Reactions of Electronically Excited Halogen Atoms

CHEMICAL REACTIONS OF ELECTRONICALLY EXCITED HALOGEN ATOMS 

Thermochemistry of Some Reactions of X(2/,y2iy2), A//298 k, kcal mole 119,145 

To observe the kinetic effect of the chemical reaction of an electronically excited atom, the rate must be significantly different from that of the ground state atom, as spin orbit relaxation may compete with reaction. The separation of these processes is inherent in studies of the reactions of excited halogen atoms. Clearly, where a strong attractive potential facilitates chemical reaction, this chemical interaction will also aid spin orbit relaxation itself (Section VII). Thus relatively strongly endothermic, slow, chemical reaction 

H Atom Abstraction from Paraffins by 1(5 Py2) by Classical Photochemical 

The abstraction of a hydrogen atom from both propane and ethane by I(52Py2) according to 

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IX. CHEMICAL REACTIONS OF ELECTRONICALLY EXCITED HALOGEN ATOMS... 

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