Gas Phase Kinetics and Equilibrium of Allyl Radical Reactions with NO and NO2

Abstract

Allyl radical reactions with NO and NO(2) were studied in direct, time-resolved experiments in a temperature controlled tubular flow reactor connected to a laser photolysis/photoionization mass spectrometer (LP-PIMS). In the C(3)H(5) + NO reaction 1 , a dependence on the bath gas density was observed in the determined rate coefficients and pressure falloff parametrizations were performed. The obtained rate coefficients vary between 0.30-14.2 × 10(-12) cm(3) s(-1) (T = 188-363 K, p = 0.39-23.78 Torr He) and possess a negative temperature dependence. The rate coefficients of the C(3)H(5) + NO(2) reaction 2 did not show a dependence on the bath gas density in the range used (p = 0.47-3.38 Torr, T = 201-363 K), and they can be expressed as a function of temperature with k(C(3)H(5) + NO(2)) = (3.97 ± 0.84) × 10(-11) × (T/300 K) (-1.55±0.05) cm(3) s(-1). In the C(3)H(5) + NO reaction, above 410 K the observed C(3)H(5) radical signal did not decay to the signal background, indicating equilibrium between C(3)H(5) + NO and C(3)H(5)NO. This allowed the C(3)H(5) + NO ⇄ C(3)H(5)NO equilibrium to be studied and the equilibrium constants of the reaction between 414 and 500 K to be determined. With the standard second- and third-law analysis, the enthalpy and entropy of the C(3)H(5) + NO ⇄ C(3)H(5)NO reaction were obtained. Combined with the calculated standard entropy of reaction (ΔS°(298) = 137.2 J mol(-1)K(-1)), the third-law analysis resulted in ΔH°(298) = 102.4 ± 3.2 kJ mol(-1) for the C(3)H(5)-NO bond dissociation enthalpy.