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The reaction of photochemically generated CF3O radicals with CO
Meller, Richard,Moortgat, Geert K.
, p. 579 - 587 (2007/10/03)
CF3O2CF3 was photolyzed at 254 nm in the presence of CO in 760 torr N2 or air at 296 K in a static reactor. In N2, the products CF3OC(O)C(O)OCF3 and CF3OC(O)O2C(O)OCF3 were detected by FTIR spectroscopy. In air, the only observed products were CF2O and CO2 and a chain process, initiated by CF3O, was invoked for the conversion of CO to CO2. From both product studies, a mechanism for the CF3O initiated oxidation of CO was derived, involving the addition reaction CF3O2 + CO → CF3OC(O). The rate constant for the reaction CF3O + CO at 296 K at a total pressure of 760 torr air was determined to be k(CF3O + CO) = (5.0 ± 0.9) ± 10-14 cm3 molecule-1 s-1.
