ChemInform Abstract: PRIMARY STEPS IN THE PHOTOLYSIS OF CIS‐1,2‐DICHLOROETHYLENE

Abstract

The photolysis of n's-l,2-dichloroethylene has been investigated in the presence of 1 2The results as a function of incident w$velength and as a function of initial cix pressure. indicate that at > 2200A the following primary processes occur:The lifetime of the excited state yielding the above products is estimated at about 2.4 X 10-9 sec. At shorter wavelengths additional C9H2 is produced by decomposition of a vibrationally excited C BH zC1 radical.Scavenging of the CHCICH radical by 1 2 produced trans-and cis-CHCICH1 in a ratio of 4 to I , respectively.