Partitioning of reverse activation energy between kinetic and internal energy in reactions of some simple organic ions

Abstract

Nine unimolecular reactions, in which simple organic cations lose molecular hydrogen, have been studied. For each reaction, the structures of the products are either unambiguous, or may be plausibly inferred. From appearance potential measurements, and metastable peak widths, it is possible to evaluate the forward and reverse activation energies, and the partitioning of reverse activation energy between kinetic and internal energy.