title: Reaction of vinyl radical with oxygen: a matrix isolation infrared spectroscopic and theoretical study.
abstract: The reaction of vinyl radical with molecular oxygen in solid argon has been studied using matrix isolation infrared absorption spectroscopy. The vinyl radical was produced through high frequency discharge of ethylene. The vinyl radical reacted with oxygen spontaneously on annealing to form the vinylperoxy radical C(2)H(3)OO with the O-O bond in a trans position relative to the C-C bond, which is characterized by O-O stretching and out-of-plane CH(2) bending vibrations at 1140.7 and 875.5 cm(-1). The vinylperoxy radical underwent visible photon-induced dissociation to the CH(2)OH(CO) complex or CH(2)OH+CO, which has never been considered in previous studies. The CH(2)OH(CO) product was predicted to be more thermodynamically accessible than the previously reported major HCO+H(2)CO channel, and is most likely produced by hydrogen atom transfer from the first-formed H(2)CO-HCO pair in solid argon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Laser Chemistry Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysts and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Rongjing
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Mingfei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Barry K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Carpenter