Gas-phase oxidation of vinyltrifluorosilane with nitrogen dioxide under the action of a pulse CO2 laser

Article abstract of DOI:10.1134/S0023158410050022

A chemical reaction between C₂H₃SiF₃ and NO₂ induced by radiation from a pulse CO₂ laser was studied by mass spectrometry and IR spectroscopy. The composition of gaseous products was determined. A macrokinetic approach was developed to study bimolecular reactions initiated by pulsed IR radiation. The procedure developed allowed us to answer the question of whether the test reaction occurs under conditions when the molecules of only one reactant are vibrationally excited or under conditions of equal vibrational temperatures. The use of this approach to the reaction between C₂H₃SiF₃ and NO ₂ demonstrated that its acceleration was due to the equilibrium heating of the system.