The dynamics of bimolecular chemical reactions can be examined in liquid solutions using infrared absorption spectroscopy with picosecond time resolution. On such short time scales, the transient absorption spectra reveal vibrational mode and quantum-state-specific energy disposal, followed by vibrational relaxation as the energy is dissipated to the surrounding solvent. Comparison with energy ...

The data on the solvolysis of orthophosphoramidates are collected and rationalized into two groups: a mechanism involving a unimolecular decomposition of the compounds where nitrogen contains a positive charge, and a bimolecular one for molecules with uncharged nitrogen involving the entering and leaving groups at right angles to each other. The first mechanism is invoked for all acid catalyzed...

A full-dimensional quantum dynamical study for the bimolecular reactions of hydrogen molecules with amino radicals different isotopologues is reported. The nonreactive radical described by two Radau vectors that are very close to valence bond coordinates. Potential-optimized discrete variable representation basis used vibrational coordinates radical. Starting from reaction H2 + NH2, we isotope ...

p-Nitrophenyl N-(2-mercaptophenyl)-N-methylcarbamate cyclizes rapidly at 25' to N-methylbenzothiazolone with release of p-nitrophenol. The pH-rate constant profile is sigmoidal with pK,,, = 8.7. The effective molarity of the neighboring sulfhydryl group is 1.4 X los M in comparison with bimolecular attack of thiols on p-nitrophenyl N-methyl-Nphenylcarbamate. The pH-rate constant profile for cyc...

The shock tube technique was used to study the high temperature thermal decomposition of dimethyl carbonate, CH3OC(O)OCH3 (DMC). The formation of H-atoms was measured behind reflected shock waves by using atomic resonance absorption spectrometry (ARAS) over a temperature range of 1053–1157 K at pressures ~ 0.5 bar. The measured formation of H-atoms is sensitive to the rate constants for the ene...

Diffusion-controlled bimolecular reactions arise in various branches of natural sciences [1], chemically reacting systems [2], and contaminant transport [3]. Based on the kinetics of the chemical reaction, they are broadly classifi ed in to three categories: fast, moderate, and slow [4]. Herein, we are interested in the dynamics of a (fast/ moderate/slow) bimolecular reaction given by the follo...