethyl with perfluoro-n-propyl and methyl radicals

Mixtures of 1,1,3,3-tetrafluoroacetone and perfluorodi-n-propyl ketone have been photolyzed together over the temperature range 50° to 200°C, and the disproportionation/combination ratio for n-C₃F₇ and CF₂H radicals has been determined to be Δ(n-C₃F₇, CF₂H) = 0.072 ± 0.003. A reevaluation of existing data on CH₃ and CF₂H radicals leads to a value of Δ(CH₃, CF₂H) = 0.35. The large variations in Δ for the reactions of alkyl and perfluoroalkyl radicals with CF₂H radicals are discussed. © John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Quenching rate constants for the removal of SO2(3B1) by various fluorinated olefins

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 P_So2 = 25.4 torr and P_cis-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.     

Alkoxy Derivatives of Tricyclopentadienyl Cerium (IV)

Tricyclopentadienyl cerïum(IV) chloride has been treated with various primary and secondary alcohols in benzene medium in the presence of triethylamine to give compounds, (C₅H₅)₃Ce(OR) wherein R may be CH₃ C₂H₃, n-C₂H₃, iso-C₃H₇, N-C₄H₉, iso-C₄H₉ and iso-C₃H₁₁. Infrared spectra and some physical characteristics of all these compounds and reported.     

Relaxation of DF(v = 1) by various polyatomic molecules

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 C_nH_n+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.     

Thermodynamic interactions in rubbery polymer/gas systems

The Flory–Huggins interaction parameters χ for 23 gases (He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, H₂, N₂, O₂, N₂O, CO₂, CH₄, C₂H₄, C₂H₆, C₃H₆, C₃H₈, 1,3-C₄H₆, four C₄H₈'s, n-C₄H₁₀, iso-C₄H₁₀, and n-C₅H₁₂) in five rubbery polymers (1,2-polybutadiene (PB), poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate)) (EVAc), polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) were determined from either literature data on Henry's law coefficient and partial molar volume or those on sorptive dilation for each polymer/gas system. Values of χ for the gases increased in the order of PDMS < PP ≡ PB < EVAc ≡ PE. Among the gases except He and H₂ whose χ values are not reliable, Ne and Xe have respectively the highest and the lowest values of χ for the polyolefins. The χ values of the hydrocarbons were compared together with previously reported χ values of n-alkanes C₃-C₁₀. The dependencies of χ upon concentration and temperature were discussed on the basis of the literature data. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35 : 1049–1053, 1997     

Disproportionation reactions between alkyl and fluoroalkyl radicals. VI. Difluoromethyl and n-propyl radicals

Cross-disproportionation to combination ratios for CF₂H and n-C₃H₇ radicals have been determined (the hydrogen acceptor radical is given first) to be Δ(n-C₃H₇, CF₂H) = 0.30 ± 0.01 and Δ(CF₂H, n-C₃H₇) = 0.057 ± 0.006.     

Studies on sulfinatodehalogenation. XX. Sodium dithionite-initiated addition of per- and polyfluoroalkyl iodides to cyclic enol ethers and chemical conversions of the products

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl iodides [R_FI, R_F=Cl(CF₂)₄, 1a ; Cl(CF₂)₆, 1b ; Cl(CF₂)₈, 1c ; n-C₆F₁₃, 1d ; n-C₈F₁₇, 1e ] reacted with cyclic enol ethers such as 2,3-dihydrofuran (2) and 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran (3) in aqueous acetonitrile in the presence of sodium dithionite and sodium bicarbonate at room temperature (10–15°C) to give the corresponding 2-(F-alkyl) hemiacetals in high yields. The adducts were oxidized with Ce(NH₄)₂(NO₃)₆ in acetonitrile or reduced with LiAlH₄ in ether to form the corresponding 2-(F-alkyl)lactones or diols respectively in good yields. In the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid, the adducts were refluxed in benzene and CH₃CN to produce the corresponding 2,3-dihydro-4-(F-alkyl) furan and 3,4-dihydro-5-(F-alkyl)-2H-pyran. This is a new and effective method for preparing these useful organofluorine compounds.     

Double-ionization energies of fluorinated benzene molecules

Results are reported of an experimental determination by double-charge transfer spectroscopy of the previously unknown double-ionization energies of the fluorinated benzene molecules C₆H₅F, l,2-C₆H₄F₂, 1,3-C₆H₄F₂, 1,4-C₆H₄F₂, 1,2,3-C₆H₃F₃, 1,2,4-C₆H₃F₃, 1,3,5-C₆H₃F₃, 1,2,3,4-C₆H₂F₄, 1,2,3,5-C₆H₂F₄, 1,2,4,5-C₆H₂F₄, and C₆HF₅. The data are remarkably similar; the lowest double-ionization energies for all the molecules are within ±0.5 of 25.7 eV, and the data for higher energies suggest that the distributions of electronic state energies for the dications of the molecules show only small variations.     

