DFT study on abstraction reaction mechanism of oh radical with 2‐methoxyphenol

Reaction mechanism of 2‐methoxyphenol (2MP) (guaiacol) with OH radical has been performed using density functional theory methods BH&HLYP and MPW1K method with 6‐311++G(d,p) basis set. Single‐point energy calculations were done using CCSD(T)/6‐311++G(d,p). The theoretical results reveal that the hydrogen abstraction from methoxy group is found to be the dominant reaction channel with an energy barrier of 9.31 kcal/mol. Also, time‐dependent density functional theory calculations have been performed using BH&HLYP/6‐311++G(d,p) level of theory, and the results reveal that the reactions occur in ground state than the excited state. The results of reaction force profile indicate that structural rearrangements are most influential with high percentage than the relaxation process. The calculated theoretical rate constants (12.19 × 10^?11 cm³ molecule^?1 s^?1) are in good agreement with the experimental rate constant. The atmospheric lifetime of 2‐methoxyphenol with respect to OH radicals is 2.27 hours, which implies that OH radical plays an important role in the degradation of 2MP. The Wiberg bond index of the abstraction reaction reveals that the bond order is concerted, partially synchronic. The reactant‐like transition state satisfies Hammond postulate, which eventually results in an exothermic reaction, and the product‐like transition state reveals in endothermic nature.     

Mechanism and kinetics of the atmospheric degradation of 2-formylcinnamaldehyde with O3 and hydroxyl OH radicals – a theoretical study

In the present investigation, the reaction mechanism and kinetics of 2-formylcinnamaldehyde (2-FC) with O₃ and hydroxyl OH radicals were studied. The reaction of 2-FC with O₃ radical are initiated by the formation of primary ozonide, whereas the reaction of 2-FC with the hydroxyl OH radical are initiated by two different ways: (1). H-atom abstraction by hydroxyl OH radical from the –CHO and –CH = CHCHO group of 2-FC (2). Hydroxyl OH addition to the –CH = CHCHO group to the ring-opened 2-FC. These reactions lead to the formation of an alkyl radical. The reaction pathways corresponding to the reactions between 2-FC with O₃ and hydroxyl OH radicals have been analysed using density functionals of B3LYP and M06-2X level of methods with the 6-31+G(d,p) basis set. Single-point energy calculations for the most favourable reactive species are determined by B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) and CCSD(T)/6-31+G(d,p) levels of theory. From the obtained results, the hydroxyl OH addition at C8 position of 2-FC are most favourable than the C9 position of 2-FC. The subsequent reactions of the alkyl radicals, formed from the hydroxyl OH addition at C8 position, are analysed in detail. The individual and overall rate constant for the most favourable reactions are calculated by canonical variational transition theory with small-curvature tunnelling corrections over the temperature range of 278–350 K. The calculated theoretical rate constants are in good agreement with the available experimental data. The Arrhenius plot of the rate constants with the temperature are fitted and the atmospheric lifetimes of the 2-FC with hydroxyl OH radical reaction in the troposphere calculate for the first time, which can be applied to the study on the atmospheric implications. The condensed Fukui function has been verified for the most favourable reaction sites. This study can be regarded as an attempt to investigate the O₃-initiated and hydroxyl OH-initiated reaction mechanisms of 2-FC in the atmosphere.     

Atmospheric fate of diketones and OH radical–kinetics,reaction force,ETS-NOCV analysis

In this work, we have focused on the atmospheric reaction chemistry of two α-diketones 2,3-Pentanedione (2,3-PTD) and 2,3-hexanedione (2,3-HEX) with OH radical. The full reaction pathway was studied theoretically under H-atom abstraction reaction using density functional theory and wave-function-based MP2 calculations. Single-point energy calculations were performed at CCSD(T) level of theory with 6–31+G(d,p) basis set. The H-atom abstraction from –CH₂ group is the most dominant channel in both 2,3-PTD and 2,3-HEX with OH radical. The fate of secondary reactions of peroxy and alkoxy radical is studied in detail. The reaction force analysis shows that abstraction process is dominated by structural rearrangement than electronic reordering. The ETS-NOCV-based reaction scheme is studied in order to find out the pair wise interaction energy of the chemical bonding. The ETS-NOCV method for all the transition states shows π-bonding nature for the bond breaking (C–H) and bond formation (O–H) due to the presence of hydrogen bond. The theoretical rate constant value matches well with the experimental rate constant value for both α-diketones. Normal linear Arrhenius behaviour for all the pathways is found in the range of 278–350 K. The short atmospheric lifetime indicates the removal process of diketones with OH radical.     

