Abstract

The kinetics of the reactions of CN radicals with several small primary alcohol molecules were studied by transient infrared laser absorption spectroscopy. Direct time-resolved detection of CN was used to determine total rate constants. In addition, HCN and DCN products were detected in order to estimate the branching ratios of the CN+CH3OH reaction. We find that abstraction of an alkyl hydrogen atom dominates the CN+CH3OH reaction, but a small, ∼8% yield of hydroxyl hydrogen abstraction is also observed.

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