Chemistry Letters, Vol.32, No.12, 1112-1113, 2003
Investigation of a new pathway forming naphthalene by the recombination reaction of cyclopentadienyl radicals
Mechanism of naphthalene (c-C10H8) formation by the recombination of cyclopentadienyl radicals (C-C5H5) was investigated by monitoring the time profiles of H atom behind the reflected shock of trifluoromethoxybenzene (C6H5OCF3) highly diluted with Ar. The rate constant for C-C5H5 + C-C5H5 --> c-C10H8 + 2H was determined to be 3.3 x 10(17) exp(-135 kJ/ RT) cm(3) mol(-1) s(-1).