Reaction kinetics of OH radicals with 1,3,5-trimethyl benzene: An experimental and theoretical study

Alkylated aromatics are ubiquitous in transportation fuels. 1,3,5-Trimethyl benzene (135TMB) is a popular surrogate for the aromatic content of distillate fuels due to its symmetry (point group, C_3h), which facilitates the construction of an accurate chemical kinetic model. The reaction of OH radicals with 135TMB plays a crucial role in the oxidation kinetics of 135TMB. In this work, the reaction kinetics of OH-initiated oxidation of 135TMB were investigated behind reflected shock waves over 975–1318 K and atmospheric pressure. The reaction was followed by monitoring OH radicals near 307 nm. The rate coefficients were extracted from detailed chemical kinetic modeling of OH concentration-time profiles. Our measured data clearly showed a positive temperature dependence, in contrast to the negative temperature dependence of the literature low-temperature data. At 1000 K, our measured rate coefficient is 1.3 × 10⁻¹¹ cm³ molecule⁻¹ s⁻¹, which is roughly a factor of 5 lower than the room-temperature data reported in the literature. This observation reflects the complex nature of the OH + 135TMB reaction, similar to that observed for various aromatics + OH chemical systems. Our measurements did not show any discernible pressure dependence over the narrow pressure range of 870 – 1148 Torr. The title reaction has several possible channels in the reactive potential energy surface. The importance of each channel was characterized using ab initio/RRKM-ME calculations over T = 200–2000 K and P = 0.76 -7600 Torr. Our analyses revealed that addition channels and hydrogen abstraction from the methyl site have negative energy barriers. The reaction was found to undergo almost exclusively (∼93%) via the addition channel under ambient conditions. However, beyond 600 K, the abstraction channels take the lead, yielding the positive T-dependence of the overall rate coefficient. Although addition channels display a sharp fall-off behavior beyond 500 K, the general rate coefficients are pressure-independent. The title reaction shows a complex kinetic behavior due to competing channels whose contribution changes significantly with temperature. Our theoretical calculations nicely reproduced the complex T-dependence of the reaction. After adjusting the barrier height, our theory remarkably captured the positive T-dependence of our high-T kinetic data and the negative T-dependence of the low-T literature data. To our knowledge, this is the first detailed study on the reaction kinetics of 135TMB with OH radicals. The reported rate data will be helpful for the combustion modeling of alkylated aromatic species.     

The reactivity of the 5‐formylcytosine with hydroxyl radical: A theoretical perspective

Hydroxyl radical (?OH) damages DNA/RNA by attacking pyrimidine nucleobases through the addition reaction and H‐atom abstraction. It may attack on the new cytosine derivative (5‐formylCytosine [5‐fCyt]) causing DNA oxidative damage, whereas the study of the related mechanism is still in its infancy. In the present work, 2 distinct mechanisms of ?OH‐mediated 5‐fCyt at the complete basis set methods (CBS‐QB3) and CBS‐QB3/polarized continuum model approaches have firstly been explored, the addition reaction (paths R1 ~ R3) and the abstraction reaction (paths R4 ~ R6), respectively, and it shows that the addition of ?OH to the C5═C6 double bond of 5‐fCyt is more favourable than other reactions, indicating that the ?OH addition to the C5 and C6 atoms have relatively high probability to happen. The proportion of the C5 and C6 adducts is large and may be detectable experimentally, which is in agreement with the conclusions of ?OH‐mediated cytosine reaction reported experimentally and theoretically. These hint that the new DNA base (5‐fCyt) is easily damaged when exposed the surrounding of ?OH environment. Therefore, the reducing free radical production or the addition of some antioxidants should be taken in embryonic stem cells to resistance DNA damage. Our results provide some evidences between 5‐fCyt and tumor development for the experimental scientists.     

