THE REACTIONS OF METHYL RADICALS WITH CYCLOPROPANE, ETHYLENE OXIDE, METHANOL, AND DIMETHYL ETHER
- 1 July 1950
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Research
- Vol. 28b (7), 395-402
- https://doi.org/10.1139/cjr50b-048
Abstract
The reactions of methyl radicals, produced by the photochemical decomposition of dimethylmercury, with cyclopropane, ethylene oxide, methanol and dimethyl ether have been investigated between 100° and 250 °C. The following activation energies (kcal. mole−1) for the abstraction of hydrogen from the compounds by methyl radicals were found: cyclopropane, 10.2; ethylene oxide 9.6; methanol, 8.2; and dimethyl ether, 8.0. The probability factors have been shown to be about 10−4 for all the compounds investigated.Keywords
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