Trapping chlorine radicals via substituting nitro radicals in the gas phase

Although chlorine radicals are strong atmospheric oxidants, their direct spectroscopic detection in the environment (gas phase) using conventional analytical techniques has not been reported. Herein, chlorine radicals (Cl˙), generated by the YAG laser photolysis ( λ = 355 nm) of Cl 2 in the gas phas...

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Published in:Analytical methods 2016-01, Vol.8 (1), p.25-28
Main Authors: Seto, Akira, Ochi, Yuki, Gotoh, Hiroaki, Sakakibara, Kazuhisa, Hatazawa, Shota, Seki, Kanekazu, Saito, Naoaki, Mishima, Yuji
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chlorine
Density
Gas phases
Mathematical analysis
Orbitals
Oxidants
Radicals
Trapping
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Summary:Although chlorine radicals are strong atmospheric oxidants, their direct spectroscopic detection in the environment (gas phase) using conventional analytical techniques has not been reported. Herein, chlorine radicals (Cl˙), generated by the YAG laser photolysis ( λ = 355 nm) of Cl 2 in the gas phase, were captured by using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH˙). The product was identified as DPPH, wherein NO 2 was substituted by Cl˙ at the ortho -carbon on the picryl aromatic ring, and was characterized using ion attachment ionization-quadrupole mass spectrometry. This reaction mechanism is a rare example of the detection and characterization of radical species, where radical spin densities on trapping reagents and frontier orbital interactions play important roles.
ISSN:1759-9660
1759-9679
DOI:10.1039/C5AY01118C