The Mercury Photosensitized Reactions of Ethylene Oxide
- 1 January 1948
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 16 (1) , 39-44
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1746652
Abstract
The reactions of ethylene oxide with Hg(3P1) atoms have been investigated at 25°C at pressures between 10‐ and 600‐mm Hg, and at 200°C and 300°C at 100‐mm Hg. The principal products are H2, CO, CH3CHO and a polymer; smaller amounts of CH4, C2 hydrocarbons and formaldehyde are also formed. The nature of the products and the very small effect of pressure on the reaction are best explained by a mechanism based principally on the formation of the activated ethylene oxide molecule, with a minor portion of the reaction proceeding via a C–H split.Keywords
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