PARASKEVOPOULOS. Can. J. Chem. 61, 861 (1983). A kinetic study of the reactions of OH radicals with a series of fluoroethanes in the gas phase is prcsented. OH radicals were generated by flash photolysis of H 2 0 vapor in the vacuum uv (A > 165 nm) and were monitored in absorption by timc-rcsolved attenuation of resonance radiation at 308.15 nm [OH(A'C' + X'n)]. The following absolute rate constants (in units of 10%m3 mol-' s-I at the 95% confidence limit) were determined at 298 K: kcli2rcli,r = 67.7 + 7.2, kC~2FClIF2 = 11.0 + 1.1, ~C H~C F~ = 1.03 20.26, kCHZFCFl = 3.10 2 0.35. kCHF2CF3 = 1.50 I+--0.17. From a linear correlation of the present and previously published rate constants with bond dissociation energies, the following quantities (in kcal mol-' at 298 K) were estimated to be: D(CH,CHF-H) = 96.3 5 .1.5, D(CH,FCHF-H = 98.8 5 .