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Comparison between experimental and calculated results on the decomposition of chemically activated alcohols
Author(s) -
Tsang Wing
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
international journal of chemical kinetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.341
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1097-4601
pISSN - 0538-8066
DOI - 10.1002/kin.550080204
Subject(s) - chemistry , decomposition , hydrocarbon , thermal decomposition , singlet state , computational chemistry , singlet oxygen , thermodynamics , rrkm theory , oxygen , organic chemistry , photochemistry , reaction rate constant , kinetics , excited state , atomic physics , physics , quantum mechanics
Abstract The life times of chemically activated alcohols have been determined using the high‐pressure unimolecular rate parameters for thermal decomposition of alcohols from shocktube studies and RRKM calculations. They are compared with literature numbers (from insertion of 0( 1 D ) into hydrocarbons). It is suggested that in some cases singlet oxygen carries excess energy into the hydrocarbon. The consequences of such an assumption are explored and discrepancies with previously published conclusions discussed.