Surface problems in kinetic studies of the gas-phase pyrolyses of alkyl halides. Part I. Reaction-vessel coatings of pyrolytic carbon
Abstract
The unpaired electron content and reactivity of carbons produced by the pyrolyses of allyl bromide, cis-but-2-ene, isobutene, and ethyl bromide have been examined by e.s.r. spectroscopy. It is shown that these carbons do not catalyse the unimolecular elimination of hydrogen bromide from isopropyl bromide and n-butyl bromide.