Infrared Chemiluminescence Study of the F Atom + HMn(CO)5 Reaction

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/j100312a001

The HF infrared chemiluminescence from the reaction of F atoms with HMn(CO)5 has been observed in a flow reactor.The nascent HF vibrational distribution is P₁-P₄=0.20:0.44:0.35:ca. 0.01, and v(HF)> is 0.31 for P₀ assigned as zero.The HF(ν,J) populations do not extend to the thermochemical limit, and v(HF) is abnormally low relative to typical H abstraction reaction by F atoms.The H abstraction reaction from toluene-d5 was reinvestigated to provide a reference for a system yielding HF(ν) and a product with a large radical stabilization energy.The D₀(CH3C6D4-D) was estimated as -1, based upon the highest observed DF(ν,J) level.