Vacuum ultraviolet laser‐induced fluorescence kinetic study of the reactions of Cl atoms with fluoroalkenes (CxF2x+1CHCH2, x = 1,2,4, 6, and 8) at low pressures

Pulsed laser photolysis/vacuum ultraviolet laser‐induced fluorescence techniques were used to measure rate coefficients for Cl atom reactions with a series of fluoroalkenes (C_xF_2x+1CH?CH₂, x = 1,2,4,6,8) in 6–10 Torr of CF₄ diluent at 295 ± 2 K. Rate coefficients (units of 10^?11 cm³ molecule^?1s^?1) of 4.49 ± 0.64, 6.58 ± 0.59, 8.91 ± 0.58, 9.27 ± 0.64, and 9.00 ± 0.87 were determined for C_xF_2x+1CH?CH₂ with x = 1,2,4,6, and 8, respectively. In 6–10 Torr of CF₄ diluent, the kinetics of the title reactions are at, or near, the high‐pressure limit for x = 4, 6, and 8, approximately 30% below the high‐pressure limit for x = 2, and approximately 50% below the high‐pressure limit for x = 1. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 39: 328–332, 2007     

Evaluated and estimated kinetic data for phase reactions of the hydroperoxyl radical

Methods are discussed for the production and detection of the hydroperoxyl radical for use in gas phase kinetic studies. Rate constants for gas phase reactions of the hydroperoxyl radical with itself, H₂, H₂O, CO, NO, SO₂, O₃, C₂H₆, C₃H₈, i-and n-C₄H₁₀, C₂H₄, i-C₄H₈, HCHO, C₂H₅CHO, n-C₃H₇CHO, Br, O, OH, and H are critically evaluated. Recommended or estimated rate constant expressions with associated error limits are given applicable over specified temperature ranges (normally 300–1000°K). The reactivity of HO₂ compared with OH, O, H, F, Cl, Br, CH₃, and CH₃O is presented in tabular form and the implications for atmospheric chemistry are discussed.     

Visible-light-induced dearomative spirocyclization of N-benzylacrylamides toward perfluorinated azaspirocyclic cyclohexadienones

A feasible approach to 2-azaspirocyclic cyclohexadienones via visible-light-induced perfluoroalkylation cyclization of N-benzylacrylamides was reported. Using R_f-X (X = I or Br) as the R_f radical source, the reaction underwent a cascade radical addition/dearomative cyclization process by Ir photocatalyst, leading to various 2-azaspiro[4.5]deca-6,9-diene-3,8-diones bearing perfluorinated groups including CF₃, n-C₃F₇, n-C₄F₉, n-C₆F₁₃, n-C₈F₁₇, n-C₁₀F₂₁, CH₂CF₂ and CF₂CO₂Et.     

Molecular structures of 3‐[(2,2,3,3‐tetrafluoropropoxy)methyl]‐ and 3‐[(2,2,3,3,3‐pentafluoropropoxy)methyl]pyridinium saccharinates

The salts 3‐[(2,2,3,3‐tetrafluoropropoxy)methyl]pyridinium saccharinate, C₉H₁₀F₄NO⁺·C₇H₄NO₃S⁻, (1), and 3‐[(2,2,3,3,3‐pentafluoropropoxy)methyl]pyridinium saccharinate, C₉H₉F₅NO⁺·C₇H₄NO₃S⁻, (2), i.e. saccharinate (or 1,1‐dioxo‐1λ⁶,2‐benzothiazol‐3‐olate) salts of pyridinium with –CH₂OCH₂CF₂CF₂H and –CH₂OCH₂CF₂CF₃meta substituents, respectively, were investigated crystallographically in order to compare their fluorine‐related weak interactions in the solid state. Both salts demonstrate a stable synthon formed by the pyridinium cation and the saccharinate anion, in which a seven‐membered ring reveals a double hydrogen‐bonding pattern. The twist between the pyridinium plane and the saccharinate plane in (2) is 21.26 (8)° and that in (1) is 8.03 (6)°. Both salts also show stacks of alternating cation–anion π‐interactions. The layer distances, calculated from the centroid of the saccharinate plane to the neighbouring pyridinium planes, above and below, are 3.406 (2) and 3.517 (2) Å in (1), and 3.409 (3) and 3.458 (3) Å in (2).     

Preparation and characterization of acrylates and polyacrylates having variable fluorine contents and distributions

Five acrylic esters having different fluorine contents and distributions in their side-groups (i.e., CH₂=CHC(O)OR, where R = ? C(CH₃)₂C₆F₄H, ? C(CH₃)₂C₆F₅, ? C(CF₃)₂C₆F₅, ? C(CF₃)₂C₆H₅, and ? C(CH₃)₂C₆H₅) have been prepared from the reactions of the lithium salts of their corresponding alcohols with acryloyl chloride. These monomers are polymerized under identical conditions by the radical initiator AIBN and five polyacrylates were prepared having the structure of ? [ ? CH₂CHC(O)OR? ]_n? . These addition polymers were compared and fully characterized by GPC, VPO, DSC, TGA, NMR, IR, and UV-visible spectroscopies, and they showed potential for practical applications. Significant differences in their thermal stabilities were found with respect to fluorine contents and distributions in these polyacrylates, and the highest stability arises from CF₃ substitutions in the side-chains of the polymers. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Study on ketalization reaction of poly(vinyl alcohol) by ketones. VIII. kinetic study on acetalization and ketalization reactions of poly(vinyl alcohol)

