R. Rebbert, E. Steacie
Oct 1, 1953
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Journal of Chemical Physics
Abstract
Mercury dimethyl was photolyzed in the presence of various hydrocarbons between 28°C and 251°C. The activation energies in kcal per mole for reactions of the type CH3+RH→CH4+R are: 2‐methyl propane−7.4; 2,3‐dimethyl butane−6.8; n‐butane−8.6; cylcohexane−8.3; 2,2‐dimethyl propane−10.4; and toluene−7.3, where it is assumed that the activation energy for the reaction 2CH3→C2H6 is zero. The collision theory steric factors are less than 10−3 for all these reactions.The agreement of the above results with those obtained from the photolysis of acetone is noted.