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Thermal isomerization of azulene to naphthalene in shock waves
Author(s) -
Brouwer L.,
Troe J.
Publication year - 1988
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.550200504
Subject(s) - azulene , chemistry , isomerization , naphthalene , photoexcitation , photochemistry , reaction rate constant , shock wave , analytical chemistry (journal) , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , excited state , kinetics , atomic physics , catalysis , physics , quantum mechanics
The thermal isomerization of azulene was studied in shock waves over the range 1300–1900 K. Monitoring azulene and naphthalene light absorptions in the UV, a complete conversion azulene → naphthalene was observed. After correction for some falloff effects, a limiting high pressure rate constant k x = 10 12.93 exp(−263 kJ mol −1 /RT) s −1 was derived. Based on this k x , specific rate constants k ( E ) for photoexcitation experiments were constructed.
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