Oxidation pathways in the reaction of diacetylene with OH radicals

We present a portion of the potential energy surface of the reaction of diacetylene with OH radicals, calculated using RQCISD(T) and two basis set extrapolation schemes. Based on this surface, we performed calculations of the rate coefficients using an RRKM/master-equation formalism. After a small (1 kcal/mol) adjustment to the energy barrier of the association reaction, our calculated rate coefficients of the high-pressure limit agree very well with previous direct measurements. However, our calculations at high temperatures are considerably smaller than the values inferred in previous studies. The non-Arrhenius behavior and significant pressure dependence of the rate coefficients above 800 K is due to the competition between stabilization, abstraction and addition-elimination channels. At low temperatures, the reaction proceeds mostly to the addition products, as well as to CO and propargyl. Above 1200 K, direct hydrogen abstraction and production of H atoms become important.     

Reaction of Pentanol isomers with OH radical – A theoretical perspective

The stability of all the three isomeric forms of Pentanol has been examined with relative energy analysis. Even though 2-Pentanol is predicted to be most stable isomeric form, all the three isomeric forms undergo hydrogen atom abstraction reaction with OH radical. Among the proposed 18 different hydrogen atom abstraction reaction, the abstraction from CH₂ and CH functional group is found to be a favourable reactive site with low energy barrier in M06-2X/6-311+G(d,p) level of theory. Wiberg bond order analysis shows all the abstraction reactions are concreted but not synchronic in nature. Using force analysis, the calculated work done of individual reaction regions illustrates that structural rearrangements drive the reaction with higher contribution to the energy barrier. The rate constant calculated at M06-2X method for the most favourable reaction is well matched with available experimental data. Using the reported atmospheric OH concentration (1 × 10⁶ molecules/cm³), the life time of 1-Pentanol, 2-Pentanol and 3-Pentanol has calculated to be 18.66, 0.36 and 2.86 days, respectively.     

Mechanistic considerations for the degradation of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) by sonolysis: effect of argon vs. oxygen saturated solutions

The ultrasonic degradation mechanism of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in aqueous solution is complex because of the competition between hydroxyl radical attack, pyrolysis, and hydrolysis reactions. A detailed investigation of degradation pathways using sonolysis has been performed using reaction byproducts identification. The observed bi-product distributions are rationalized in terms of hydroxyl radical (OH) mediated processes and pyrolysis. The role of oxygen mediated and pyrolytic pathways were assessed using O₂ and Ar saturated solutions. Chemical destruction by sonolysis is often rationalized using hydroxyl radical chemistry. Pyrolysis is unique to this advanced oxidation process, and is important in the case of MTBE because it transfers into the cavitating bubbles. While α-hydrogen abstraction by OH and low temperature pyrolysis was important, it was also shown that β-hydrogen abstraction leads, in some cases, to the same reaction byproducts, which emphasized the importance of α-hydrogen abstraction. High temperature pyrolysis resulted in minor degradation reactions based on the formation of reaction by-products.     

Theoretical investigations of the gas phase reaction of limonene (C10H16) with OH radical

