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Infrared multiphoton dissociation of two perfluorobutenes
Longfellow, Cheryl A. Berrie, Cindy L. Suits, Arthur G. Lee, Yuan T.
Longfellow, Cheryl A.
Berrie, Cindy L.
Suits, Arthur G.
Lee, Yuan T.
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Abstract
Photofragment translational spectroscopy was used to examine the infrared multiphotondissociation of octafluoro-1-butene and octafluoro-2-butene. The predominant unimolecular reaction in octafluoro-1-butene at moderate laser fluences is cleavage of a carbon–carbon single bond to give the products CF3 and C3F5. The two other reactions that take place are CF2 elimination and the formation of equal weight fragments with the chemical compositionC2F4; both reactions take place via a diradical intermediate. Dissociation of octafluoro-1-butene to the resonance stabilized perfluoroallyl radical is suggested to account for the favoring of simple bond rupture. These three reaction pathways were also observed in octafluoro-2-butene dissociation, however, the branching fraction is different than from octafluoro-1-butene. In octafluoro-2-butene all three channels occur with roughly equal probability. The reactions involving CF2 loss and C2F4 formation in octafluoro-2-butene are thought to proceed through the same diradical intermediate as in octafluoro-1-butene, necessitating a 1,2-fluorine migration.
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1997-08-04
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AIP Publishing LLC
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Dissociation, Multiphoton spectroscopy, Chemical Bonds, Chemical reactions, Chemical composition
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Longfellow et al. "Infrared multiphoton dissociation of two perfluorobutenes." J. Chem. Phys. 107, 7202 (1997); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.474960