OBSERVATION OF CALCIUM AND STRONTIUM MONOFORMATES AND RELATED RADICALS

$^{1}$ J.B. West, R.S. Bradford, J.D. Eversole and C.R. Jones, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 46, 164(1975).Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, University of ArizonaThe reaction of Ca (or Sr) with formic acid (or acetic acid) in a Broida $oven^{1}$ produces free radicals of the type $M^{0}_{0} C-R(M=Ca, Sr; R=H, CH_{3})$. Additional species are produced by the reactions of alkaline earth metals with acetone and acetaldehyde. Comparison with alkaline earth monohalides, monohydroxides and monomethoxides will be made. Preliminary experiments and assignments will be described