Finding reactions and reaction mechanisms in the literature

A useful starting point for accessing the literature is the NIST Chemical Kinetics Database [11], available online at http //kinetics.nist.gov. According to the introduction to the database, it includes essentially all reported kinetics results for thermal gas-phase chemical reactions. Thus, by searching this database, one can find references related to almost any gas-phase reaction for which reaction rate measurements have been made. Of course, it will not provide information about the vast number of reactions that have been observed and reported in the Uterature, but for which reaction rates have not been measured. As an example, suppose we are interested in the thermal decomposition of AICI3 or in the combustion of aluminum. We might expect the species AlCl to be an important 

Results from NIST Kinetics Database for reactions involving AlCl 

Reaction Temperature range (K) Rate expression Order Squib 

Relevant references to AICI3 found using SciFinder Scholar 

1 Kohlschutter H.W., Hantelmann P., Diener K., Schilling H. Basic aluminum chlorides. Zeitschrift 

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