Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.109, No.21, 4772-4776, 2005
Kinetics of the HCCO+NO2 reaction
The kinetics of the HCCO + NO2 reaction were investigated using a laser photolysis/infrared diode laser absorption technique. Ethyl ethynyl ether (C2H5OCCH) was used as the HCCO radical precursor. Transient infrared detection of the HCCO radical was used to determine a total rate constant fit to the following expression: k(1) = (2.43 +/- 0.26) x 10(-11) exp[(171.1 +/- 36.9)/T] cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1) over the temperature range of 298-423 K. Transient infrared detection of CO, CO2, and HCNO products was used to determine the following branching ratios at 298 K: phi(HCO + NO + CO) = 0.60 +/- 0.05 and phi(HCNO + CO2) = 0.40 +/- 0.05.