Infrared absorption of 3-propenonyl (ṡCH 2 CHCO) radical generated upon photolysis of acryloyl chloride [cH 2 CHC(O)Cl] in solid para-H 2

Prasanta Das, Yuan-Pern Lee*

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Abstract

Irradiation at 193 nm of a p-H 2 matrix containing acryloyl chloride CH 2 CHC(O)Cl at 3.2 K yielded infrared absorption lines at 3143.6 (ν 1 ), 3057.0 (ν 2 ), 3048.0 (ν 3 ), 2103.1 (ν 4 ), 1461.0 (ν 5 ), 1349.8 (ν 6 ), 1223.7 (ν 1112 or 2ν 12 ), 1092.8 (ν 8 ), 918.1 (ν 9 ), 691.0 (ν 10 ), 624.3 (ν 11 ), and 597.1 (ν 12 ) cm -1 that are assigned to the 3-propenonyl (ṡCH 2 CHCO) radical. The assignments are based on the photolytic behavior and a comparison of observed vibrational wavenumbers and infrared intensities with those predicted with the B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ method. The observation is consistent with a major radical formation channel CH 2 CHCO + Cl followed by escape of the Cl atom from the original p-H 2 cage. The observation of 3-propenonyl (ṡCH 2 CHCO) radical but not 3-propenalyl (s-cis- or s-trans-CH 2 CHĊO) radical indicates that the former is the most stable isomer and that the barrier heights for conversion from s-cis- or s-trans-CH 2 CHĊO to ṡCH 2 CHCO are small.

Original languageEnglish
Article number084320
JournalJournal of Chemical Physics
Volume139
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Aug 2013

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