Reactivity of the Indenyl Radical (C9H7) with Acetylene (C2H2) and Vinylacetylene (C4H4)
- Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Chemical Sciences Division
- Samara National Research Univ. (Russia)
- Samara National Research Univ. (Russia); Florida International Univ., Miami, FL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Florida International Univ., Miami, FL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry
The reactions of the indenyl radicals with acetylene (C2H2) and vinylacetylene (C4H4) is studied in a hot chemical reactor coupled to synchrotron based vacuum ultraviolet ionization mass spectrometry. These experimental results are combined with theory to reveal that the resonantly stabilized and thermodynamically most stable 1-indenyl radical (C9H7$$^\bullet$$) is always formed in the pyrolysis of 1-, 2-, 6-, and 7-bromoindenes at 1500 K. The 1-indenyl radical reacts with acetylene yielding 1-ethynylindene plus atomic hydrogen, rather than adding a second acetylene molecule and leading to ring closure and formation of fluorene as observed in other reaction mechanisms such as the hydrogen abstraction acetylene addition or hydrogen abstraction vinylacetylene addition pathways. While this reaction mechanism is analogous to the bimolecular reaction between the phenyl radical (C6H5$$^\bullet$$) and acetylene forming phenylacetylene (C6H5CCH), the 1-indenyl+acetylene→1-ethynylindene+hydrogen reaction is highly endoergic (114 kJ mol-1) and slow, contrary to the exoergic (-38 kJ mol-1) and faster phenyl+acetylene→phenylacetylene+hydrogen reaction. In a similar manner, no ring closure leading to fluorene formation was observed in the reaction of 1-indenyl radical with vinylacetylene. Finally, these experimental results are explained through rate constant calculations based on theoretically derived potential energy surfaces.
- Research Organization:
- Florida International Univ., Miami, FL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Ministry of Higher Education and Science of the Russian Federation; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; FG02-03ER15411; FG02-04ER15570
- OSTI ID:
- 1603099
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1507601
OSTI ID: 1608269
- Journal Information:
- ChemPhysChem, Journal Name: ChemPhysChem Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 20; ISSN 1439-4235
- Publisher:
- ChemPubSoc EuropeCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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