title: Laser-induced fluorescence spectra of 4-methylcyclohexoxy radical and perdeuterated cyclohexoxy radical and direct kinetic studies of their reactions with O2.
abstract: The laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) excitation spectra of the 4-methylcyclohexoxy and d11-cyclohexoxy radicals have been measured for the first time. LIF intensity was used as a probe in direct kinetic studies of the reaction of O(2) with trans-4-methylcyclohexoxy and d11-cyclohexoxy radicals from 228 to 301 K. Measured rate constants near room temperature are uniformly higher than the Arrhenius fit to the lower-temperature data, which can be explained by the regeneration of cyclic alkoxy radicals from the product of their beta-scission and the effect of O(2) concentration on the extent of regeneration. The Arrhenius expressions obtained over more limited ranges were k(O2) = (1.4(+8)(-1)) x 10(-13) exp[(-810 +/- 400)/T] cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1) for trans-4-methylcyclohexoxy (228-292 K) and k(O2) = (3.7(+4)(-1)) x 10(-14) exp )[(-760 +/- 400) /T] cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1) for d11-cyclohexoxy (228-267 K) independent of pressure in the range 50-90 Torr. The room-temperature rate constant for the reaction of trans-4-methylcyclohexoxy radical with O2 (obtained from the Arrhenius fit) is consistent with the commonly recommended value, but the observed activation energy is approximately 3 times larger than the recommended value of 0.4 kcal/mol and half the value previously found for the reaction of normal cyclohexoxy radical with O2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, SUNY-Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Karen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Callahan
authors.forename: Dean
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Derbyshire
authors.forename: Theodore S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Dibble
mesh_terms: D003510:Cyclohexanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D003903:Deuterium / Q000737:chemistry*; D007834:Lasers; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D003510:Cyclohexanes; C506365:Cyclohexane; D003903:Deuterium; D010100:Oxygen