Kinetics of formation of the novel peroxide FC(O)OO(O2)SF

The high-pressure rate coefficient for the formation of the new peroxide FC(O)OO(O2)SF from recombination of FC(O)O and FS(O2)O radicals has been determined by laser flash photolysis at 296 K; density functional theory calculations indicate peroxide stabilization and allow estimation of an O–O bond dissociation energy of 20.6 ± 3 kcal mol−1.