Primary process(es) in the mercury-photosensitized decomposition of dimethyl ether at 2537 Å

1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (16) ◽  
pp. 2693-2697 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Payette ◽  
M. Bertrand ◽  
Y. Rousseau
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Quantum Yield ◽  
Light Intensity ◽  
Dimethyl Ether ◽  
Molecular Hydrogen ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Primary Process ◽  
Methyl Radicals ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms ◽  
Radical Recombination

The mercury-photosensitized decomposition of dimethyl ether has been studied at room temperature and at pressures ranging from 10 to 200 Torr.The formation of an excited dimethyl ether (DME) molecule has been verified by following the rates of formation of methane, ethane, and carbon monoxide with various ether pressures.The study of the variation of the quantum yield of molecular hydrogen formation with absorbed light intensity at high ether pressures has shown that the primary process involves the dissociation of ether molecules into hydrogen atoms and methoxy methyl radicals:[Formula: see text]The results presented in this paper indicate that the excited DME molecule can originate in a radical recombination between hydrogen atoms and methoxy methyl radicals.

Hg(63P1)-sensitized decomposition of HNCO vapor and HNCO–H2 mixtures; the reaction of hydrogen atoms with HNCO

1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 527-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. J. Friswell ◽  
R. A. Back
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Yield ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Initial Step ◽  
Primary Process ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms ◽  
Direct Photolysis ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Cross

The Hg(63P1)-sensitized decomposition of HNCO vapor has been briefly studied at 26 °C with HNCO pressures from about 3 to 30 Torr. The products detected were the same as in the direct photolysis, CO, N2, and H2. The quantum yield of CO was appreciably less than unity, compared with a value of 1.5 in the direct photolysis under similar conditions. From this and other observations it is tentatively concluded that a single primary process occurs:[Formula: see text]From a study of the mercury-photosensitized reactions in mixtures of HNCO with H2, it was concluded that hydrogen atoms react with HNCO to form CO but not N2. The initial step is probably addition to form NH2CO. From the competition between reaction [1] and the corresponding quenching by H2, the cross section for reaction [1] was estimated to be 2.3 times that of hydrogen.

The photochemical and thermal decompositions of hydrogen sulphide

1953 ◽  
Vol 216 (1126) ◽  
pp. 344-361 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Decomposition ◽  
Quantum Yield ◽  
Hydrogen Sulphide ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Large Fraction ◽  
Kcal Mole ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms ◽  
Photochemical Decomposition ◽  
Bimolecular Mechanism

The photochemical decomposition of hydrogen sulphide has been investigated at pressures between 8 and 550 mm of mercury and at temperatures between 27 and 650° C, using the narrow cadmium line ( λ 2288) and the broad mercury band (about λ 2550). At room temperature the quantum yield increases with pressure from 1.09 at 30 mm to 1.26 at 200 mm. Above 200 mm pressure there was no further increase in the quantum yield. Temperature had little effect on the quantum yield at λ 2550, but there was a marked increase in the rate of hydrogen production between 500 and 650° C with 2288 Å radiation. This may have been caused by the decomposition of excited hydrosulphide radicals. The results are consistent with a mechanism involving hydrogen atoms and hydrosulphide radicals. The mercury-photosensitized reaction is less efficient than the photochemical decomposition, the quantum yield being only about 0.45. The efficiency increased with temperature and approached unity at high temperatures and pressures. This agrees with the suggestion that a large fraction of the quenching collisions lead to the formation of Hg ( 3 P 0 ) atoms. The thermal decomposition is heterogeneous at low temperatures and becomes homogeneous and of the second order at 650° C. The experimental evidence suggests the bimolecular mechanism 2H 2 S → 2H 2 + S 2 . The activation energies are 25 kcal/mole (heterogeneous) and 50 kcal/mole (homogeneous).

FREE RADICAL RECOMBINATION IN THE PHOTOLYSIS OF ACETONE

1955 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 750-754 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. N. Naldrett
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Free Radical ◽  
Quantum Efficiency ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Methyl Groups ◽  
Carbon 14 ◽  
Radical Recombination

(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.

THE PHOTO-OXIDATION OF AZOMETHANE

1955 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 496-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. R. Hoey ◽  
K. O. Kutschke
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Activation Energy ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Major Product ◽  
Steric Factor ◽  
Primary Process ◽  
Methyl Radicals ◽  
Low Oxygen ◽  
Secondary Product ◽  
Photo Oxidation

The photo-oxidation of azomethane has been studied at low oxygen pressures (0.02 to 1 mm.) in the temperature range ca. 25 °C. to 161 °C. The primary process in the normal photolysis of azomethane is essentially unaffected by the presence of oxygen. Carbon monoxide is probably a secondary product of the oxidation of methyl radicals. Carbon dioxide formation is quite small, and therefore neither methyl radicals nor CH3N=N—CH2 radicals are oxidized appreciably to carbon dioxide. Nitrous oxide, which is a major product of the oxidation, is most likely formed from the oxidation of CH3N=NCH2 radicals. The suggested mechanism of N2O formation is:[Formula: see text] The reaction of methyl radicals with oxygen was found to proceed with a negligible activation energy and a steric factor of the order of 10−2. Evidence for the occurrence of the reactions[Formula: see text]at room temperature was obtained.

