REACTION OF THE COPPER DIMER, CU2, WITH ETHYLENE IN THE GAS-PHASE

Authors
LIAN L AKHTAR F HACKETT PA RAYNER DM
Citation
L. Lian et al., REACTION OF THE COPPER DIMER, CU2, WITH ETHYLENE IN THE GAS-PHASE, Chemical physics letters, 205(6), 1993, pp. 487-492
Citations number
18
Journal title
Chemical physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00092614
Volume
205
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
487 - 492
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-2614(1993)205:6<487:ROTCDC>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The gas-phase kinetics of the reaction between Cu2 and C2H4 have been studied as a function of pressure in a fast-flow reactor. The limiting low-pressure, third-order rate constant for the reaction was found to be (9.3 +/- 1.4) X 10(-30) cm6 s-1 in He. Modeling studies of this ra te constant imply that Cu2(C2H4) is bound by at least 20 kcal mol-1.