Chemistry of Transition Metals. V. Further Studies on the Mechanism of Reaction of n-Alkyl Chlorides with Metals of the First Transition Period
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Rate Law
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The rate of reaction of n-propyl chloride on polycrystalline evaporated titanium films has been shown to follow a strictly half-order rate law in the pressure range 0.1–0.01 Torr at 220 °C. The reaction rate was not influenced by the product propene. Experiments using a mixture of 1-bromopropane and l-chloropropane-1-d1 gave no indication of halogen interchange on either titanium or chromium, thus excluding rapid, reversible dissociative adsorption of the carbon–halogen bond as an explanation of the half-order rate law.