Photodecomposition of alkanes

Most publications dealing with the photodecomposition of alkanes discuss the processes in the gas phase several comprehensive works have already been published in this field [14-17]. In the present work, we summarize the results of liquid phase photolytic studies and compare them with those obtained in radiolysis. An early review on liquid alkane photochemistry was published in Ref. 18, a brief overview of the field was given in Ref. 19. 

The photodecomposition of -alkanes at excitation energies slightly above the absorption onset involves both C-H and C-C bond decompositions [18]. The dominant process is the C-H scission, (H2) 0.8-0.9, and the contribution of C-C decomposition is small. In the photolysis of cyclohexane, cycloheptane, cyclooctane, and cyclodecane, however, only hydrogen evolution was observed [[Pg.375]

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