- Reaction of Atmospheric Ions with Selected Hydrofluorocarbons
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Selected atmospheric ions have been studied for reactivity with the hydrofluorocarbons (HFC's) CF3CH2F, CF3CHFCF3, and CF3CHFCHF2 and with CHBrF2; the reactant ions chosen for study are O+, O2+, O-, O2-, H3O+, H3O+*H2O, H3O+*(H2O)2, NO3-, and NO3-*HNO3.Rate constants and product branching fractions for these ion-molecule reactions were measured using a selected ion flow tube (SIFT) instrument operated at 300 K.The ions O+ and O- reacted at the collisional rates, forming a number of ionic products in most cases.Most of the other reactions studied were found to be inefficient.The ions H3O+ and NO3- reacted inefficiently by association in all cases.The solvated ions H3O+*H2O, H3O+*(H2O)2, and NO3-*HNO3, which are representative of the abundant ionic species in the lower atmosphere, were unreactive with the compounds investigated; we conclude from this that atmospheric ion chemistry is not a significant sink for these HFC's.The observation of proton transfer from CF3CHFCF3 and CF3CHFCHF2 to O- allows a lower bound to the gas-phase acidities of these HFC's to be assigned: ΔHacid(CF3CHFCF3) and ΔHacid(CF3CHFCHF2) -1.
- Morris, Robert A.,Viggiano, A. A.,Arnold, Susan T.,Paulson, J. F.,Liebman, Joel F.
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- Kinetic Energy Dependence of the Reactions of O(1+) and O2(1+) with CF4 and C2F6
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Guided ion beam techniques are used to measure cross sections as a function of kinetic energy for the reaction of O(1+) and O2(1+) with CF4 and C2F6.The predominant ions formed in these fluorocarbon system correspond to dissociative charge-transfer reactions, with small amounts of FCO(1+) and F2CO(1+) being formed.The thresholds and shapes of dissociative charge-transfer cross sections are explained in terms of vertical ionization to various electronic states of CF4(1+) and C2F6(1+).In the O(1+) reactions, fluoride transfer to form CF3(1+) in the CF4 system and C2F5(1+) in the C2F6 system is also observed at thermal energies.The formation of carbon oxyfluoride ions in these systems is postulated to occur by insertion of the oxygen ions into C-F bonds of the fluorocarbon molecules.From the O2(1+) + CF4 and O(1+) + C2F6 systems, ΔfH(F2CO(1+)) is determined.The relationship of these reactions to plasma deposition and etching is discussed.
- Fisher, Ellen R.,Armentrout, P. B.
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- Chemistry of CFn(1+) (n = 1-3) Ions with Halocarbons
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The gas-phase reactions of CF(1+), CF2(1+), and CF3(1+) with the halocarbons CF3Cl, CF3Br, CF3I, CF4, and C2F6 have been studied using a variable-temperature-selected ion flow tube (VT-SIFT) instrument at 300 and 496 K.The ion CF(1+) reacts rapidly with CF3X (X = Cl, Br, I) producing the ions CF2X(1+).In the reaction of CF(1+) with CF3Cl, CF3(1+) is also produced as a minor product.Curvature was observed in the pseudo-first-order kinetics plots for the reactions of CF(1+) with CF4 and C2F6.In both cases the curvature is attributed to the presence of two or more CF(1+) states (probably vibrational) of differing reactivities toward the perfluorocarbon of interest.This conclusion is supported by our observation of charge transfer from CF(1+) to NO, a reaction which is endothermic by 15 kJ/mol for the ground state of CF(1+).CF(1+) is unreactive with O2, N2, and Xe.The reactions of CF2(1+) with CF3X yield CF3(1+) and CF2X(1+) for X = Cl and Br; for X = I, CF2I(1+) and CF3I(1+) are produced.The overall reactions proceed at approximately the collision rate at 300 and 496 K, and the branching ratios are not strongly dependent on temperature.The reactions of CF2(1+) with CF4 and C2F6 produce CF3(1+) and C2F5(1+), respectively.The rate constants decrease significantly with increasing temperature.CF2(1+) reacts rapidly by charge transfer with NO.The reaction of CF2(1+) with O2, producing CF2O(1+), is inefficient.CF2(1+) is unreactive with N2.CF3(1+) reacts with CF3X (X = Cl, Br, I) at rates below the collision values, producing a single ionic product, CF2X(1+).While the rate constants for the reactions of CF3(1+) with CF3X increase in the series with increasing CF3X mass, the rate constants for reaction with each CF3X decrease sharply with increasing temperature.A mechanism is proposed in which the reaction proceeds on a double-well potential energy surface.No reaction was observed for the CF3(1+)/CF4 system.CF3(1+) appeared to react very slowly with C2F6 and NO, producing C2F5(1+) and NO(1+), respectively, but reactions with impurities in the neutral reagents cannot be ruled out as the source of these ions.CF3(1+) is unreactive with O2 and N2.
