Observations on solvated electrons in aliphatic hydrocarbons at room temperature by pulse radiolysis

Author(s):  
J. H. Baxendale ◽  
C. Bell ◽  
P. Wardman
1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (9) ◽  
pp. 918-924 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rolf E. Bühler

The semi-empirical rate law for geminate-ion recombination by van den Ende, Warman, and Hummel, which predicts a linear dependence of the ion concentration with t−0.6, is modified to include simultaneous ion fragmentation. The theory is applied to the kinetics, as observed by pulse radiolysis of liquid methylcyclohexane (MCH) solutions of N2O, CHCl3, or tert-butylchloride (t-BuCl) at low temperatures. In MCH saturated with N2O (−130 °C), the solvent cation (MCH+, λmax = 550 nm) moves about 400 times faster than prediced by diffusion. With the known conductivity data at room temperature, an activation energy of about 2.7 kJ/mol can be derived. The solvent cation MCH+ does not appear to fragment. With t-BuCl added to MCH (−134 °C), MCH+ (λmax = 550 nm) and t-BuCl− (λmax = 450 nm) are observed simultaneously. The initial kinetics corresponds to the parent ion (MCH+) recombination with t-BuCl−. Then the MCH+ fragmentation with k1(−134 °C) = 3 × 105 s−1 is observed, followed by the geminate recombination of some fragment cation with t-BuCl−. The fragment cation recombines 300 times slower than the parent cation. With CHCl3 added to MCH (−130 °C), the MCH+ absorption is hidden within the [Formula: see text] band (λmax = 470 nm); however, the fragmentation is detected from kinetic analysis to occur in about 2 × 106 s−1. The modified t−0.6 rate law appears to be a very useful tool to study simultaneous ion recombination and ion fragmentation.


1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (11) ◽  
pp. 1832-1835 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. C. Lebas ◽  
J. Sutton ◽  
A. M. Koulkes-Pujo

According to various authors, the value of the yield of the solvated electron in the pulse radiolysis of hexamethylphosphorotriamide (HMPT) varies from 1.2 to 2.4 and increases to 4.2 or 3.1 in the presence of NaBr. We exposed this compound to γ rays after purification and saturation with N2O. N2 was formed with a yield G(N2) = 4.4 ± 0.4. After elimination of a certain number of processes which might also lead to N2 formation, it was concluded that this G(N2) corresponds to the total yield of electrons. This value was confirmed by measuring G(Br−) obtained by radiolysis of HMPT with p-bromophenol as a scavenger. The yield of N2 remains constant whenever solutes generally known as good electron scavengers are added (H+, CH3COCH3, NO3−). An interpretation of the results leads to the suggestion of the formation of a dielectron in this medium.


1971 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 347-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.H. Baxendale ◽  
C. Bell ◽  
P. Wardman

1990 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikola Getoff ◽  
Matthias W. Haenel ◽  
Knut Hildenbrand ◽  
Udo-Burckhard Richter ◽  
Sonja Solar

AbstractArenes are reduced at room temperature to their very long-lived radical anions by exposing the solution of the arene and NaAlH2(OCH2CH2OCH3 )2 (1) in dimethoxyethane (DME) to an ionizing radiation (electrons, gamma- or X-rays) for few minutes:Thereby 1 is acting as a scavenger for the solvent counter ions which are produced concomitantly to solvated electrons by the radiolysis. The method is very convenient for the ESR and UV-VIS spectroscopy of aromatic radical anions.


1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (8) ◽  
pp. 1548-1552
Author(s):  
Joanna Cygler ◽  
Norman V. Klassen ◽  
Carl K. Ross

Many solutes, added to water in amounts of a few mol%, cause an increase in the yield of solvated electrons (es−) measured by pulse radiolysis. A pulse radiolysis study of tert-butanol (tBuOH) in D2O has been carried out to investigate this phenomenon. Detailed measurements of the yield, measured as Gεmax(es−), and the deeay of solvated electrons were made at 6, 25, and 46 °C over the range 0–5mol% tBuOH. The maximum Gεmax(es−) occurs at about 1 mol% tBuOH, but the exact concentration depends on the temperature of the sample and the time after the pulse at which the measurement is made. Three factors are examined as contributing to the increased Gεmax(es−) in the presence of tBuOH and certain other solutes. They are (i) the change in viscosity produced by the added solute, (ii) the scavenging of OH radicals by the solute, thereby reducing the reaction of OH with es− and (iii) the possibility that the addition of the solute leads to an increase in the thermalization distance of the secondary electrons. It is concluded that effects (i) and (ii) are sufficient to explain the existing experimental data.


2002 ◽  
Vol 106 (13) ◽  
pp. 3123-3127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehran Mostafavi ◽  
Mingzhang Lin ◽  
Guozhong Wu ◽  
Yosuke Katsumura ◽  
Yusa Muroya

1973 ◽  
Vol 51 (13) ◽  
pp. 2195-2206 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. K. Cooper ◽  
D. C. Walker ◽  
H. A. Gillis ◽  
N. V. Klassen

The simultaneous interaction of solvated electrons with strongly solvating water molecules and weakly solvating dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) molecules has been studied by pulse radiolysis. In all DMSO/H2O mixtures investigated the solvated electrons have a single absorption band with a maximum intermediate between that of pure DMSO (λmax > 1500 nm) and that of water (λmax = 720 nm). There is a nearly linear relationship between the photon energy of λmax and the bulk dielectric constant, indicating that the optical properties of solvated electrons in the mixtures are not dominated by the water. A minimum is observed in the variation of Gεmax with DMSO/H2O composition which may be associated with intermolecular structure. In mixtures containing > 0.2 mole fraction DMSO the solvated electrons have half-lives of 11–18 ns.The radiation produced oxidizing species in DMSO has a half-life of 1–4 µs and an absorption band centered at 600 nm. This species seems to be present in all DMSO/H2O mixtures.Pure DMSO gives a free-ion yield in the range 1.2 to 1.8, as determined separately for the oxidizing and reducing species by bromide and anthracene scavenging experiments respectively. This free-ion yield is in keeping with the dielectric constant of DMSO of 46. The yields in fully deuterated DMSO are ~30% higher than in the protonated material.


1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (15) ◽  
pp. 2013-2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Delaire ◽  
J. R. Bazouin

The transient spectra in pure ethylamine (EA), n-propylamine (nPA), and ethylenediamine (EDA) show, besides the visible and infrared band associated with the solvated electron, e−s, a small ultraviolet band attributed to oxidizing radicals. Upper limits for the recombination rate constants k of e−s with the acidic cation are 1.5 × 1012 L mol−1 and 3.5 × 1012 L mol−1s−1 in EA and nPA respectively, and k = 2 × 1010 L mol−1 s−1 in EDA. The yield of e−s at 3 ns (G(e−s)3ns = 1.5, 1.2, and 3.1 molecules/100 eV in EA, nPA, and EDA respectively) has been deduced by biphenyl scavenging. The yield of molecular hydrogen after γ-radiolysis G0(H2) = 5.7 and 3.6 in pure nPA and EDA respectively. The effect of solutes, such as biphenyl, alkyl-ammonium chloride, and allyl alcohol, on G(H2) is interpreted in terms of scavenging of e−s and/or H atoms. From the pulse-radiolysis determination of G(e−s), we deduce [Formula: see text] in nPA.Finally, the decay of solvated electrons seems to occur only via recombination with the cation in EA and nPA, but in EDA there is a competition between this reaction and reaction with oxidizing radicals.


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