Kinetics and product studies of the reaction of Br, Cl, and NO with ClOOCl using discharge-flow mass spectrometry

Abstract

The kinetics of the reactions Cl + ClOOCl --> products, Br + ClOOCl --> products (7), and NO + ClOOCl --> products have been studied as a function of temperature at 1 Torr total pressure using a discharge-flow mass spectrometric technique. The measured rate coefficients, expressed in Arrhenius form, are k5 = (7.60 +/- 0.56) x 10(-11)exp((65.4 +/- 17.9)/T) cm3 s(-1) for 217 K < T < 298 K, and k7 = (5.88 +/- 0.50) x 10(-12) exp(-173 +/- 20/T) cm3 s(-1) for 223 K < T< 298 K. The observed temperature dependencies of these rate coefficients indicate a common direct halogen atom abstraction mechanism. Mass spectral product studies indicate that BrCl is the only major Br-containing product from reaction. Extensive product studies were used to estimate that the peroxide form of the ClO-dimer is formed in > 90% yield from the ClO self-reaction. No evidence for the formation of ClOClO and ClClO2 was observed. No reaction between NO and ClOOCl was observed and an upper limit of k8 < 1 x 10(-15) cm3 s(-1) for 220 K < T < 298 K was determined.