Kinetic modelling of methyl radical reactions with formaldehyde and isobutane. Reinterpretation of existing data obtained by molecular modulation spectrometry

Tarun K. Choudhury, William A. Sanders, Ming-Chang Lin*

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Abstract

Previously published data on the rates of reaction of methyl radicals with formaldehyde and isobutane have been re-analysed by kinetic modelling. It is shown that the rate constant for the initial abstraction reaction was significantly overestimated in each case, owing to the neglect of important secondary radical-radical reactions. The revised rate constants are reported and compared with the results of other investigators.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)801-808
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 2: Molecular and Chemical Physics
Volume85
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1989

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