On the Origin of the Electronically Excited C2* Radical in Hydrocarbon Flames

1955 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 2085-2089 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Ferguson
1967 ◽  
Vol 45 (20) ◽  
pp. 2441-2449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaspar Ndaalio ◽  
Jacques M. Deckers

A study has been made of the rotational energy distribution of electronically excited CH and of the vibrational energy distribution of electronically excited C2 radicals in low pressure (0.2 to 35 Torr) hydrocarbon flames. The rotational energy of the CH radical in the A2Δ (ν = 0) state has been found to be statistically distributed in the levels with quantum numbers 14 to 21. This distribution can be described by a temperature which has, however, no thermodynamic significance. In the methane–oxygen flame this temperature has been found to be independent of both the composition of the gas mixture and the pressure, whereas in the ethylene–oxygen system it varies with these parameters. Hydrogen–methane–oxygen flames behave as ethylene flames. Inert diluents such as nitrogen and carbon dioxide do not affect the temperature at very low pressures. This indicates that the energy distribution is not perturbed measurably by collisions before emission takes place. In order to explain these observations we have to accept that at least two reactions produce CH* in ethylene flames.The cross section for energy transfer out of the high rotational levels of CH(A2Δ) to flame gases is found to be smaller than 0.6 Å2 and that for transfer to CO2 is about 2 Å2.A statistical distribution also has been observed in the vibrational energy distribution of electronically excited C2. The corresponding temperature is about 6 500 °K and is independent of the composition of the gas mixture and of the fuel. It decreases very slowly with increasing pressure above 3 Torr. Inert diluents added to the gas mixture do not alter this temperature.The cross section for de-excitation of C2(A3πg) is found to be smaller than 2.5 Å2.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randolph Escobar ◽  
Jeffrey Johannes

<div>While carbon-heteroatom cross coupling reactions have been extensively studied, many methods are specific and</div><div>limited to a set of substrates or functional groups. Reported here is a method that allows for C-O, C-N and C-S cross coupling reactions under one general methodology. We propose that an energy transfer pathway, in which an iridium photosensitizer produces an excited nickel (II) complex, is responsible for the key reductive elimination step that couples aryl halides to 1° and 2° alcohols, anilines, thiophenols, carbamates and sulfonamides.</div>


2002 ◽  
Vol 67 (8) ◽  
pp. 1154-1164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nachiappan Radha ◽  
Meenakshisundaram Swaminathan

The fluorescence quenching of 2-aminodiphenylamine (2ADPA), 4-aminodiphenylamine (4ADPA) and 4,4'-diaminodiphenylamine (DADPA) with tetrachloromethane, chloroform and dichloromethane have been studied in hexane, dioxane, acetonitrile and methanol as solvents. The quenching rate constants for the process have also been obtained by measuring the lifetimes of the fluorophores. The quenching was found to be dynamic in all cases. For 2ADPA and 4ADPA, the quenching rate constants of CCl4 and CHCl3 depend on the viscosity, whereas in the case of CH2Cl2, kq depends on polarity. The quenching rate constants for DADPA with CCl4 are viscosity-dependent but the quenching with CHCl3 and CH2Cl2 depends on the polarity of the solvents. From the results, the quenching mechanism is explained by the formation of a non-emissive complex involving a charge-transfer interaction between the electronically excited fluorophores and ground-state chloromethanes.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Zhao ◽  
Shanyu Han ◽  
Christopher L. Malbon ◽  
Uwe Manthe ◽  
David. R. Yarkony ◽  
...  

AbstractThe Born–Oppenheimer approximation, assuming separable nuclear and electronic motion, is widely adopted for characterizing chemical reactions in a single electronic state. However, the breakdown of the Born–Oppenheimer approximation is omnipresent in chemistry, and a detailed understanding of the non-adiabatic dynamics is still incomplete. Here we investigate the non-adiabatic quenching of electronically excited OH(A2Σ+) molecules by H2 molecules using full-dimensional quantum dynamics calculations for zero total nuclear angular momentum using a high-quality diabatic-potential-energy matrix. Good agreement with experimental observations is found for the OH(X2Π) ro-vibrational distribution, and the non-adiabatic dynamics are shown to be controlled by stereodynamics, namely the relative orientation of the two reactants. The uncovering of a major (in)elastic channel, neglected in a previous analysis but confirmed by a recent experiment, resolves a long-standing experiment–theory disagreement concerning the branching ratio of the two electronic quenching channels.


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