Rate constant for reaction of CH (X 2Π) with ketene
Abstract
A bimolecular rate constant for the reactive removal of CH (X 2Π) by ketene (CH2CO) has been measured under pseudo-first-order conditions using multiphoton dissociation of CH2CO at 308 nm to generate the radicals and laser induced fluorescence to detect them. A value of (2.4 ± 0.2)× 10–10 cm3 molecule–1 s–1 was obtained at room temperature (295 ± 2 K).