The Photolysis of Acetone: Diffusion of Methyl Radicals from the Light Beam and the Activation Energy of Hydrogen Abstraction

1951 ◽  
Vol 73 (8) ◽  
pp. 3981-3986 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. C. Nicholson
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Light Beam ◽  
Hydrogen Abstraction ◽  
Methyl Radicals

THE PHOTOLYSIS OF MIXTURES OF ACETONE AND SOME HALOGENATED HYDROCARBONS

1955 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 396-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Ridge ◽  
E. W. R. Steacie
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Methyl Bromide ◽  
Methylene Chloride ◽  
Hydrogen Abstraction ◽  
Methyl Chloride ◽  
Halogenated Hydrocarbons ◽  
Methyl Radicals ◽  
Hydrocarbon Mixtures ◽  
Chloride Methyl

The composition of the products of photolysis of acetone in the presence of methyl chloride, methyl bromide, methylene chloride, and methylene bromide has been determined. These reactions are attended by complications not found with the photolysis of acetone–hydrocarbon mixtures. Failure to take into account reactions resulting from the formation of halogen hydrides and to allow for the presence of ethylene invalidates the values obtained by Raal and Steacie for the activation energy for hydrogen abstraction by methyl radicals from some halogenated hydrocarbons.

Hydrogen abstraction by methyl radicals in glasses

1984 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takahisa Doba ◽  
Keith U. Ingold ◽  
Willem Siebrand ◽  
Timothy A. Wildman
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Abstraction ◽  
Methyl Radicals

THE REACTION OF METHYL RADICALS WITH FORMALDEHYDE

1959 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 1462-1468 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. Blake ◽  
K. O. Kutschke
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Kinetic Analysis ◽  
Addition Reactions ◽  
Methyl Radicals ◽  
Kcal Mole ◽  
A Value ◽  
Abstraction Reaction ◽  
Butyl Peroxide

The pyrolysis of di-t-butyl peroxide has been reinvestigated and used as a source of methyl radicals to study the abstraction reaction between methyl radicals and formaldehyde. At low [HCHO]/[peroxide] ratios the system was simple enough for kinetic analysis, and a value of 6.6 kcal/mole was obtained for the activation energy. At higher [HCHO]/[peroxide] ratios the system became very complicated, possibly due to the increased importance of addition reactions.

The homogeneous conversion of methane to higher hydrocarbons in the presence of ethylene in the temperature range 925–1023 K

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain R. Bossard ◽  
Margaret H. Back
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Abstraction ◽  
Homogeneous System ◽  
Catalytic Reactions ◽  
The Other ◽  
Methyl Radicals ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Vinyl Radicals ◽  
Conversion Of Methane ◽  
Radical Distribution ◽  
Higher Hydrocarbons

Mixtures of ethylene and methane have been pyrolyzed in the temperature range 925–1023 K for the purpose of converting methane to higher hydrocarbons. Addition of methane to thermally-reacting ethylene increases the rate of formation of propylene but decreases the rates of formation of the other major products, ethane, acetylene, and butadiene. Hydrogen abstraction from methane is a major propagation reaction and causes a shift in the radical distribution from ethyl and vinyl radicals, the main radicals in the pyrolysis reactions of ethylene alone, to methyl radicals, which lead to the formation of propylene. At 1023 K with a pressure of ethylene of 6.5 Torr and of methane of 356 Torr, 1.5 mol of methane is converted to higher molecular weight products for every mole of ethylene reacted. The rate of conversion of methane in the homogeneous system is lower than in catalytic reactions but the product is entirely hydrocarbon and no methane is lost to carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide. Key words: methane, ethylene, kinetics, pyrolysis, fuels.

Aromatic oxidation by cobaltic acetate in acetic acid

1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 387-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koichiro Sakota ◽  
Yoshio Kamiya ◽  
Nobuto Ohta
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Bond Energy ◽  
Hydrogen Abstraction ◽  
Steric Factor ◽  
Benzyl Acetate ◽  
Kcal Mole ◽  
First Order ◽  
Reversible Electron Transfer

A detailed kinetic study of oxidation of toluene and its derivatives by cobaltic acetate in 95 vol% acetic acid is reported. The reaction was found to be profoundly affected by a steric factor and rather insensitive to the C—H bond energy. The order of reactivities of various alkylbenzenes is quite reversal to that of hydrogen abstraction reactions. The reaction was of first-order with respect to toluene, of second-order with respect to cobaltic ion and of inverse first-order with respect to cobaltous ion. The oxidation by cobaltic ion seems to proceed via an initial reversible electron transfer from toluene to cobaltic ion, yielding [Formula: see text] which is oxidized into benzyl acetate by another cobaltic ion. The apparent activation energy for toluene was found to be 25.3 kcal mole−1, and the same activation energy was found for ethylbenzene, cumene, diphenylmethane, and triphenylmethane.

