Phase-shift studies of Hg(3P0) reactions. Part 3.—Complexes of Hg(3P0) with some primary amines

Abstract

Rate constants for bimolecular and termolecular reactions with Hg(³P₀), lifetimes of complexes with Hg(³P₀), and lower limits for dissociation energies of complexes with Hg(³P₀), have been determined for ethylamine, n-propylamine, isopropylamine, n-butylamine, sec-butylamine, isobutylamine and tert-butylamine. These results, when supplemented by previous values for the quantum efficiencies of mercury-sensitized luminescence, allow us to assess the relative importance of Hg(³P₀) in the sensitized decompositions of amines.