PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF ACETONE ON NACL FILMS: AN IR ANALYSIS
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1991
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Ohio State University
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The photochemical products of acetone adsorbed on a NaCl film are determined by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. Monolayer acetone on an annealed NaCl film is first characterized using FTIR spectroscopy and then radiated with UV light form a broad band Xe lamp (75 Watts). Difference spectra (before and after radiation) reveal the photochemical products of which CO and $CH_{4}$ are the major products. Excitation of gas phase acetone with 193 nm light yields only methyl radicals and CO with a quantum yield near unity. The methane produced after excitation is believed to be from surface aligned photoreaction of methyl radical and neighbor acetone molecules.
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Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, Ohio University