PRELIMINARY STUDY OF PHOTOCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR IN THE SYSTEM NITROGEN DIOXIDE – ETHANE

1955 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 843-848
Author(s):  
T. M. Rohr ◽  
W. Albert Noyes Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Nitrogen Dioxide ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Reverse Reaction ◽  
Primary Process ◽  
Photochemical Behavior ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Oxygen Atoms

The addition of ethane to nitrogen dioxide either during exposure to radiation transmitted by pyrex, or afterwards, reduces the amount of oxygen formed. At room temperature this is apparently due to the effectiveness of ethane in promoting the reverse reaction of nitric oxide and oxygen to form nitrogen dioxide. At temperatures over 100° there is a reaction which uses oxygen atoms produced in the primary process. Nitroethane (or nitrosoethane) is formed along with carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and some methane. The results suggest that acetaldehyde is an intermediate, but acetaldehyde could not be detected because it would react thermally with nitrogen dioxide. It is not possible to give a complete explanation of the results, but suggestions can be made which might form the basis for later work.

La décomposition du tétraméthylgermane par les atomes Hg 6(3P1)

1973 ◽  
Vol 51 (18) ◽  
pp. 3062-3064 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jocelyn Duval ◽  
Yves Rousseau
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Yield ◽  
Bond Cleavage ◽  
Primary Process ◽  
Methyl Radicals ◽  
Mild Conditions

The primary process in the mercury photosensitized decomposition of tetramethylgermane is a C—H bond cleavage. The hydrogen quantum yield, extrapolated at infinite pressure, is close to unity. Under mild conditions, hydrogen and 1,2-di(trimethylgermyl) ethane are the only products observed. At high intensities and low substrate pressures, atomic cracking occurs yielding methyl radicals which lead to the formation of methane.

Studies of the reactions of hydroxyl radicals. II

1966 ◽  
Vol 291 (1424) ◽  
pp. 85-93 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Peroxide ◽  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Hydroxyl Radicals ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Order Reaction ◽  
Methyl Radicals ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Homogeneous Decomposition ◽  
Methane Carbon

The homogeneous decomposition of hydrogen peroxide has been used as a source of hydroxyl radicals. In part I values were reported for the relative rates of reaction of hydroxyl radicals with methane, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde and hydrogen peroxide. In this paper these values are confirmed for different experimental conditions and more consideration is given to details of subsequent reactions. The reaction of methyl radicals with oxygen has previously been shown to occur by a third order reaction both at 200 °C (Hoare & Walsh 1957) and at room temperature (Christie 1958). Present results show that the reaction is second order at 525 °C as suggested by Barnard & Honeyman (1964). In the absence of added oxygen, methyl radicals combine to give ethane which in turn reacts with hydroxyl radicals twelve times more rapidly than does methane.

Photosensitization by Cd(3P1) Atoms. II. Gas Phase Decomposition of Cyclohexane

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (13) ◽  
pp. 2010-2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. L. Kalra ◽  
A. R. Knight
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Yield ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Vapor Phase ◽  
Exposure Time ◽  
Molecular Hydrogen ◽  
Primary Decomposition ◽  
Phase Decomposition ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms ◽  
Hydrogen Formation ◽  
Volatile Products

The photodecomposition of cyclohexane sensitized by Cd(3P1) atoms has been studied in the vapor phase at 355 °C. The primary decomposition gives hydrogen atoms and cyclohexyl radicals. The volatile products of the decomposition are H2, cyclohexene, propylene, ethane, ethylene, methane, propane, butadiene, and methylcyclopentane. Products other than H2 and cyclo-C6H10 arise from unimolecular reactions of cyclohexyl radicals, the most important such process being the production of propylene and allyl radicals. Hydrogen yields decrease rapidly with time because of H-atom scavenging reactions involving olefinic products. The quantum yield of molecular hydrogen formation at the shortest exposure time examined is 0.53.

Abstraction of hydrogen atoms from bicyclo[2.1.1]hexane by methyl radicals and chlorine atoms: photochlorination of 1-methylbicyclo[2.1.1]hexane

1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (10) ◽  
pp. 1627-1631 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Srinivasan ◽  
F. I. Sonntag
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Methyl Radicals ◽  
Absolute Rate ◽  
Methyl Radical ◽  
Kcal Mole ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms ◽  
Chlorine Atoms ◽  
Exponential Factor ◽  
Highly Strained

Photolysis of acetone has been used as a source of methyl radicals to study the abstraction of hydrogen atoms from bicyclo[2.1.1]hexane by methyl radicals. The reaction was found to have an activation energy of 10.3 kcal/mole and a pre-exponential factor that is typical of other abstraction reactions. The absolute rate of abstraction of hydrogen atoms from bicyclo[2.1.1]hexane by chlorine atoms at room temperature was measured to be 8.1 × 1010 l mole−1 s−1. The photochlorination of 1-methylbicyclo-[2.1.1]hexane in solution gave both the 1-chloromethyl and 2- or 3-chloro-1-methylbicyclohexanes. The relative rates of attack at the methyl and the 2- or 3- position were determined to be 1:2.1. It is pointed out that the rate parameters for the abstraction of an H atom from bicyclo[2.1.1]hexane by a methyl radical are slower than for cyclopentane, as would be expected for a highly strained hydrocarbon, whereas the abstraction by chlorine is slightly faster than the rate for cyclopentane.

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