Abstract
AbstractMolecular modulation spectroscopy combined with ultraviolet spectroscopic techniques have been used to observe the behavior of the CH3O2 radicals generated in the gas phase by near‐ultraviolet modulated photolysis of flowing Cl2CH4O2 mixtures. The kinetics of the disproportionation reaction (1) equation image and the absorption cross‐sections of CH3O2 were measured by computer fitting of the modulated absorption traces obtained in the wavelength range 220 to 270 nm at 300 K and 240 torr. The rate constant for the elementary self‐reaction 𝓀1 = 𝓀1(a) + 𝓀1(b) + 𝓀1(c) was determined to be (3.61 ± 0.55) × 10−13 cm3 molecule−1 s−1. The parameter 𝓀obs/σ (where 𝓀obs is the observed apparent second‐order rate constant) was measured from the decay curves in the dark phase of the modulated photolysis period in the wavelength range 230–260 nm, and had a value 1.16 × 105 cm2 s−1 at 250 nm. At 250 nm the absorption cross‐section was determined as σ(CH3O2) = 4.14 × 10−18 cm2 molecule−1, leading to a value of 𝓀obs, = (4.8 ± 0.5) × 10 13 cm3 molecule−1 s−1. In addition, the absorption spectrum of CH3O2 was measured in the range 210–295 nm using diode array spectroscopy. A detailed review of all previous studies concerning the kinetics and spectrum of the CH3O2 radical is presented, and a recommended spectrum, representing an average from selected recent studies, is proposed.
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