文摘
A dual-shutter ion mobility spectrometer operating at atmospheric pressure and interfaced to a gas chromatograph for sample introduction has been used to study the reaction of Cl鈥?/sup> with explosives. Of particular interest was an investigation of the formation of NO3鈥?/sup> from the reaction of the Cl鈥?/sup> with nitroglycerin (NG). The adduct NG路Cl鈥?/sup> together with NO3鈥?/sup> and NG路NO3鈥?/sup> compose the mobility spectrum. Over the temperature range 111 to 122 掳C, NG路NO3鈥?/sup> is stable, but NG路Cl鈥?/sup> decomposes to NO3鈥?/sup> and 1,2-dinitro-3-chloropropane (DNClP). The activation energy and pre-exponential factor for this first order decomposition are 80 卤 3 kJ mol鈥? and 1.3 脳 1012 s鈥?, respectively. Ab initio calculation shows that the reaction is a substitution reaction occurring over a two well potential energy profile with stable ion鈥搈olecule complexes NG路Cl鈥?/sup> and DNClP路NO3鈥?/sup>.