Broad falloff curves of unimolecular reactions

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Jürgen Troe
• Subject Area: Physical Chemistry of Molecules, Liquids and Interfaces, Biophysical Chemistry
• Term: from 2017 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 383091591

"Broad" falloff curves of unimolecular reactions. After clarifying the mechanism of the thermal decomposition of CF3I, the unimolecular dissociation of C2F5I is measured in shock waves by monitoring the UV-absorption of CF3 and CF2 and compared with modelled falloff curves. The approximation to the central region of the transition between low- and high-pressure limit of the falloff curve corresponds to a series of decompositions of C2F4, C2F5 and C2F6. Analogous studies of the dissociation of CF3I, C2F5I and C3F7I, which corresponds more to the high-pressure limit, shall be done.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants
• International Connection: Argentina, Russia
• Cooperation Partners: Professor Dr. Carlos J. Cobos; Dr. Vladimir G. Ushakov