A Reinvestigation of the Structures of Chlorine Monoxide and Chlorine Dioxide by Electron Diffraction

1950 ◽  
Vol 72 (7) ◽  
pp. 3108-3112 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Dunitz ◽  
Kenneth Hedberg
Keyword(s):  
Electron Diffraction ◽  
Chlorine Dioxide ◽  
Chlorine Monoxide

The flash photolysis of chlorine monoxide

1957 ◽  
Vol 243 (1232) ◽  
pp. 24-32 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Chlorine Dioxide ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Flash Photolysis ◽  
Reaction Scheme ◽  
Inert Gas ◽  
Short Chain ◽  
Large Excess ◽  
Straight Chain ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Chlorine Monoxide

The flash photolysis of chlorine monoxide in a large excess of inert gas yields chlorine and oxygen, the normal products of photolysis, accompanied by measurable quantities of the ClO radical as an intermediate. The normal and chlorine-sensitized decompositions of chlorine monoxide are studied and a reaction scheme is proposed for the system which has the character of a short-chain reaction with CIO and CI acting as chain carriers. By a study of the decay of the CIO radical and the formation of chlorine dioxide, rate constants are derived for the CIO decay, the production of chlorine dioxide and the straight-chain decomposition of chlorine monoxide by the CIO radical.

THE PHOTODECOMPOSITION OF CHLORINE DIOXIDE IN CARBON TETRACHLORIDE SOLUTION

1937 ◽  
Vol 15b (12) ◽  
pp. 499-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. T. Spinks ◽  
H. Taube
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Decomposition ◽  
Carbon Tetrachloride ◽  
Quantum Yield ◽  
Light Intensity ◽  
Quantum Efficiency ◽  
Chlorine Dioxide ◽  
Concentration Effects ◽  
Low Light ◽  
Carbon Tetrachloride Solution ◽  
Chlorine Monoxide

Insolation of carbon tetrachloride solutions of chlorine dioxide initiates a thermal decomposition, the magnitude of which may exceed that for the photoreaction with low light intensity. This thermal decomposition is inhibited by keeping the solutions at 3 °C. or by adding water.In contradiction to the findings of other investigators, it is found that chlorine and oxygen are not the only products of photodecomposition. As products of the photodecomposition of chlorine dioxide at the wave-lengths 3650 and 4360 Å, the oxides Cl2O, Cl2O6, and Cl2O7 as well as chlorine and oxygen appear. The quantum efficiency at λ 3650 Å is 2, and at 4360 Å, 1.In the unsensitized decomposition, concentration effects are observed which are greatly decreased when the solutions are stirred.In the bromine sensitized decomposition with 5460 Å, there is less chlorine monoxide but relatively as much Cl2O6 and Cl2O7 formed as in the unsensitized reaction.In the sensitized decomposition the quantum yield is independent of the concentration of chlorine dioxide, but depends on the light intensity. The observed quantum yield for the sensitized reaction is 0.2 to 0.3.Mechanisms for the photo-reactions have been proposed.

Photolysis of Chlorine Dioxide and Absolute Rates of Chlorine Monoxide Reactions

Nature ◽  
1954 ◽  
Vol 174 (4434) ◽  
pp. 785-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. LIPSCOMB ◽  
R. G. W. NORRISH ◽  
G. PORTER
Keyword(s):  
Chlorine Dioxide ◽  
Chlorine Monoxide

Reactions of halogen oxides studied by flash photolysis. I. The flash photolysis of chlorine dioxide

1971 ◽  
Vol 323 (1552) ◽  
pp. 29-68 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Chlorine Dioxide ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Flash Photolysis ◽  
Vibrationally Excited ◽  
Extinction Coefficients ◽  
Chlorine Monoxide ◽  
Vibrational Levels ◽  
Halogen Oxides ◽  
Excited Oxygen

The production and decay of the CIO radical and of vibrationally excited oxygen following the isothermal flash photolysis of chlorine dioxide has been studied. From their dependence on flash energy and from the effects of added chlorine, oxygen and chlorine monoxide on the system, the following mechanism and rate constants are proposed: CIO 2 + hv → CIO + O 2CIO → CI 2 + O 2 K 1 = 2.7 x 10 7 l mol -1 s -1 O + CIO 2 → CIO + O 2 * ( v " ≼ 15) k 3 = 3.0 x 10 10 l mol -1 s -1 O + CIO → CI + O 2 * ( v " ≼ 14) k 4 = 7.0 x 10 9 l mol -1 s -1 CIO (CIO 2 ) + O 2 * ( v " = n ) → CIO (CIO 2 ) + O 2 * ( v " < n ) k 10 ( v " = 12) = 2 x 10 8 l mol -1 s -1 CI + O 2 * ( v " = n ) → CI + O 2 * ( v " < n ) k 11 ( v " = 12) = 7 x 10 9 l mol -1 s -1 O + O 2 * ( v " = n ) → O + O 2 * ( v " < n ) k 12 ( v " = 12) = 2 x 10 10 l mol -1 s -1 O + Cl 2 O → 2CIO k 6 = 5.2 x 10 9 l mol -1 s -1 The rate constants k 10 , k 11 and k 12 for O 2 * (v" = 6) and the relative values of k 3 for various vibrational levels have also been measured. Studies of the flash photolysis of mixtures of chlo­rine monoxide and chlorine dioxide and of chlorine and oxygen have yielded values of k 1 in agreement with that given above. The extinction coefficients of the CIO radical at 257.7, 277.2 and 292 nm were found to be 1150, 1700 and 1050 l mol -1 cm -1 respectively.

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