
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hettemn, Hinne 
A1  - Hore, Nathan R. 
A1  - Renner, Noel D. 
A1  - Russell, Douglas K. 
T1  - The Thermal Decomposition of Haloacetic Acids: a Laser Pyrolysis and Semiempirical Study.
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1997
VL  - 50
IS  - 4
SP  - 363
EP  - 372
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/C96122 
N2  - Infrared laser-powered homogeneous pyrolysis, coupled with Fourier-transform infrared measurement of product distributions, has demonstrated that four different unimolecular mechanisms are significant in the initiation of gas-phase thermal decomposition of CH3COOH (1), CF3COOH (2), CH2ClCOOH (3), CHCl2COOH (4), CCl3COOH (5), CH2BrCOOH (6), and CH2ICOOH (7): decarboxylation and dehydration for (1); H-X elimination for (2)-(6); and C-X bond homolysis for (6) and (7). These conclusions are supported by the semiempirical calculation of activation energies for the possible pathways. 
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