THE REACTIONS OF PERFLUOROETHYL RADICALS WITH HYDROGEN AND METHANE

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The reactions of C2F5 radicals, produced by the photolysis of (C2F5)2CO, with methane and hydrogen have been studied. Assuming zero activation energy for 2C2F5 → C4F10 the activation energies for C2F5 + CH4 → C2F5H + CH3 and C2F5 + H2 → C2F5H + H are 10.6 kcal/mole and 11.9 kcal/mole respectively. The present results have been correlated with data on the reactions of CF3, C3F7, and CH3 radicals with H2, D2, CH4, and C2H6. Taking Erecombination ≈ 0 in all cases and assuming the frequency factor for the recombination reaction varies little from radical to radical, the order of ease of hydrogen abstraction from a given substrate is CF3 > C2F5 > C3F7 > CH3. Similarly the ease of hydrogen abstraction from a substrate by a given fluorinated radical is C2H6 > H2 > CH4 > D2. A calculation based on very limited data indicates the reaction CH3 + C2F5COC2F5 → CH3COC2F5 + C2F5 may occur with an activation energy of approximately 7 kcal/mole.

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