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Low-Temperature Gas-Phase Kinetics of Ethanol-Methanol Heterodimer Formation.

Lincoln SatterthwaiteGreta KoumarianouP Brandon CarrollRobert J SedlikIrene WangMichael C McCarthyDavid Patterson
Published in: The journal of physical chemistry. A (2023)
The structures of gas-phase noncovalently bound clusters have long been studied in supersonic expansions. This method of study, while providing a wealth of information about the nature of noncovalent bonds, precludes observation of the formation of the cluster, as the clusters form just after the orifice of the pulsed valve. Here, we directly observe formation of ethanol-methanol dimers via microwave spectroscopy in a controlled cryogenic environment. Time profiles of the concentration of reagents in the cell yielded gas-phase reaction rate constants of k Me - g = (2.8 ± 1.4) × 10 -13 cm 3 molecule -1 s -1 and k Me - t = (1.6 ± 0.8) × 10 -13 cm 3 molecule -1 s -1 for the pseudo-second-order ethanol-methanol dimerization reaction at 8 K. The relaxation cross section between the gauche and trans conformers of ethanol was also measured using the same technique. In addition, thermodynamic relaxation between conformers of ethanol over time allowed for selection of conformer stoichiometry in the ethanol-methanol dimerization reaction, but no change in the ratio of dimer conformers was observed with changing ethanol monomer stoichiometry.
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