Laser flash photolysis determination of absolute rate constants for reactions of bromine atoms in solution

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00071a048

The photodecomposition of vicinal dibromides at 266 nm produces bromine atoms with a quantum yield of ～2.0. This results from an efficient primary photocleavage of a C-Br bond, followed by rapid elimination of a second bromine atom from radicals of the ty