1. Laser pyrolysis studies of the thermal decomposition of chlorinated organic compounds. Part 1—acyl chlorides
- Author
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Douglas K. Russell and Grant R. Allen
- Subjects
Inorganic chemistry ,Thermal decomposition ,Infrared spectroscopy ,Ketene ,General Chemistry ,Propanoyl chloride ,Acryloyl chloride ,Chloroacetyl chloride ,Chloride ,Catalysis ,Methacryloyl chloride ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Materials Chemistry ,medicine ,medicine.drug - Abstract
The thermal decomposition of chloroacetyl chloride, propanoyl chloride, 3-chloropropanoyl chloride, acryloyl chloride, E-2-butenoyl chloride, methacryloyl chloride, and cyclopropanecarbonyl chloride has been investigated using infrared laser-powered homogeneous pyrolysis, together with product analysis using IR spectroscopy, gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, matrix isolation spectroscopy and tuneable diode laser spectroscopy. Decomposition is usually initiated by 1,2-HCl elimination (where possible), followed by further decomposition of ketene products. Reaction pathways have been validated in many cases by the ab initio calculation of activation energies.
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- 2004