The rate coefficients of hydroxyl radical (OH) reaction with limonene were computed using canonical variational transition state theory with small-curvature tunnelling between 275 and 400 K. The geometries and frequencies of all the stationary points are calculated using hybrid density functional theory methods M06-2X and MPWB1K with 6-31+G(d,p), 6-311++G(d,p), and 6-311+G(2df,2p) basis sets. Both addition and abstraction channels of the title reaction were explored. The rate coefficients obtained over the temperature range of 275–400 K were used to derive the Arrhenius expressions: k(T) = 4.06×10^?34 T^7.07 exp[4515/T] and k(T) = 7.37×10^?25 T^3.9 exp[3169/T] cm³ molecule^?1 s^?1 at M06-2X/6-311+G(2df,2p) and MPWB1K/6-311+G(2df,2p) levels of theory, respectively. Kinetic study indicated that addition reactions are major contributors to the total reaction in the studied temperature range. The atmospheric lifetime (τ) of limonene due to its reactions with various tropospheric oxidants was calculated and concluded that limonene is lost in the atmosphere within a few hours after it is released. The ozone production potential of limonene was computed to be (14–18) ppm, which indicated that degradation of limonene would lead to a significant amount of ozone production in the troposphere.     

Theoretical study of the hydrogen abstraction reaction of CH3OH with NCO

A direct dynamics method is employed to study the mechanism and kinetics of the hydrogen abstraction reaction of CH₃OH with NCO. The optimized geometries and frequencies of the stationary points and the minimum-energy paths (MEPs) are obtained at the MP2/6-311G(d,p) level. In order to obtain more accurate potential energy surface (PES) information and provide more credible energy data for kinetic calculation, the single-point energies along the MEPs are further computed at QCISD(T)/6-311+G(d,p) and G3MP2 levels. The rate constants for two channels, the methyl-H abstraction channel and hydroxyl-H abstraction channel, are calculated by canonical variational transition state theory (CVT) with small-curvature tunneling (SCT) contributions over the wide temperature region 220–1500?K. The theoretical overall rate constants are in good agreement with the available experimental data. For the title reaction, the methyl-H abstraction channel is dominant, while the hydroxyl-H abstraction channel is negligible over the whole temperature region.     

F和CH3OH多通道反应的速率常数与分支比的研究

F和CH₃OH有两个夺氢反应通道,分别生成HF+CH₃O 和HF+CH₂OH. 尽管这两个通道都没有能垒,但前一个通道即生成HF+CH₃O的反应分支比远远高于期望的统计平均值(四分之一). 不同实验测得的分支比不仅相去甚远,而且定量上与早期由过渡态理论(稳定点信息在MP2以及G2理论水平下计算得到)得到的计算结果也不符合. 此前在CCSD(T)-F12a/AVDZ水平上计算得到了121000个几何构型的能量,采用对易不变多项式结合神经网络的方法拟合得到了该体系的全维高精度势能面. 本文采用该势能面,结合准经典轨线动力学方法,对该反应的反应速率常数和反应分支比进行了理论研究,得到的结果与实验吻合. 由于反应没有能垒,理论计算结果表明反应速率常数随温度升高而有微弱的下降趋势.     

发射光谱法研究甲基环己烷燃烧时激发态自由基时间历程

采用三组单色仪探测系统,测量了甲基环己烷在高温反射激波作用下瞬态燃烧反应过程中三种激发态自由基OH*,CH*和C*₂的特征光辐射,得到了激发态自由基时间历程和光辐射相对强度随温度的变化规律。反射激波温度1 200～1 700 K,激波压力1.5 atm,甲基环己烷摩尔分数0.1%,当量比1.0。在点火燃烧初始阶段三种自由基几乎同时产生,自由基持续时间随着温度的升高而变短。相同温度下CH*和OH*自由基持续时间大于C*₂自由基,在1 400 K以下C*₂自由基发光消失。OH*和CH*自由基发光强度在T<1 400 K时对温度变化不敏感,而在T>1 400 K时CH*自由基峰值随温度快速增长,C*₂和OH*峰值随温度增大比较平缓。将实验结果和化学反应机理模拟结果进行了对比,实验获得的OH*自由基时间历程在低温时和机理预测结果吻合较好,但在高温时有一定差异。CH*自由基时间历程在高温与机理结果吻合较好,在低温时机理预测结果CH*自由基持续时间要长于实验结果。实验测得的结果为含激发态物种化学反应动力学机理的验证和优化提供了依据。     

Theoretical study on the mechanism of the reaction of FOX-7 with OH and NO2 radicals: bimolecular reactions with low barrier during the decomposition of FOX-7

