Reaction kinetic studies of CCl2 (X̃(0,0,0)) with several simple molecules

Absolute reaction rate constants have been measured at room temperature for the ground state dichlorocarbene, CCl2 with a series of simple molecules: C2H4, NO, N2O, and halomethanes (T=297 K). The technique of laser-induced fluorescence was employed to obtain these rate constants. The reaction of CCl2 + CH2Cl2 was theoretically studied using a high-level ab initio calculation in order to gain an insight into the mechanism for the reactions CCl2 + halomethanes.