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The reaction of cyclopentyl radicals with carbon tetrachloride
Author(s) -
Matheson Ian,
Tedder John,
Sidebottom Howard
Publication year - 1983
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.550150906
Subject(s) - chemistry , cyclopentane , radical , arrhenius equation , carbon tetrachloride , reaction rate constant , photochemistry , alkyl , chlorine , activation energy , photodissociation , gas phase , carbon atom , organic chemistry , kinetics , physics , quantum mechanics
The photolysis of azocyclopentane in the presence of cyclopentane–carbon tetrachloride mixtures has been investigated in the gas phase. Product analysis data have been used to determine the Arrhenius parameters for the reactions\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$\begin{array}{*{20}c} {(4)_C - {\rm C}_5 {\rm H}_{9.} + {\rm CCl}_4 \to _C - {\rm C}_5 {\rm H}_9 + {\rm CCl}_{3.} } \hfill & {k_4 = 10^{9.0 \pm 0.6} {\rm exp}[- (10.3 \pm 1.0){\rm kcal}/{\rm mol}/{\rm RT}]} \hfill \\ {(6){\rm CCl}_{3.} + _C - {\rm C}_5 {\rm H}_{10} \to {\rm CCl}_3 {\rm H} + _C - {\rm C}_5 {\rm H}_{9.} } \hfill & {k_6 = 10^{8.4 \pm 0.4} {\rm exp}[- (10.0 \pm 0.7){\rm kcal}/{\rm mol}/{\rm RT}]} \hfill \\ \end{array}$$\end{document}The rate data for chlorine atom abstraction from CCl 4 by the cyclopentyl radical were compared with available data for other alkyl radicals in both the gas and the solution phases. The results indicate that the rate constant for chlorine atom abstraction in the gas phase is fairly insensitive to the nature of the attacking alkyl radical and that the activation energy for a secondary radical is about 4 kcal/mol higher than the corresponding reaction in the solution phase.