The rate constant for the title reaction, k1, is 3.8 × 109 M-1 s-1 in water at 298 K and is ≥ 108 M-1 s-1 in the gas phase at 603 K. It is concluded that two reports8,11 that this reaction is very slow in the gas phase, k1 ≤ 1.2 × 104 and ∼2.3 × 106 M-1 s-1, are in error.
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Sommeling et al. (1993) studied this question.