Absolute rate constant for the reaction of Phenyl radical with Acetylene

T. Yu, Ming-Chang Lin*, C. F. Melius

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Abstract

The absolute rate constant for the reaction of phenyl radical with acetylene has been measured at 20 torr total pressure in the temperature range of 297 to 523 K using the cavity‐ring‐down technique. These new kinetic data could be quantitatively correlated with the data obtained earlier with a relative rate method under low‐pressure (10−3–10−2 torr) and high‐temperature (1000–1330 K) conditions. These kinetic data were analyzed in terms of the RRKM theory employing the thermochemical and molecular structure data computed with the BAC‐MP4 technique. The calculated results reveal that the total rate constant for the C6H5 + C2H2 reaction (kt) is pressure‐independent, whereas those for the formation of C6H5C2H (kb) and the C6H5C2H2 adduct (kc) are strongly pressure‐dependent. A least‐squares analysis of the calculated values for 300–2000 K at the atmospheric pressure of N2 or Ar can be given by (Formula Presented.) (Formula Presented.) and (Formula Presented.) all in units of cm3/s. The latter equation effectively represents the two sets of experimental data. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1095-1104
Number of pages10
JournalInternational Journal of Chemical Kinetics
Volume26
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 1994

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