Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.110, No.44, 12177-12183, 2006
Kinetics of the reactions of CH2I, CH2Br, and CHBrCl radicals with NO2 in the temperature range 220-360 K
The kinetics of the CH2I + NO2, CH2Br + NO2, and CHBrCl + NO2 reactions have been studied at temperatures between 220 and 360 K using laser photolysis/ photoionization mass spectrometry. Decays of radical concentrations have been monitored in time-resolved measurements to obtain reaction rate coefficients under pseudo-first-order conditions. The bimolecular rate coefficients of all three reactions are independent of the bath gas (He or N-2) and pressure within the experimental range (2-6 Torr) and are found to depend on temperature as follows: k(CH2I + NO2) = (2.18 +/- 0.07) x 10(-11) (T / 300 K)(-1.45 +/- 0.22) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1) (220-363 K), k(CH2Br + NO2) = (1.76 +/- 0.03) x 10(-11) (T/ 300 K)(-0.86 +/- 0.09) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1) (221-363 K), and k(CHBrCl + NO2) = (8.81 +/- 0.28) x 10(-12) (T/ 300 K)(-1.55 +/- 0.34) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1) (267-363 K), with the uncertainties given as one-standard deviations. Estimated overall uncertainties in the measured bimolecular reaction rate coefficients are about +/- 25%. In the CH2I + NO2 and CH2Br + NO2 reactions, the observed product is formaldehyde. For the CHBrCl + NO2 reaction, the product observed is CHClO. In addition, I atom and iodonitromethane (CH2INO2) or iodomethyl nitrite (CH2IONO) formations have been detected for the CH2I + NO2 reaction.