AN ATTEMPT TO ISOLATE ' 'HOT' ' RADICAL REACTIONS IN THE PHOTOCHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION OF ACETONE, DIMETHYL MERCURY, N-PROPYL IODIDE AND ISO-PROPYL IODIDE.
Abstract
An attempt was made to differentiate between the reactions of free radicals produced in the photochemical decomposition of a molecule and of the same radical produced in thermal decompositions. Acetone and dimethyl mercury were decomposed photochemically and thermally alone and in the presence of a nonabsorbing substrate. Due to the complications of side and consecutive reactions and the great difference of temperatures of the two types of reactions, we were unable to obtain any clear evidence of excess energy in the radicals produced photochemically. n-Propyl iodide and iso-propyl iodide have been decomposed photochemically and thermally in the absence of a substrate; our results indicate the possibility of that excess energy might be present in the photochemically produced radicals as translational energy primarily. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 14, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0421040
Entities
People
- Robert E. Varnerin
Organizations
- Fairfield University