Study of the Kinetics and Mechanisms of Alkoxy Radical Reactions in the Gas Phase (I). Arrhenius Parameters for t-Butoxy Radical Reactions with Isobutane and Cyclohexane

• Published in: Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 16 - 21
• Main Authors: Song, Se-Ahn, Choo, Kwang-Yul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 1984
• ISSN: 0253-2964; 1229-5949

The relative Arrhenius parameters for t-butoxy radical decomposition (log $A_d$, $E_d$) and hydrogen abstraction of t-butoxy radical from hydrogen donor (log $A_d$, $E_d$) by competitive method were obtained as follows: for cyclohexane; log $A_a/A_d$ = -4.17 mole/l and $E_d-E_a$ = 9.01 kcal/mole, for isobutane; log $A_a/A_d$ = -5.70 mole/l and $E_e-E_a$= 11.0 kcal/mole. From the reported Arrhenius parameters for t-Butoxy radical decomposition reactions the parameters for t-Butoxy radical reactions with isobutane and cyclohexane are estimated to be log $A(l/mol{\cdot}sec)$ = 8.4, $E_a$ = 4.3 kcal/mol and $log A (l/mol{\cdot}sec)= 9.9,\;E_a$ = 6.3 kcal/mol, respectively.