- Morris, Robert A.,Viggiano, A. A.,Doren, Jane M. Van,Paulson, John F.
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- Reactions of H3O+ and H2O+ with several fully halogenated bromomethanes
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The bimolecular rate coefficients and ion products for the reactions of H3O+ and H2O+ with the bromine-containing molecules CF3Br, CF2Br2, CF2BrCl, CFBr3, CFBr2Cl, and CBrCl3 at 300 K are reported. With the exception of the reactions of H3O+ with CF3Br and CF2BrCl, the rate coefficients are near the collisional values (k ≈ 10-9 cm3 molecule-1 s-1). The most efficient exit pathway for the majority of the H3O+ reactions is the formation of a trihalomethyl cation, together with water and a hydrogen halide as the neutral products. In each case, more than one trihalomethyl cation can be formed. The branching ratios are largest for the products resulting from the breaking of a C-F bond. This is attributed to the high bond strength of HF relative to HCl and HBr. Similarly for CBrCl3, the major product cation is CCl2Br+. The H2O+ reactions are found to proceed predominantly via charge transfer. For the reaction of H2O+ with CF3Br there is clear evidence for intimate reaction pathways in which bonds are broken and formed.
- Thomas,Kennedy,Mayhew,Watts
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p. 8489 - 8495
(2007/10/03)
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- Study of the gas phase reactions of several perfluorocarbons with positive ions of atmospheric interest
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The bimolecular rate coefficients and ion products for the reactions of H3O+, NO+, O2+, H2O+, N2O+, O+, CO2+, CO+, N+, and N2+ with three fluoroalkenes (C2F4, C3F6, and 2-C4F8) and three fully saturated perfluorocarbons (C2F6, C3F8, and n-C4F10) at 300 K are reported. All six perfluorocarbons are found to be unreactive with NO+. C2F6 is also unreactive with O2+, H2O+, and N2O+, and C3F8 and n-C4F10 are also unreactive with O2+. C3F6 is the only perfluorocarbon studied that reacts with H3O+ at a measurable rate. All the other reactions take place at or close to the collisional rate, the exceptions being the reactions of N2O+ with C2F4 and C3F8, and CO2+ with C2F4 and C2F6, for which the experimental rate coefficients show marked departures from the collisional values. It is proposed that most of the reactions proceed through a complex intermediate resulting in electrophilic attack by the ion on the perfluorocarbon. This mechanism generally takes precedent over "long-range" (formal) charge transfer. This work is of possible relevance to atmospheric ion-chemistry and plasma processes and may also be pertinent to the use of chemical ionization mass spectrometers for the trace detection of perflurocarbons in the environment.
- Jarvis, Gary K.,Mayhew, Chris A.,Tuckett, Richard P.
