FREE RADICAL RECOMBINATION IN THE PHOTOLYSIS OF ACETONE
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(CH3CO)2-1-C14 (I) was prepared by irradiating (CH3)2CO in the presence of CH3I-C14. Acetone was then irradiated at room temperature with light of 2537 Å in the presence of (I). Radioactivity was found in all products which contained methyl groups but not in any carbon monoxide product. The amount of carbon-14 ultimately found in acetone confirms that the quantum efficiency of the primary photolytic process is nearly unity and that extensive recombination of methyl and acetyl radicals to form acetone is responsible for the low over-all quantum efficiency of decomposition.
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1994 ◽
Vol 76
(5)
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pp. 815-820
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