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The H atom plus CF30C1 reaction system has been used to study the primary C1 atom abstraction event and the secondary reaction between H atoms and OCF3 using infrared chemiluminescence from a flow reactor.The 300 K rate constants for the primary and secondary reactions were measured as (1.6 f 0.2) x lo-" and (1.5 f 0.6) x cm3 molecule-' s-l, respectively. The nascent vibrational distributions of HC1 and HF were used to discuss the dynamics associated with the abstraction and elimination processes. The HC1 vibrational distribution is inverted and resembles the distributions from abstraction of C1 atoms from other polyatomic molecules. The HF(v) distribution from the H + CF3O reaction and the DF(v) distribution from D + CF30 decline with increasing v level. Our results were compared to the HF(v) distribution produced by the O('D) insertion reaction into CHF3. The distributions are self-consistent, and a satisfactory general view exists for the dynamics associated with the four-centered elimination of HF from CF30H for the 110-155 kcal mol-' range of energy. The energy disposal to HF resembles the results for four-centered HF elimination from CF3CH3. A laser-induced fluorescence experiment using the CF3O(A--%) transition gave a CF,O(A) radiative lifetime of 150 & 15 ns. The H + CF30 reaction is of atmospheric interest, because CF30 and CF30H are possible products from the photooxidation of alternative fluorocarbons.

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