Kinetics and Mechanism of Halogen-Atom-Transfer Reactions Between Haloalkanes and Several 17-Electron Transition-Metal Complex Negative Ions in the Gas Phase.

The rate constants for the halogen-atom-transfer reactions between transition-metal complex anion radicals (L(OC) x−1 M •− ) and up to 14 halogenated methanes and ethanes (RX) were measured in a flowing afterglow apparatus