FREE RADICALS BY MASS SPECTROMETRY: XIX. PRIMARY STEPS IN THE MERCURY-PHOTOSENSITIZED DECOMPOSITION OF FORMALDEHYDE
- 1 April 1960
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Chemistry
- Vol. 38 (4) , 544-548
- https://doi.org/10.1139/v60-077
Abstract
In the Hg3P, photosensitized decomposition of formaldehyde, evidence from deuterium labelling shows that 40% of the primary dissociation proceeds by way of an intramolecular elimination of H2. The remainder dissociates by formation of H and HCO, or of 2H and CO. A clear distinction between these latter two processes cannot be made under the reaction conditions employed.Keywords
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