Reaction pathways of hydroxyl groups during coal spontaneous combustion

2016 ◽  
Vol 94 (5) ◽  
pp. 494-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuyao Qi ◽  
Haibo Xue ◽  
Haihui Xin ◽  
Cunxiang Wei
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Free Radicals ◽  
Hydrogen Abstraction ◽  
Enthalpy Change ◽  
Reaction Pathways ◽  
Hydroxyl Groups ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms ◽  
Typical Structure ◽  
Self Heating ◽  
Hydroxyl Free Radicals

Hydroxyl groups are one of the key factors for the development of coal self-heating, although their detailed reaction pathways are still unclear. This study investigated the reaction pathways in coal self-heating by the method of quantum chemistry calculation. The Ar–CH2–CH(CH3)–OH was selected as a typical structure unit for the calculation. The results indicate that the hydrogen atoms in hydroxyl groups and R3–CH are the active sites. For the hydrogen atoms in hydroxyl groups, they are directly abstracted by oxygen. For hydrogen atoms in R3–CH, they are abstracted by oxygen at first and generate peroxy-hydroxyl free radicals, which abstract the hydrogen atoms in hydroxyl groups later. The reaction of R3–CH contains three elementary reactions, i.e., the hydrogen abstraction of R3–CH by oxygen, the conjugation reaction between the R3C■ and oxygen atom, and the hydrogen abstraction of –OH by hydroxyl free radicals. Then, the microstructure parameters, IRC pathways, and reaction dynamic parameters were respectively analyzed for the four reactions. For the hydrogen abstraction of –OH by oxygen, the enthalpy change and activation energy are 137.63 and 334.44 kJ/mol, respectively, which will occur at medium temperatures and the corresponding heat effect is great. For the reaction of R3–CH, the enthalpy change and the activation energy are −3.45 and 55.79 kJ/mol, respectively, which will occur at low temperatures while the corresponding heat influence is weak. They both affect heat accumulation and provide new active centers for enhancing the coal self-heating process. The results would be helpful for further understanding of the coal self-heating mechanism.

THE REACTIONS OF TRIFLUOROMETHYL RADICALS WITH PROPANE, n-BUTANE, AND ISOBUTANE

1956 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. B. Ayscough ◽  
E. W. R. Steacie
Keyword(s):  
Rate Constants ◽  
Hydrogen Abstraction ◽  
Activation Energies ◽  
Methyl Radicals ◽  
Kcal Mole

A study of the reactions of trifluoromethyl radicals, produced by the photolysis of hexafluoroacetone, with propane, n-butane, and isobutane has been made. The rate constants of the hydrogen-abstraction reactions have been determined at temperatures between 27 °C and 119 °C and the activation energies found to be 6.5 ± 0.5, 5.1 ± 0.3, and 4.7 ± 0.3 kcal./mole respectively. These values are compared with those obtained for the reactions with methane and ethane, and with the corresponding reactions of methyl radicals.

Reactions of free radicals with aromatic compounds in the gaseous phase. II. Kinetics of the reaction of methyl radicals with phenol

1965 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
MFR Mulcahy ◽  
DJ Williams
Keyword(s):  
Free Radicals ◽  
Gaseous Phase ◽  
Hydrogen Abstraction ◽  
High Reactivity ◽  
Phenoxy Radical ◽  
Methyl Radicals ◽  
Methyl Radical ◽  
Kinetics Of Formation ◽  
Phenolic Substances ◽  
Kinetics Of

Knowledge of the reactivity of phenols towards simple free radicals is needed to throw light on the behaviour of the phenolic substances involved in the pyrolysis of coal and other organic materials. In the present investigation the reaction between methyl radicals and phenol vapour has been studied a t total pressures from 0.5 to 3 cmHg and temperatures from 445 to 547°K, the concentrations of methyl radicals and phenol being varied from 2 × 10-12 to 4 × 10-11 and 1 × 10-8 to 8 × 10-7 mole cm-3 respectively. The main products identified by gas chromatography were methane and o- and p-cresol, together with a little anisole and 2,4- and 2,6-dimethylphenol. The cresols are produced via hydrogen abstraction Diagram followed by combination of a methyl radical at a ring position of the phenoxy radical either ortho or para to the oxygen atom, e.g. in the case of the para position: Diagram The kinetics can be explained by postulating (a) that the keto forms of the cresols (methylcyclohexadienones) formed initially by reaction (6) have a finite lifetime in the gaseous phase and (b) that these molecules, which contain a tertiary hydrogen atom α to a system of a carbonyl bond and two carbon-carbon double bonds, partly undergo hydrogen abstraction by methyl radicals before they are able to enolize: CH3· + (HCH3 = C6H4 = O → CH4 + CH3C6H4O· The mechanism is consistent with the kinetics of formation of methane, the distribu- tion of the free electron in the phenoxy radical, the formation of o- and p-cresols as major products, the kinetics of formation of the cresols, and the high reactivity of the intermediate product towards methyl radicals.

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