Multiple Infrared Photon Dissociation and Kinetics of CF3O Radicals

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/j100210a030

The multiple infrared photon dissociation of CF3O radicals generated from bis(trifluoromethyl) peroxide has been investigated.Infrared fluorescence from HF^<*>, formed by reaction of the liberated F atom with HI, was used to monitor the dissociation over a range of infrared fluences.A simple rate equation model has been used to interpret the multiphoton excitation and dissociation of the CF3O species.The kinetics of the recombination reaction, CF3O + F <*> CF3OF, have been investigated by scavenging the F atoms with added HI.The rate constant for this reaction at 300 K is determined to be (3.5+/-0.5)E10 L mol^-1 s^-1.