Kinetics of the Reactions of Halogenated Methyl Radicals with Molecular Bromine

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/j100163a024

The kinetics of seven reactions of halogenated methyl radicals (CH2Cl, CHCl2, CFCl2, CF2Cl, CF3, CH2Br, and CH2I) with molecular bromine were studied by using a heatable tubular reactor coupled to a photoionization mass spectrometer.Rate constants were measured as a function of temperature, typically between 296 and 532 K.Arrhenius activation energies were found to be small negative values (typically -2 kJ mol^-1) for all reactions studied with the exception of that of the CF3 + Br2 reaction (whose activation energy is positive, but which could not determined accurately).The pattern of reactivity among 11 reactions of substituted methyl radicals with Br2 (which includes the 7 reactions studied here and 4 C(H)x(CH3)3-x + Br2 reactions (x = 0-3) studied earlier) has been accounted for by the inductive effect of the substituent atoms or groups.The sum of the Pauling electronegativities of these substituents provides a useful measure of their total inductive effect on the reaction rate constant.