The kninetics of acid-catalyzed acetalization and ketalization of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) were systematically studied in completely homogeneous media with carefully selected solvents. Thus the acetalization reaction was run in water with six aldehydes [R₁CHO (R₁ = H, CH₃, C₂H₅, n-C₃H₇, i-C₃H₇, ClCH₂)], whereas the ketalization in dimethylslfoxide with 11 ketones [R₂CH₃CO (R₂ = CH₃, C₂H₅, n-C₃H₇, i-C₃H₇, n-C₄H₉, i-C₄H₉, tert-C₄H₉, C₆H₅CH₂, C₆H₅CH₂CH₂), cyclopentanone, and cyclohexanone]. The latter was difficult to proceed in aqueous media. Both reactions were reversible and bimolecular and, despite the use of different solvents, gave similar heats of reaction (7.5 kcal/mol) and activation energies (ca. 15 kcal/mol) except for the case of formaldehyde and chloroacetaldehyde; however the equilibrium constants at 25°C showed that the acetalization is thermodynamically much more favored than the ketalization (ca. 5000 vs. 0.01–0.9), probably because of steric hindrance of the ketone substrate. The rate constants of hydrolysis (reverse reactions) for the poly(vinyl acetal) and poly(vinyl ketal) followed the Hammett-Taft equation to give a single p* (=3.60) that is very close to that for the hydrolysis of diethyl acetal and ketal. From these and other data, it was concluded that the polymer hydrolysis, as well as PVA acetalization and ketalization, are all electrophilic reaction where the formation of hemiacetal or hemiketal is the rate-determining step. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

The addition of small molecules to (η-C5H5)2Rh2(CO)(CF3C2CF3): IV. The sunlight assisted making and breaking of alkene CH bonds on the dirhodium centre; the crystal and molecular structures of (η-C5H5)2Rh2(CHCHCN){C(CF3)CF3)H} · H2O and (η-C5H5)2Rh2(CHCF2){C(CF3)C(CF3)H}

Bis-alkenyl complexes of the type (η-C₅H₅)₂RH₂(alkene − H)(alkyne + H) are obtained when the alkyne complex (η-C₅H₅)₂Rh₂(CO)(CF₃C₂CF₃) is treated with the following alkenes: H₂CCH₂, H₂CCHR (R = Me, Bu^t, Ph, CN), H₂CCF₂, RHCCHR′ (R = R′ = Me, Ph, Cl; R = Me, R′ = Et), cyclooctene and norbornene. An approximately equimolar amount of (η-C₅H₅)₂Rh₂(CO)₂(CF₃C₂CF₃) is also formed. The reactions are greatly accelerated when the reaction mixtures are exposed to sunlight. There is some regioselectivity in the reactions with H₂CCHR and MeHCCHet, with a preference for CH bond cleavage at the least crowded alkene-carbon. When the reaction with acrylonitrile is performed in the absence of sunlight, the complex (η-C₅H₅)₂(CO){(H₂CCHCN)(CF₃C₂CF₃)} can be isolated; upon exposure to sunlight, there is loss of CO and H-transfer to form two isomers of the appropriate bis-alkenyl complex.The molecular geometries of (η-C₅H₅)₂Rh₂(CHCHCN){C(CF₃)C(CF₃)H} and (η-C₅H₅)₂Rh₂(CHCF₂){C(CF₃)C(CF₃)H} have been ascertained by X-ray structure determination. Each molecule has two bridging alkenyl units spanning a RhRh single bond; the dihedral angle between the two RhRhCC planes is just above 90°. There is a cyclopentadienyl ring η⁵-attached to each metal. Crystal data: C₁₇H₁₃F₆NRh₂·H₂O, M 569.1, monoclinic, P2₁/n, a 15.014(7), b 14.882(7), c 8.590(5) Å, β 94.57(9)°, Z = 4, final R 0.056 for 2493 observed reflections; C₁₆H₁₂F₈Rh₂, M 562.1, monoclinic, P2₁/c, a 13.037(6), b 8.765(2), c 14.873(3) Å, β 103.16(3)°, Z = 4, final R 0.062 for 1820 observed reflections.     

Selected rate constants for H,O, N,and Cl atoms with substrates at room temperatures

Rate constants for H + Cl₂, H + CH₃CHO, H + C₃H₄, O + C₃H₆, O + CH₃CHO, and Cl + CH₄ have been measured at room temperature by the discharge flow—resonance fluorescence technique. The results are (1.6 ± 0.1) × 10^?11, (9.8 ± 0.8) × 10 ^?14, (6.3 ± 0.4) × 10^{?13) (2.00 torr He), (3.95 ± 0.41) × 10?12, (4.9 ± 0.5) × 10|su?13} and (1.08 ± 0.07) × 10^?13, respectively, all in units of cm³ molecule^?1 s^?1. Also N atom reactions with C₂H₂, C₂H₄, C₃H₄, and C₃H₆ were studied but in no case was there an appreciable rate constant. These results are compared to previous studies.