The decomposition of 1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethene (FOX-7) attracts great interests, while the studies on bimolecular reactions during the decomposition of FOX-7 are scarce. This study for the first time investigated the bimolecular reactions of OH and NO₂ radicals, which are pyrolysis products of ammonium perchlorate (an efficient oxidant usually used in solid propellant), with FOX-7 by computational chemistry methods. The molecular geometries and energies were calculated using the (U)B3LYP/6-31++G(d,p) method. The rate constants of the reactions were calculated by canonical variational transition state theory. We found three mechanisms (H-abstraction, OH addition to C and N atom) for the reaction of OH + FOX-7 and two mechanisms (O abstraction and H abstraction) for the reaction of NO₂ + FOX-7. OH radical can abstract H atom or add to C atom of FOX-7 with barriers near to zero, which means OH radical can effectively degrade FOX-7. The O abstraction channel of the reaction of NO₂ + FOX-7 results in the formation of NO₃ radical, which has never been detected experimentally during the decomposition of FOX-7.     

Theoretical study and rate constant calculation for the O(3P) + C2H5CN reaction

The complicated microscopic reaction mechanisms of O(³P) with C₂H₅CN on the ground electronic state energy surface have been investigated at the G3(MP2) level of theory based on the geometric parameters optimized at the B3LYP/6-311 + G(d, p) level. Two kinds of H-abstraction and addition–elimination channels are considered, namely methylene-H abstraction, methyl-H abstraction, C-addition/elimination and N-addition/elimination. The kinetics of the title reaction have been studied using the TST and multichannel RRKM methodologies over a wide temperature range of 200–2000 K. The results show that the methylene-H abstraction process is predominant for the whole reaction. With an increase of temperature, H-abstraction from the methyl position channel should be taken into account. The C-addition/elimination process provides a few contributions to the title reaction compared with two kinds of H-abstraction channels over the whole temperature region and the N-addition/elimination channel can be negligible due to the high entrance barrier and unstable products.     

Rate coefficients for the gas-phase reaction of OH radical with α-pinene: an experimental and computational study

The rate coefficient for the gas-phase reaction of OH radical with α-pinene was measured at 298 K using relative rate methods, with propylene as a reference compound. The ratio of the rate coefficient for the reaction of OH radicals with α-pinene to that of with OH radicals with propylene was measured to be 1.77 ± 0.21. Considering the absolute value of the rate coefficient of the reaction of OH radicals with propylene as (3.01 ± 0.42)×10^?11 cm³ molecule^?1 s^?1, the rate coefficient for the reaction of OH radicals with α-pinene was determined to be (5.33 ± 0.79)×10^?11 cm³ molecule^?1 s^?1. To gain a deeper insight into the reaction mechanism, theoretical calculations were also carried out on this reaction. The rate coefficient of OH radical with α-pinene was calculated using canonical variational transition state theory with small-curvature tunnelling. The kinetics data obtained over the temperature range of 200–400 K were used to derive the Arrhenius expression: k(T) = 3.8×10^?28 T^5.2 exp[2897/T] cm³ molecule^?1 s^?1. The OH-driven atmospheric lifetime (τ) and ozone formation potential of α-pinene were calculated and reported in this work.     

HNCO+HCO→NCO+CH2O氢转移反应的从头算及动力学研究

在UMP2 (Full) /6 311G(d ,p)计算水平上 ,优化了标题反应的反应物、过渡态、产物的几何结构 ,沿最小能量途径讨论了异氰酸 (HNCO)和甲酰自由基 (HCO)发生氢转移反应位能面上驻点的结构以及相互作用分子结构变化 .指出该反应是一个N -H键断裂和C -H键生成的协同反应 .进一步采用UQCISD(T ,Full)方法对反应途径上的驻点进行了单点能量校正 ,得出该反应的计算位垒是 91.4 7kJ/mol,与实验值 10 8.92kJ/mol接近 .在5 0 0～ 2 5 0 0K实验温度范围内 ,运用变分过渡态理论 (CVT)计算得到的速率常数与实验观测值进行了比较 .     

