Rates of OH Radical Reactions. I. Reactions with H2, CH4, C2H6, and C3H8 at 295 K

A fast flash photolysis kinetic spectrophotometer capable of measuring rates of up to 105 s−1 is described. The rates of hydrogen abstraction from H2, CH4, C2H6, and C3H8 by OH radicals at 295 ± 2 K, have been measured in the gas phase by hydroxyl resonance absorption spectrophotometry. The influence of secondary reactions on the measured rates and the derivation of the absolute rate constants is discussed in detail.The absolute rate constants in units of cm3 mol−1 s−1 were found to be: [Formula: see text][Formula: see text][Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]