Unimolecular decomposition of long-lived complexes of fluorine and substituted mono-olefins, cyclic olefins, and dienes

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Abstract
The reactions of fluorine atoms and substituted mono‐olefins, cyclic olefins, and dienes have been studied by the technique of crossed molecular beams. In each case the experimental evidence suggests the existence of a long‐lived intermediate complex. Analysis of the angular distribution of products then permits a test of the energy randomization hypothesis of the statistical theories of unimolecular reaction rate. The data obtained strongly imply that for the class of reactions studied energy randomization is not faster then decomposition of the complex.