THE INFRARED SPECTRA OF INTERMEDIATES IN THE REACTION OF F ATOMS WITH ACETONITRILE TRAPPED IN SOLID ARGON
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1984
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Ohio State University
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Although HF chemiluminescence has been reported in gas-phase studies of the $F + CH_{3}CN$ reaction the spectrum of the $CH_{2}CN$ free radical has not been identified, and the extent to which competing F-atom addition reactions occur has not been assessed. When the products of this reaction are trapped in solid argon at 14 K, a rich infrared spectrum is obtained, with evidence for the occurrence of both H-atom abstraction and F-atom addition. The results of detailed concentration dependence and isotopic substitution studies will be presented, and vibrational assignments for such products as $CH_{2}CN$ and $CH_{3}CFCN$ will be discussed.
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Author Institution: Molecular Spectroscopy Division, National Bureau of Standards