羟基自由基与乙烯反应的化学动力学模拟

使用电子结构理论计算和直接动力学模拟对羟基自由基与乙烯反应体系进行了理论研究．在高水平的CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ//MP2/aug-cc-pVDZ上获得了包括羟基加成和氢抽取在内的多种反应通道的准确势能面信息,并在此基础上对OH+C₂H₄发展了一套准确性较高的MSINDO半经验哈密顿参数．特定反应参数哈密顿(SRP-MSINDO)能准确的再现高水平从头算结果．在2～10 kcal/mol的碰撞能应用SRP-MSINDO对OH+C₂H₄反应进行了直接准经典轨线模拟,获得的反应截面表明羟基加成反应为主导地位．另外,激发函数的模拟结果表明羟基加成是一个无势垒的捕获过程,而氢抽取则对应活化过程,这与两条反应通道的过渡态能量紧密相关．研究发现对OH+C₂H₄发展准确的半经验哈密顿需要考虑弥散矫正,这对准确描述分子间的长程吸引尤为重要     

甲基乙烯醚和OH反应机理的理论研究

利用量子化学从头计算的方法对甲基乙烯醚的两个异构体之间的转化,羟基与顺式-甲基乙烯醚和反式-甲基乙烯醚的加成反应,以及羟基提取甲基上的氢原子的反应机理进行了研究.研究结果表明:顺式-甲基乙烯醚比反式-甲基乙烯醚更加稳定,在QCISD/6-31G(d,P)//BHandHLYP/6.311 G(d,P)理论水平下,OH加到顺式-甲基乙烯醚1号住的碳原子上需要跨越的能垒比其它反应通道需要跨越的能垒少7.5～34 KJ/mol,因此是主要的反应通道,而OH加在反式.甲基乙烯醚2号位的碳原子上所需要跨越的能垒比其它反应路径所需要跨越的能垒少8.3～26.7 kJ/mol,因此是主要的反应路径.利用经典过渡态理论计算了总的速率常数     

Effect of Tunneling Current on Schottky Barrier Height in ZnO Varistors at Low Temperature

On the basis of the Schottky barrier and thermionic emission models, the temperature dependence of barrier height in ZnO varistors is investigated by the I - V characteristics in a wide temperature range from 93 K to 373 K. The obtained barrier height decreases with reducing temperature, which is ascribed to the contribution of tunneling current in measured current. From the proposed equivalent circuit, it is suggested that two current components coexist. One is thermionic emission current, which reflects the thermionic emission barrier height. The other is tunneling current, which appears even at low voltage, especially in low temperature ranges, and thus makes the barrier height obtained from measured current vary with temperature.     

Transannular additions of selectfluor and xenon difluoride: regioselectivity and mechanism

The addition of 1‐chloromethyl‐4‐fluoro‐1,4‐diazoniabicyclo[2.2.2]octane bis‐tetrafluoroborate (F‐TEDA) to unsaturated systems was modelled computationally at the ab initio levels and studied experimentally. The reaction of olefins with F‐TEDA is driven exclusively by charge transfer and displays the antibonding orbital picture in the transition structure for F‐transfer, similarly to that for the reactions of olefins with F‐radical. In contrast, the electrophilic and concerted fluorinations, respectively with H₂O???F⁺ complex and with F₂, show strong bonding interactions between the fluorine and olefin moieties in the transition structures. The reaction with F‐TEDA involves an initial formation of highly delocalized charge‐transfer complexes in the first step with further low‐barrier (ca 4 kcal) migration of fluorine and is best described as an inner‐sphere electron transfer. This nonelectrophilic mechanism is operative for the transannular addition of F‐TEDA to 3‐methylene‐7‐ethylidenebicyclo[3.3.1]nonane studied experimentally. The addition mode is determined by the formation of a more stable complex via the ethylidene fragment and demonstrates selectivities that differ from conventional electrophilic additions. This mechanistic scenario may be extended to the fluorination with xenon difluoride where similar products are formed in high yields. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.