C19
Formic acid – HCOOH
Roduner, E. Ph.D. Thesis,
University of Zurich, 1979.
Reaction: HCOOH + Mu
®
MuH + COOH
Type of reaction: abstraction
kM < 1 x 105
dm3mol-1s-1
KIE = kM/kH
<1 x 105/4.2 x 105<0.25
kH = 4.4 x 105dm3mol-1s-1
selected value from:
www.rcdc.nd.edu/compilations/HAtom/H.htm
in good agreement with
latest value kH = (4.2 ± 0.6) x 105dm3mol-1s-1
from: Lossack, A.M., Bartels,
D.M. and Roduner, E. Res. Chem. Intermed. 2002, 27, 475.