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p. 17166 - 17174
(2007/10/03)
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- Chemistry of H2O+ with C2F4, C2F6, and CF3X (X = F, Cl, Br, I)
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The reactions of H2O+ with CF4, C2F6, C2F4, CF3Cl, CF3Br, and CF3I have been studied at 300 and 499 K.The measurements were conducted using a variable-temperature-selected ion flow tube apparatus.H2O+ reacts via charge transfer with C2F4 with rate constants equal to 1.4 x 10-9 and 1.5 x 10-9 cm3 s-1 at 300 and 499 K, respectively.The reactions with CF3X (X = Cl, Br, I) all proceed at the collision rate at 300 and 499 K within experimental uncertainty.The rate constants are in the range 1.6 x 10-9 - 2.1 x 10-9 cm3 s-1.The reactions of H2O+ with CF3X produce CF3+ and CF2X+ for X = Cl, Br, I, CF2OH+ for X = Cl, Br, and CF3X+ for X = Br, I.The reaction with CF3Cl also forms the ionic product CF3OH2+.No reaction was observed between H2O+ and the reactant neutrals CF4 and C2F6; the rate constants are less than 5 x 10-12 cm3 s-1 at 300 and 499 K.Upper limits to the heats of formation of CF2Cl+, CF2Br+, and CF2I+ have been derived from the data and are -1, respectively.
- Morris, Robert A.,Viggiano, A. A.,Doren, Jane M. Van,Paulson, John F.
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p. 3051 - 3054
(2007/10/02)
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- Reactions of Ar+ with halocarbons and of I+ with CF3I
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The gas phase reactions of Ar+ with the halocarbons CF3Cl, CF3Br, CF3I, CF4, C2F6, and C2F4 have been studied using a variable temperature-selected ion flow tube (VT-SIFT) instrument operated at 298 and 500 K.Rate constants and product branching percentages were measured at both temperatures.Ar+ reacts at the collisional rate with all of the above neutrals at both 298 and 500 K.The reactions with CF3X yield CF3+ and CF2X+ for all X (the reaction with CF4 produces only CF3+).For X = I, there is an additional channel leading to the ionic product I+.The reaction of Ar+ with C2F6 produces both CF3+ and C2F5+.The reaction of Ar+ with C2F4 forms a rich product spectrum consisting of the ions CF+, CF2+, CF3+, C2F3+, and C2F4+.The reaction product distributions are compared with results from ionization experiments such as photoion-photoelectron coincidence (PIPECO) and electron impact mass spectrometry, and in some cases excellent agreement is found.The reaction of I+ with CF3I, which is a secondary reaction in the Ar+/CF3I system, was investigated at 298 K in separate experiments.This reaction is rapid and forms four product ions: CF3+, CF2I+, CF3I+, and I2+.The results are compared with previously published information.
- Morris, Robert A.,Doren, Jane M. Van,Viggiano, A. A.,Paulson, John F.
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p. 173 - 179
(2007/10/02)
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- Experimental study of HCN+ and HNC+ ion chemistry
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We report the results of a room temperature selected ion flow tube study of reactions of HCN+ and HNC+. Electron impact on HCN was found to produce a mixture of HCN+ and HNC+ isomers. HCN+ was found to be isomerized efficiently to HNC+ by reaction with CO or with CO2, and isomerization is expected to occur for any other species M having a proton affinity PA(CN at C) a forth and back proton transfer mechanism. A monitor gas technique was used to distinguish between the isomers. With CF4, HCN+ was reactive (k = 1.2 × 10-9 cm3 s-1) and HNC+ unreactive. With SF6 both isomers react at the collision rate but HCN+ yields only SF5+ as the product ion whereas HNC+ yields only HNCF+. Thermodynamic data established in this work include Δr(HNC+) ≤ 1373 kJ mol-1, and hence PA(CN at N) ≥ 595 kJ mol-1.
- Petrie, Simon,Freeman, Colin G.,Meot-Ner, Michael,McEwan, Murray J.,Ferguson, Eldon E.
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p. 7121 - 7126
(2007/10/02)
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