From Sullivan and Davidson's measurement of the equilibrium constant for at 442°K, and accurate CP° and entropies for the species involved, we find ΔSA°(298°K) = 2.2±0.2 gibbs/mole and ΔHA°(298°K) = −0.80±0.13 kcal/mole. Using known ΔHf° we calculate the unknown ΔH°f,298(CCl3Br) = −8.7±1 kcal/mole.
Analyses of the kinetic data together with reasonable estimates of S°(ĊCl3) and CP°(ĊCl3) permit assignments to be made of the Arrhenius parameters of the rate constants in the detailed mechanism. Analysis of the initiation and termination steps permit fixing limits on the activation energies for these steps as follows: E2=E3+0.22 kcal/mole≤2.0 kcal≈1.0±0.5 kcal/mole. These then lead to ΔH°f,298(ĊCl3) = 19.7 kcal/mole and DH°(CCl3–H) = 95.7±1.5 kcal/mole. Some other DH°(CCl3—X) bond strengths are listed.
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Thermodynamic properties of Br, HBr, are taken from the JANAF Interim Thermodynamic Tables (Thermal Laboratory, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan, 1960–1965).
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Thermodynamic properties of are taken from tables of
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From the classical form of the RRK theory of unimolecular reactions [See S. W. Benson, Foundations of Chemical Kinetics (McGraw‐Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, 1960), Chap. XI] the lifetime t of the excited, nascent species formed from the recombination is given approximately by Here E is the total internal energy of the species, is the bond dissociation energy at 0 °K, and is the number of internal coordinates of the molecule. Using and at 442 °K, we find Under the conditions used by SD the time between collisions is of the order of so that a nascent will experience about collisions before it dissociates. This is more than adequate to ensure collisional deactivation.
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For purposes of simplification we have neglected the very slight HBr inhibition.
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See text given in Ref. 5 for compilation of data.
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